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Cool Historical Finds
Animator/director Joel Brinkerhoff emailed me with a couple of his recent historical discoveries that he wanted to share. I thought they …
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BOOK REVIEW: The Animated Movie Guide
Fellow Brewmaster Jerry Beck, modest individual that he is, sometimes doesn’t promote his own books enough, so I feel compelled to do a …
Help design the cover of my book
I’m still working on my Chronicle book CARTOON MODERN, which is all about 1950s animation design. Right now, my editor, the design folks …
JibJab’s Big Box Mart
I’m sure a lot of people have already seen this short. BIG BOX MART premiered on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO back in October and since …
Bill Plympton and Kanye West
The new Kanye West music video “Heard ‘Em Say,” animated by Bill Plympton, that I mentioned earlier can now be viewed HERE. In the BET …
Monday Morning Inspiration: Charles Harper
This Flickr collection of 1950s bird illustrations by Charles Harper, courtesy of Eric Sturdevant, is incredible…so many interesting …
Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppets
The ever-innovative Michel Gagné has posted the twelve INSANELY TWISTED SHADOW PUPPETS interstitials and bumpers that he created …
KRAZY SATURDAY
Just a quick reminder that if you have any interest in the history of animation – and if you happen to be in Southern California today – …
MEET JANET WALDO
She was Josie, Judy Jetson and Penelope Pitstop…. to name but a few. Women In Animation is hosting a luncheon with voice actress Janet …
Dahl/Disney’s Gremlins are Back
Somehow I missed the news that Dark Horse Comics is working on a February 2006 re-release of the 1943 Roald Dahl children’s book, THE …
50s Design Book and Blast #9 Update
Here’s a quick update on the two biggest projects that I’m dealing with at the moment. First, the latest on the Chronicle book. It’s now …
Tartakovsky Moving Into Features (Again)
Big buzzworthy story here: VARIETY reports that Genndy Tartakovsky (creator, SAMURAI JACK, DEXTER’S LABORATORY; director, STAR WARS: …
A HE-MAN CONTEST
Here’s something I never thought I’d post (and Amid will probably cringe when he sees it): a picture of Filmation’s HE-MAN. The complete …
WALLACE & GROMIT
Unless I’m mistaken, I’ve now seen every substantial theatrical animated feature of 2005 (except CHICKEN LITTLE). MADGASCAR, CORPSE BRIDE …
GO FOR THE GOLD
I know Jerry has already mentioned this, but it’s worth doing so again. I received my copy of GO FOR THE GOLD: A MEATHAUS SKETCHBOOK when …
Same old, same old at Disney
“You’ve got to embrace [computer animation] or there isn’t going to be a place for you.” It was with that ultimatum, Walt Disney Feature …
RENEGADE COCOA PUFFS
Wanna see what Renegade Animation does when it isn’t working on PUFFY AMI YUMI?This spot for Cocoa Puffs combines cel animation and …
Stephen Silver’s Blog
“Since everyone else draws hot women, I want to be the guy that draws fat men.” – Stephen Silver, in the comments section of his …
OTTAWA ESSAY CONTEST
We’re giving away two full passes to North America’s most prestigious animation event, the Ottawa International Animation Festival …
Joe Ranft (1960-2005), RIP
This is really sad news. Joe Ranft, a major part of Pixar’s creative team, died in an auto accident yesterday, according to this post on …
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