Filed under: Animation

A lot of tributes have been posted regarding Robin Williams. I found this one of Robin presenting an Oscar to legendary animator Walter Lantz.

I hadn’t heard of the film until this morning, but the imagery and style of the animation has me intrigued to seer he movie.

Salt Lake Comic Con organizers essentially shrugged off the cease and desist letter from San Diego Comic-Con and so SDCC has filed a suit against the fledgling comic con. At issue is the use of the phrase “comic con” with no hyphen. SDCC owns the trademark for “comic-con” and believes Salt Lake Comic Con is […]

PBS and American Experience will air a four-hour, two-night film on Walt Disney this fall. The film “explores the life and legacy of one of America?s most enduring and influential storytellers.”From the press release: Directed and produced by Sarah Colt (?Henry Ford,? ?RFK?) and written by Mark Zwonitzer (?JFK,? ?Triangle Fire?), the film features rare […]

Nearly 2 years after it hit the web, Nina Paley’s “This Land Is Mine“ is viral. Honestly I’m not sure if it hasn’t already been viral. Given the topic of the Middle East, it has capacity to go viral every 18 months. Sigh. This Land Is Mine from Nina Paley on Vimeo.Her original blog posts […]

Congratulations to Michael Cavna on six years behind Comic Riffs. To commemorate, he’s posted “60 Telling Quotes About Comics and Cartooning from the past six years of ?Riffs”.

Just when I think Disney couldn’t possibly demonstrate more that it has no soul. This.Hollywood Reporter reports a live-action Dumbo movie is in the works. Ehren Kruger (Transformers) is writing the script, Justin Springer (Tron: Legacy, Oblivion) will produce.The new take involves the adaptation of the original movie while adding a unique family story that […]

Wonderfully done.

Eddie Pitman, a fine gentleman, animator and creator of Red’s Planet has a few very cool announcements. The first had to do with doing voice acting for Phineas and FerbWhile I was in LA, several of my colleagues, having heard many of my impressions and voice characterizations, encouraged me to pursue voice acting. I did […]

The penguins in the Madagascar series have been some of the funniest supporting characters in an animated film. We’ll see if they can transition from supporting characters to main. Movie hits theaters November 26 with the talent of Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich, Ken Jeong, Annet Mahendru and Peter Stormare.

I posted the teaser a while back. I’m excited to see this one.

This year’s Reubens Award Weekend was held in the spectacular San Diego California. It was only my third NCS weekend, so I’m not the best barometer for attendance. Apart from live-tweeting the winners on Saturday night, I’ll admit, I put aside my the “reporter duties” and just enjoyed the event. My photos are slimmer than […]

I’m off to San Diego for Reuben awards weekend. I stopped long ago trying to guess who would win the Reuben and the division awards. But Tom Heintjes posts his predicts each year. I should look them up (and anyone else) and see who’s got the clearest crystal ball.For the top prize, Tom says it’s […]

This is a great video with concepts not just for animation, but still drawings too. The illusion of life from cento lodigiani on Vimeo.

The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has announced the recipient of this year’s Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship is Renee Faundo, a character animation major at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA. She wins a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to this year’s Reuben Award Weekend in San Diego, CA.From the NCSF: In addition […]