Bill Littlejohn (1914-2010)
Word has just reached us that veteran animator Bill Littlejohn passed away in his sleep last night. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in …
Word has just reached us that veteran animator Bill Littlejohn passed away in his sleep last night. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in …
I’ve never written a post fully expressing my appreciation for the Taiwanese animators at Next Media Animation who create news segments …
For what certainly won’t be the last time, a successful iPhone game is attempting to make the leap into animated features and series. …
Polish animator Piotr Kamler (b. 1936) won the Grand Pix at Annecy in 1975 for his film Le Pas, but I’ve chosen to display an earlier …
Cartoon Network unveiled their new line-up of content today at its annual Advertising Upfront presentation at New York’s Time Warner …
Joe Murray, creator of Rocko’s Modern Life and Camp Lazlo, has created a Kickstarter campaign to raise $16,800 to complete 2 three-minute …
A trailer for the children’s film Moomins and the Comet Chase, the first stereoscopic 3-D feature out of the Nordic region. It’s being …
An enticing trailer for Lipsett Diaries, a short directed by Theodore Ushev (Drux Flux, Tower Bawher). It’s rare to see animated imagery …
Tonight Comedy Central debuts a new animated series Ugly Americans. The show was created by New York animator Devin Clark. Here’s a short …
That’s a clip from Joe Murray’s Frog in a Suit, a new short film that doubles as a pilot. Here’s the set-up: Peete Moss has just moved …
I’ve always been aware of John Stanley, the comic book writer and artist best known for his classic Little Lulu stories (drawn by Irving …
This is the trailer for Tinga Tinga Tales, a 52-episode children’s series produced by Nairobi, Kenya-based studio Homeboyz Animation. It …
The country of Georgia now has a homegrown yellow cartoon family to call its own: The Samsonadzes. If the clip above doesn’t …
Hulu’s library of animated TV shows, shorts and features is growing more impressive by the week. Hulu’s content includes current series …
As the iPhone user base continues to expand, smaller animation studios and indie animators are discovering a promising new distribution …
The artwork above was from a presentation I created when I was an exec at Nickelodeon 13 years ago. It was (and still is) my mission in …
ASIFA-Hollywood has announced its Winsor McCay Award recipients for 2009: Tim Burton, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Bruce Timm. The award is …
Veteran animation director Gene Deitch and his wife Zdenka were invited to the Xiamen International Animation Festival (Oct. 30th-Nov. …
A little creative treat for Halloween: Ivan Guerrero has been taking crappy Marvel TV cartoons from the Sixties and re-editing them into …
Speaking of Ninja Turtles… My next screening at the Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood is a tribute to animator Fred Wolf. …