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3-D is a Fad
I love 3D movies. Thanks to a pair of 3-D film festivals held in L.A. several years ago, I’ve been lucky enough to see perhaps 95% of …
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The Warner Archive Collection
Starting today, Warner Bros. begins opening their film vaults by making hundreds of previously unavavilable movies available on DVD. For …
Disney Artists Write Home During WWII
During World War II, dozens of Disney artists were drafted into the US military. Today I’m sharing letters written by three of those …
What Frank Zappa, Tex Avery and Monty Python have in common
Last week’s post about Frank Zappa, Tex Avery and the place of executives generated a lot of feedback, including this email from Bruno …
2009 Animation Book Preview
While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished …
Linda’s Vacation
I was sorting through some files the other day and came across some of the more amusing summer vacation photos I’ve taken. Last year I …
An Appreciation of Marky Maypo
Animation master Eric Goldberg pens an appreciation of classic cereal commercials directed by John Hubley.
Ray Harryhausen Presents The Pit and the Pendulum
Stop-motion legend Ray Harryhausen doesn’t animate much himself nowadays, but he has a new production banner “Ray Harryhausen Presents” …
Dumm Comics Roundtable
As written up on the Brew yesterday, Dumm Comics is a new daily comic site launched by some of the today’s top talents working in TV …
Masaaki Yuasa’s Kaiba
Below are the opening titles to the upcoming series Kaiba, created and directed by Masaaki Yuasa, the genius visionary behind Mind Game. …
Stan VanDerBeek
(Photo © Amy Drown) I’m currently fascinated with the work of avant-garde filmmaker Stan VanDerBeek (1927-1984). There seems to be …
Why Don Hertzfeldt Probably Won’t Win An Annie
There are five nominees for Best Short Subject in this year’s Annie Awards, which will be presented by ASIFA-Hollywood tomorrow …
The Character Design of Ward Kimball
It is well known that, for a variety of reasons, legendary Disney director and animator Ward Kimball was demoted by Walt Disney from …
Animation History Round-Up #3
• Disney theme park designs by animator Marc Davis. • Funny frame grabs from an Iwerks Willie Whopper …
Afterworld
Fascinating story in yesterday’s LA Times about Afterworld, a new CG animated series which premieres online this week at MySpace. The $3 …
Platform Snaps
I’ll share my thoughts on the Platform festival in a bit, but first, a few snaps from this past week. As you can probably tell from these …
Jerry @ Platform
In two weeks, the Platform International Animation Festival will commence in Portland Oregon. Amid and I will both be there, and I urge …
You Asked For It
Here’s an kinescope excerpt from the classic 1950s TV show, You Asked For It, from sometime during its first year of broadcast (1950-51 …
An Open Letter
Dear AOL/MSN/Yahoo/NBC-Universal and News Corp., Congratulations on the news of your new company to compete with YouTube. The …
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