We Pick Some Of The Greatest Bands In Cartoon History
From red hot Twenties jazz to the contemporary stylings of Gorillaz, we pay homage to cartoon bands.
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100 Years Of Disney Surrealism: More Than Just Fairy Tales And Princesses
Disney may be the leading purveyor of safe, family-friendly entertainment today, but that hasn’t always been the case.
18 Lesser-Known Stop-Motion Christmas Gems To Enjoy This Holiday Season
Historian Vincent Alexander has put together a list of 18 lesser-known stop-motion Christmas shorts you might not have seen before.
20 Spooky Stop-Motion Classics To Get You In The Mood For Halloween
Historian Vincent Alexander has exhumed a frightening list of stop-motion gems worth dusting off this Halloween.
‘Claydream’ Review: Will Vinton Doc Exposes Viciousness Of Legal Battle With Phil Knight
Marq Evans’s film also gives a rounded portrait of Vinton himself, as a visionary but flawed artist and leader.
Starburns Industries And XYZ Films Board Will Vinton Documentary ‘Welcome To My Daydream’
A documentary about Will Vinton, the Portland stop-motion renegade, is moving forward.
Will Vinton, Stop-Motion Legend And Claymation Creator: Dead At 70
Will Vinton, a seminal figure in the development of commercial stop motion animation in the United States, has passed away.
EXCLUSIVE: First Look At Will Vinton Documentary ‘Welcome To My Daydream’
An exclusive first-look at the upcoming documentary about animation legend Will Vinton and how he changed stop-motion animation in the United States.
Gnosis and Toonz Team Up for New Will Vinton Feature Projects
The two companies will work together to create films that “both entertain and encourage children across the world.”
Watch 27 Best Animated Film Oscar Presentations
These rare videos document the presentation of the animated short Oscar from 1949 through 2013.
How Will Vinton Lost His Studio to a Rapper Named Chilly Tee
Laika does amazing work as an animation studio, no doubt about it, but the studio’s history is somewhat less admirable. The company was built on top of Will Vinton’s eponymous Portland studio in a shrewd corporate takeover by multi-billionaire Nike co-founder Phil Knight. After Knight took control of the company in 2002, he placed a failed rapper named Chilly Tee with slight experience in animation, who also happened to be his son Travis Knight, in charge of the entire company.
Will Vinton Set to Direct CGI Film “The Quest”
It was announced last week that animation director Will Vinton, creator of the term Claymation and recipient of an Academy Award for his …
