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Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

Spider-Ham

Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a superhero appearing in Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic pig and is a parody version of Spider-Man. He was created by Larry Hama, Tom DeFalco, and Mark Armstrong.

KENEDA

Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang in Katsuhiro Otomo’s classic anime feature AKIRA (1988).

Daffy Duck

Daffy Duck was created by Tex Avery for Leon Schlesinger Productions. He has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, or Speedy Gonzales.

Jerry Beck

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Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.
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Point Foundation Honors Laika at 2019 Gala

More than 400 guests and celebrities filled the Beverly Hilton Hotel to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students at Point Honors Los Angeles. Point Foundation (Point), the evening’s beneficiary, is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students of merit; currently assisting 85 scholarship recipients. At the gala, the award-winning stop-motion animation […]

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WIA To Honor Netflix’s Melissa Cobb, Sony Pictures Animation and “ABEO” At Spark 2019

Women in Animation (WIA) is proud to announce the third annual WIA Diversity Awards recipients, presented in partnership with the Spark Computer Graphics Society (Spark CG). The recipients of this year’s awards are: Sony Pictures Animation; Melissa Cobb, Vice President, Original Animation, Netflix; and filmmaker Brenda Lopez for her short film ABEO. The awards will […]

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Laika Sets Oct. 27th For Free Retrospective of Entire Library at Landmark Theatre

Laika, the stop-motion animation studio whose five films — Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Missing Link (2019) — have delighted fans and wowed critics, will present a day-long retrospective of its films at The Landmark in Los Angeles on Sunday, October 27th. Admission is free. In […]

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32 Animated Features Submitted For 2019 Oscar Race

Thirty-two features – a record – have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 92nd Academy Awards. Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles seven-day qualifying run. Interestingly enough SHAUN THE SHEEP FARMAGEDDON was not submitted. Also of note: Genndy Tartakovsky’s PRIMAL (a series on […]

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ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that VIP tickets for the 47th Annual Annie Awards are on sale now at annieawards.org/tickets. The 47th Annual Annie Awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The price of a VIP ticket admits you to the pre- and post- receptions beginning at 4:30 p.m., and […]

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TRAILER: Laika’s “Wildwood”

LAIKA today unveiled the first full trailer for Wildwood, revealing the extraordinary scale, adventure and handcrafted artistry of the studio’s most ambitious film to date Directed and produced by Travis Knight.