TONIGHT: Pixar Shorts on ABC Family
Tonight on ABC Family, a two-hour presentation of almost all of the Pixar shorts produced to date. It’s the first time that most of the …
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Chinese CGI Reconstruction of Tiger Woods Crash
Every news organizations has reported the Tiger Woods car crash by now, but only the Chinese have recreated the event with glorious CGI …
Don Bluth and the Importance of Knowing Your Animation Heritage
Jeremy Hopkins attended the CTN Expo a couple weeks ago, and he’s posting videos from the event on his website XSheet.net. He currently …
A Year with Three Stop-Motion Oscar Noms?
After I did this interview with Canada’s National Post about trends in feature animation, I got to thinking about whether there might be …
Idiots at the Helm
Fox has announced that they are developing a primetime animated series with actor Matthew McConaughey based on his brother’s life. The …
Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office Report
An impressive three animated films reached the top ten at the North American box office last weekend. Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol …
Chuck Jones’s Influence in Disney’s Latest Pic
Oswald Iten has a sweet and short observation on his blog Colorful Animation Expressions about how Eric Goldberg is incorporating a bit …
What Animation Can Learn from a Restaurant Owner
This business case study of Ferran Adrià ‘s restaurant elBulli restaurant has nothing to do on the surface with cartoons, yet the …
Not So Mighty
A Brew reader reports that Erik Wiese, the co-creator of Mighty B, hinted on his Facebook today that Nick has cancelled the show. Wiese …
Quote of the Week: Tom Rothman
From the November 2 issue of The New Yorker: “The trick is, from the business side, to try to be fiscally responsible so you can be …
How to Make $55,000 by Giving Away A Film
Filmmaker Nina Paley explains in the Wall Street Journal how she’s earned $55,000 from her animated feature Sita Sings the Blues by …
Cornelis by Ayaka Nakata
Beautiful animated short by Ayaka Nakata that stems from a foundation of dance choreography. I like how the filmmaker creates an …
A Page From TV Animation’s Past
(click to enlarge image) Understanding the extent to which artists have lost control of the animation process in the past is vital to …
Going West by Andersen M Studio
This is an impressively elaborate papercraft animation created by London-based Andersen M Studio for the New Zealand Book Council. I …
The 2000s: TV Animation
It’s the time again when critics start compiling their “best of” lists for the decade. We’ll probably do a few ourselves, though the …
Fun with Hair
Sometimes all it takes is a little bit of hair and pixilation. The film is by Andy Estep. (Thanks, Marc Deckter)
Tim Burton Exhibition at MoMA
Last night I attended the opening of the Tim Burton exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, and quite simply, it’s terrific! I’ll be …
Ralph Bakshi on Pixar
We’ve already linked to this, but this interview with Ralph Bakshi has some really shrewd insights peppered throughout. One of his …
Fantastic Mr. Fox Display at Bergdorf Goodman
The Bergdorf Goodman Men’s Store in Manhattan has fantastic window displays this season…Fantastic Mr. Fox displays that is. The twelve …
A Proper Home for Cartoon Modern
It makes me real happy knowing so many folks in animation enjoy my book Cartoon Modern, but it’s no less a delight when I discover people …
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