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The Month That Was

A lot happened in the animation world during the month of October: The Hub, a new partly animation channel debuted and Amid believes …

Books

Saturday Book Review

If you ever wished one of the creators of a cartoon series on Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network would just explain everything about how they …

Classic

Long Drawn-Out Trip by Gerald Scarfe

The Lost Continent is a real treasure of a blog and has introduced me to lots of great British animation over the past few months, some …

Animators

Banjo, the Woodpile Cat

The 2D animation renaissance of the 1990s began in the 1980s. Did any one movie or TV show begin it – or was it the combination of the …

Animators

Oliver Postgate, RIP

The BBC reports that British animator and TV show creator Oliver Postgate has passed away at age 83. He’s responsible for TV series like …

Classic

Looney Tunes Vol. 6 Bonus Materials

A few weeks ago it was announced that Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 6 (on sale October 21st) would be the last Golden Collection. …

Anime

Speed Racer and Me

As I admitted in a post below, I’ve always been a fan of the original 60s anime of Speed Racer. One of my proudest moments came in the …

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 …

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