Animators

Joe Murray Explains it All…

Artist, illustrator and animator Joe Murray is also one of the most successful cartoon show creators working today. Joe has just produced …

Books

NICKTOONS on Page Six

Move over Paris and Britney. I’ve made The New York Post Page Six today. Nothing scandalous. Just a clever plug for the new coffee …

TV

Simpsons in Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair has published an extensive oral history about The Simpsons. The piece includes the thoughts of everybody from cartoonist Gary …

Animators

Fred Boot

Fred Boot is a French graphic designer and cartoonist who has been living in Hong Kong for the last 6 months. He’s started a nice blog …

TV

REVIEW: El Tigre (Nickelodeon)

My introduction to Jorge Gutierrez’s work was at the 1999 CalArts Producers’ Show. It was a screening of his CG short Carmelo. If I …

Old Brew

The Less You Know…

Below is an excerpt from an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE article about the new Cartoon Network series CLASS OF 3000. In it, the show’s …

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OH YEAH! CARTOONS

Heads up all you creative types: Frederator Studios is calling for new submissions for a fourth season of Oh Yeah! Cartoons to be …

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A Brush With Will Eisner

Mark Bunker sent in this nice memory of recently departed comic legend Will Eisner: Eisner has long been my favorite comic book artist. …

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GO! SPEED RACER GO!

Excerpted from today’s Daily Variety:”DodgeBall” star Vince Vaughn has gotten Warner Bros. revved up again about “Speed Racer,” a live- …

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The TV Animation Business Part 2

How Multinational Corporations Thrive As I mentioned in the last installment, the paradox of the TV business is that the increasing …

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