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Pascal Campion’s work is always a lot of fun, and his Flash-animated holiday greeting is no exception. But don’t blame me if you can’t …

Ward Jenkins has given us a wonderful holiday treat on his blog: hi-res scans of the entire 1959 Golden Book THE FIRST NOEL illustrated …

Let’s remember James Brown with this terrific Lipton Brisk commercial from 2000. Brown also provided his own voice for the spot.

Wishing you a traditional 2-D Christmas, in 3-Dfrom Cartoon Brew! (click here for a larger image)

Here’s an old photo of me in 1964 (age 9) under our pathetic aluminum Christmas tree, all dressed up and proud of my favorite Chiristmas …

Studio Ghibli presented an early Christmas gift to Tokyo’s Nippon Television Network on Wednesday. A huge mechanical clock, designed by …

(Thanks, Tom Bertino)

Circulating amongst animators this week was the shortlist of possible Oscar nominees in the Animation Short Film category. The final …

Here’s a Christmas treat from the bloggers at CityRag. They found the Wikipedia list, taken from my 1994 book, of The 50 Greatest …

The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has posted an amazing 1942 LIFE magazine article about the Disney Studios during WWII. Lots of …

DoCopenhagen has compiled a list of their top 50 music videos of 2006 with a YouTube link to each video. Plenty of animation throughout. …

No idea how long this is going to last but Amazon is offering a major discount (70% off) on dvd sets of various Adult Swim series. The …

Can you guess who this quote is from: I have a number of figures that are caricatures of me with an extra-big nose and a longer chin, …

You won’t find a funnier commentary about the pathetic creative state of American animated features than this short called OUTSIDE THE …

The boys and girls at one of my favorite stop-motion studios, Screen Novelties, were recently assigned an unlikely task: restoring the …

Gabriele Pennacchioli, an animator/story artist/designer at Dreamworks Animation, has completed his on-line graphic story Kamuc. Says …

What happens when a bunch of young animation artists are given their own animation studio and assigned to create hundreds of animated …

French animation history Didier Ghez, publisher of the indispensable WALT’S PEOPLE interview series, has started working on a new book …