Events

TOMORROW: John Canemaker at MoMA

If you are in NY tomorrow evening, there is only one place you should be: at MoMA to attend John Canemaker’s lecture about his new book …

Animators

Pres Romanillos, R.I.P.

Pres and Jeannine Romanillos. Photo by Tim Hodge Veteran feature animator Pres Romanillos passed away yesterday at the age of 47 after …

Anime

Carl Macek (1951-2010)

Mutual friend Bob Cabeen has just informed me of the passing of my former business partner Carl Macek. Carl died of a heart attack on …

Feature Film

Secret of Kells In The News

Today’s New York Times has an article about the surprise Oscar nomination of Secret of Kells. There are some fascinating details in the …

Ideas/Commentary

Dear Sesame Street

Dear Sesame Street, We, the undersigned, would like to register our concern over the contest you are now conducting with Aniboom. We …

Ideas/Commentary

My Trip To Korea

I just got back from Seoul, Korea, where I spoke at a conference called DICON 2009, a digital conference that was part of the …

Animators

Mark Marek’s WB logo

Alternative cartoonist and animator Mark Marek has been quite successful drawing comics, doing illustrations, animating and directing …

Events

Notes from the Comic Con

I’m just back from “Comic Con” aka the San Diego Comic Con (for the record, I refuse to call it Comic Con International) and, all said …

Classic

My Favorite “Hurt” Gag

It’s been acknowledged by the creators of The Simpsons that the blood-thirsty antics of Itchy and Scratchy were inspired less by Tom & …

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