» Ed Hall lost four clients in December during the newspaper turmoil. He reports he’s picked up a new paper. » Animated News reports that Kung Fu Panda swept the Annie Awards in 10 categories. The Annie is the animation industry equivalent of an Oscar. Charles Brubaker wonders if Dreamworks rigged the voting (Dreamworks is […]
The Independent (UK) has posted an article on how the web is forcing print companies, in this case specifically comic books, into transitioning their products to the web to counter piracy – much like the music companies had to open up their catalogs to online stores like iTunes to counter the music sharing piracy. The […]
Someone has posted a 1963 video documentary of Charles Schulz talking about the creative process and where inspiration comes from. It runs a bit over 4 minutes. Aside from the cartooning nuggets of info in the video, I have to smile that Sparky had about 11 people in the car (counting himself and supposing a […]
Summary of article “Please Consider Helping Dave Simons” from the blog The Comics Reporter
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/please_consider_helping_dave_simons/
Craig Kausen, grandson of Chuck Jones has launched a new blog devoted to the legendary animation director. Chuck Reduxcan be found here.
While known primarily for his work on Village Voice, Jules Feiffer also worked in animation under cartoonist Gene Deitch. Below are two examples. First is “Foofle’s Train Ride”, a Terrytoons short released in 1959. Feiffer was credited for art designs in this short. It was directed by Dave Tendlar and originally released in CinemaScope by […]