VIDEO: Paper Rad pilot
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A cartoon pilot by those Paper Rad scamps.
VIDEO: Smigel does ANIME
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This is sure to be taken down, so watch swiftly! Last weekend's SNL featured a new TV Funhouse by Robert Smigel that spoofed anime via competitive hotdog eating champ Kobayashi. Good stuff....
Alan Moore to appear on the Simpsons
Can Alan Moore get any more cuddly? Warren Ellis posted along this link from a Northhampton newspaper, and it's too late for April Fools: Alan Moore will guest on THE SIMPSONS:
Moore, aged 53,...
16 animated films eligible for Oscar
The list of animated films eligible for the Best Animated Film Oscar has been released, and 16 films are potential nominees:
The list includes lots of movies with talking critters: Disney's "The Wild," DreamWorks Animation's...
Little Lulu archives to Harvard
As regulars here may know, Little Lulu is one of our favorite comics of all the times, and we have a small shrine in our home built to John Stanley and Irving Tripp --...
When Disney went to war
We were trawling around on the 'net and found this coolish page looking at Disney's World War II effort, and the incongruity of cute cartoon characters being used to military purposes -- a practice...
Today’s video team: John K and Tenacious D
John K has made an animated video for the Tenacious D song "Classico" . Enjoy, but be forwarned, it's NSFW. Who could have seen that one coming, based on their respective bodies of work?
Linksies: Gaiman, Disney, Schulz
§ Neil Gaiman posts a cute picture of his daughter Maddie dressed as him for Halloween, but even more importantly posts a boilerplate will that any American creative type can use to assign rights...
The world of…SHOWBIZ!
Here's what's happening in Hollywood, my homie hepcats!
Hot rumor of the week: Bruce Campbell WILL play a villain in Spiderman 3. The blog
film ick has the spoilerish and Mysterio-so details.
Jack Black is...
Cool video of the day: Miho Hatori
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Miho Hatori, whose musical stylings with Cibo Matto, Handsome Boy Modeling School and the Gorillaz have always given us nothing but joy, is back with a solo album, and the first single has...
Colorful John K.
An many of you know, legendary animator John K. has a blog, where is slowly offering his teachings in how to make good animation. Recently, he's been talking about color theory, and the title...
