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Animators

Bruce Bickford

This nine-minute excerpt from Monster Road, the documentary about the life and times of stop-motion genius Bruce Bickford, really makes …

Disney

Classic Disney Art Returns to the US

The NY Times reports that Disney is having returned to them over 250 pieces of original classic artwork, most of it from Sleeping Beauty. …

Animators

Planktoon

I’m keeping my eye on Planktoon, a Paris based CG animation studio with a very cartoony aesthetic. Here’s their latest, RouDooDou, …

Shorts

The Chimney

Not exactly animation (though there’s some pixilation), Steve Cloutier’s The Chimney makes terrific use of a cartoon music favorite: …

Cartoon Culture

Top Carrot

Tim Hollis sent this in:Last night, while clearing things out of a glass display case, I found the this plastic bag that someone sent to …

Disney

Get Well Soon, Jim Korkis

Animation historian Jim Korkis had a series of three small strokes last week. The strokes were in a portion of the brain that control …

Internet/Blogs

Mike Nguyen’s blog

Mike Nguyen is one of the best traditional character animators I know. Fiercely independent, Mike’s working on his own feature film …

Events

Cartoon Dump again!

We’re baaaaack! Live comedy! Horrible animation! Cartoon Dump is live in Los Angeles every 4th Tues. of the month at the Steve Allen …

Animators

Justin Wright (1981-2008)

Sad news out of Pixar. Story supervisor Ronnie del Carmen reports on his blog that newly minted Pixar story artist Justin Wright passed …

Disney

Frank & Artie

What’s wrong with the following sentence in this Andreas Deja interview: “I got to know, not only Marc Davis, but Frank Thomas, Artie …

Feature Film

Kung Fu Panda kicks ass!

I see a lot of animated features in advance and, for the most part, keep my opinions to myself until the movie is in general release. …

Advertising

Ron Paul Goes CG

Everything’s better when it’s in CG…even presidential candidate Ron Paul. Of all the recent animated political ads, this commercial …

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