Chat with Kim Deitch
Worth a look: Kim Deitch (veteran underground cartoonist and son of animation director Gene Deitch) talks about his comics career and cartoon cat influences. Kim is one of over 75 other top comics creators interviewed in a new book, Leaping Tall Buildings by Christopher Irving and Seth Kushner (both blog at Graphic NYC). Here’s his [...]
Taste for Toons
You don’t see it much anymore, but there was a time when the advertising industry went beyond sponsorship, to full blown integration. Never was this as clear as it get with animated cartoon shows. The sponsors were so engrained in to the industry, that they even saw themselves in the show. The biggest of the sponsors [...]
Meet Buck
Here’s something I found that I just HAD to share with you. It’s a great film from Team Cerf.
File Wars Episode IV: Any Hope?
As an instructor, you try to be as clear as possible when asking for files to be saved in a compatible format for grading. This task can sometimes stump the best of us. Fear not, my friends, for you’re in good company. Here’s what’s up: Most browsers have the necessary powers to view the most [...]
He Is What He Is
E.C. Segar, the man behind Popeye the Sailor, received an appropriately raucous birthday message from Google Tuesday. Its home page features the husky hero smacking around Google’s logo and about to swallow a quick serving of his favorite meal, canned spinach.
Marge Simpson Cover Pays Tribute
Jessica Rabbit may have been the sexiest drawn character in toon history, but Marge Simpson has the title of being the first toon to grace the cover of Playboy magazine. Her pose is not an original gesture, though. The cover pose is actually a double tribute. The original pose belongs to Darine Stern, the first [...]
A Sista in Da Mouse House!
This may not seem like much to most of you, but some of us have waited a long time for this moment. Disney, has finally produced an animated feature film with an African-American lead.
Conquering the Great Divide
Italian animator Hermes Mangialardo posted this cool animation entitled “Frontiers” expressing a simple way to conquer the final frontier. Enjoy.
Hayao Miyazaki & Disney release Ponyo
Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) is bringing another masterpiece to the American cinema landscape. It’s the story of a young and overeager goldfish named Ponyo and her quest to become human. The plot is centered on a fish girl, or mermaid, who runs away from her home in the sea. She ends [...]
