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Seuss Plush
I love good looking cartoon merchandise. Reader Jim Engel wrote in to let me know that Kohl’s department stores are having a charity …
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San Diego Comic Con: Animation Programming
They’ve just posted the complete schedule of programming for the San Diego Comic Con, July 26-29. Below I’ve extracted the animation …
Thurl, Thurl, Thurl
Ahhh… The joys of Thurl collecting. If you love old cartoons (or are simply addicted to Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes) then you …
Ratatouille Art
A new Pixar film usually means another great Chronicle Art Of book and, at the other end of the spectrum, another neat looking Little …
Way Out Junk
Eye candy and ear wax. Tony from Way Out Junk has amassed a treasure trove of obscure, offbeat children’s records, mainly from the …
Pingwings Rediscovered
Tony Mines of Spite Your Face Productions sent me a note about an early-1960s British animated series, The Pingwings, which had been …
The CIA and the Filming of Animal Farm
When the CIA isn’t busy destabilizing other countries, they apparently like to help animation studios create cartoons. At least that’s …
Will Friedwald
Jerry Beck, Alan Greenfield, Will Friedwald, Mark Mayersonprobably inspecting the soundtrack of Bosko’s Picture Show(circa 1978) While …
This Tuesday in LA: I Am 8-Bit
I Am 8-Bit, the yearly artistic celebration of retro-video games, returns tomorrow night, April 17, to Gallery 1988 (7020 Melrose Ave, …
REGINALD MASSIE
Screenwriter Jeff Massie, an executive board member of The Animation Guild, has started blogging about his life and stuff he likes, …
BILL AND SUE KROYER’S ARROW
Right after the production of FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST (1992), Bill and Sue Kroyer attempted to produce a noir-ish action-adventure …
FESTIVAL REPORT: 2D OR NOT 2D
Animator Nancy Beiman (of the Rochester Intitute of Technology) sent in this first hand report from 2D OR NOT 2D FESTIVAL held in Everett …
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). …
GOLDEN APPLE MOVES
My local comic book store, Golden Apple Comics on Melrose Avenue, is moving to a new location this week.The first day I moved to L.A. …
Awesome Color Fleischer Studio Newsreel
Mike Matei has posted onto YouTube an incredible late-1930s newsreel that shows how cartoons were produced at the Fleischer Studio in …
2D OR NOT 2D
Roy Disney will be one of the guest speakers at the 2D OR NOT 2D animation event in Everett, Washington, next month. This new animation …
Amid’s Notes from Ottawa 2006
The 2006 edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival marked my fourth straight year that I’ve attended the festival. Instead …
The Sad Story of a Sad-Looking Film
First, watch the TRAILER for this independent CG feature called TUGGER: THE JEEP 4X4 WHO WANTED TO FLY. Then, go and read this story in …
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