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Michael Knapp
Michael Knapp, who is currently art directing Ice Age 3 at Blue Sky, has redesigned his website MichaelKnapp.com and added a blog as …
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Best. Birthday. Ever.
Yes, it’s me with my June Foray Award. I just got in from a wonderful night at the Annie Award ceremony, and yeah, it’s my birthday …
Lost Classics from Zagreb Film DVD & Contest
Last year saw the release of lots of rare animation (Popeye, Lantz cartoons, Oswald, etc.) but perhaps none so rare as a dvd that came …
Report from Platform #4
This is my last report from the Platform Fest in Portland, the last time you’ll see my mug here for a long while. That’s me on the left …
Pure Portland Animation
What do Brad Bird, Bill Plympton, Mel Blanc, Pinto Colvig, Carl Barks, Matt Groening, Basil Wolverton and Will Vinton have in common? …
The Wizzard of Krudd
The Wizzard of Krudd is a Nick pilot created last year by Greg Miller (Whatever Happened To Robot Jones?) and Mike Stern. Nick recently …
AMID AMIDI: Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
Animation has been a passion of mine for the longest time. Looking back at what sparked this lifelong love for the art form, it wasn’t …
Jaws Of Life
“Jaws of Life” is a freshly styled music video for the Canadian band Wintersleep directed by Sean Wainsteim (with James Mejia). Wainsteim …
Peter Kleinow (1934-2007)
Another of the old guard of animation, Pete Kleinow, has passed away. He was both a stop motion animator (with Art Clokey), and a renown …
ESURANCE SPOTS CONFUSING?
The Esurance animated commercials – produced by Ghostbot and Wild Brain – look great, but are they good at selling car insurance? Ad …
BOOK REVIEW: I AM PLASTIC
The new book I AM PLASTIC: THE DESIGNER TOY EXPLOSION, by Kidrobot founder Paul Budnitz, is a handsomely designed and fun-to-flip-through …
A CURIOUS SHOW
At the Copro Nason Gallery, A Curious Show: The Collective Works Of Pressure Printing has an opening reception tomorrow night (Nov. 4th). …
TUESDAY NIGHT: ANIMATION CAREER PANEL
Tomorrow night in Glendale California, ASIFA-Hollywood will present ASIFA-East President David Levy (animation director Blues Clues) …
THE Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema
I’ve been complaining for years about the fact that very few of the animated features produced outside the U.S. ever get distribution (or …
More animation artist blogs…
It’s getting so that every animation artist has a blog. Maybe in the next update, I’ll do a post about artists who don’t have blogs. Now …
SDCC: Out of Picture
My first exposure to the talented artists at Blue Sky Studios was a couple years back when I wrote the ART OF ROBOTS book. The general …
Annecy 2006
I’m back. Thanks to Jerry for holding down the fort and keeping the Brew updated while I was having an awesome time in Marseille and …
DO-IT-YOURSELF GIGANTOR
Japanese robot maker Vstone Corporation has just released its latest consumer product: Tetsu-jin 28 (aka Ironman 28 – or Gigantor™, …
The Wonderful World of Gonorrhea
I didn’t think there was any way to top today’s post about Disney’s venereal disease film.Alex Kirwan, art director of MY LIFE AS A …
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