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RALPH EGGLESTON INTERVIEW

Pixar animator Andrew Gordon has posted an extensive 45-minute audio interview with fellow Pixarian, art director/production designer …

Animators

True Characters

Story artist Jenny Lerew has posted another excellent entry about storytelling in animation on her blog, Blackwing Diaries. This time, …

Animators

Dave Wasson…On You

Director/designer Dave Wasson (TIME SQUAD, MAX AND HIS SPECIAL PROBLEM) has launched a new line of T-shirts called Vot-Not. He’s starting …

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ANIMATION BENEFIT AUCTION

On April 20th, Cartoon Network will be holding a silent auction to benefit Fyn Stec. Fyn is the young son of current Nickelodeon and …

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POOH ON THE SIDEWALK

Better watch where you step!As if there isn’t enough s–t in Hollywood already, now there’s permanent Pooh on the sidewalk. From the …

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NEW HANNA BARBERA FIGURES

Our buddy Scott Shaw! designed these cool new action-packed Hanna Barbera figures. Tom & Jerry (above), Fred Flintstone, Hong Kong Phooey …

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Cartoon Network

An article in last week’s VARIETY reports that not only will Cartoon Network continue to air live-action films like ACE VENTURA and DUMB …

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URMEL AUS DEM EIS

URMEL AUS DEM EIS is a German CG animated feature slated for release in August 2006. You can suffer through the trailer HERE. I’m not …

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THE LAST WARNER BROS. CARTOON

Peter Paltridge has posted a bunch of funny/strange pages on his website, such as this one devoted to the worst TV cartoons he’s seen, …

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FLEISCHER’S FIRST FEATURE

A company called Collector’s Guide Publishing is making Max Fleischer’s 1923 feature film The Einstein Theory of Relativity available on …

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Oskar Fischinger: DVD

Here’s a DVD I’ve been waiting for, Oskar Fischinger: Ten Films. This is the first DVD release by the Center for Visual Music, and …

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SUNSHINE MAKERS

Pop culture historian Michael J. Hayde has a great website Better Living Through Television where he waxes nostalgically about the good …

Animators

Ottawa 06

(click for larger version) The Ottawa International Animation Festival website has been updated with details on its 2006 edition, which …

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Rubbery Cartoon Dancing

Cartoonist/animator Marc Deckter has a great post on his new blog about some of his favorite old-timey rubber-hose dance scenes. Van …

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FAMILY GUY STEALS

A confirmed FAMILY GUY hater named Randy has started a blog to “document every instance of Seth MacFarlane stealing jokes, and finally …

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SOUTH PARK Rips FAMILY GUY

Last night’s episode of SOUTH PARK did a parody of FAMILY GUY. It’s little surprise that the SOUTH PARK version is funnier than the …

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