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Fleischer “père et fils” – A Retrospective Of Cartoon Pioneer Max Fleischer, and His Son, Director Richard Fleischer – May 8-28 at New York’s Film Forum
Featuring over 60 Classic Max Fleischer Cartoons - Starring BETTY BOOP, POPEYE, SUPERMAN, et al., Most Restored in 4K.
Ottawa International Animation Festival marks 50 years with New Poster by Cartoonist Seth

Ottawa International Animation Festival marks 50 years with New Poster by Cartoonist Seth

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February 20th, 2026
To celebrate its 50th anniversary in September, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), North America’s largest animation festival, has unveiled its official 2026 poster, created by acclaimed Canadian cartoonist and designer Seth.
MoMA Presents “Masters Of American Animation” Introduced by John Canemaker – January 17th

MoMA Presents “Masters Of American Animation” Introduced by John Canemaker – January 17th

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
January 7th, 2026
Celebrating the publication of The Art of John Canemaker: An Animator's Garden (2026), Canemaker, an Academy Award–winning filmmaker, present a Saturday matinee of new digital restoration premieres of classic American animation January 17th.

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San Diego Comic-Con At Home 2021 Serves-Up Saturday Panels

It’s Day Two of San Diego Comic-Con @Home 2021! Animation virtual panels continue to dominate. Here are the Saturday Highlights: Popular voice actor Eric Bauza opened up the HBO Max Looney Tunes Cartoons presentation by doing a Bugs Bunny & Marvin the Martian scene on Zoom! So far there have been 40 “LTC” episodes of […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|July 24, 2021
San Diego Comic-Con At Home 2021 Serves-Up Saturday Panels

SDCC@Home 2021 Friday Panel Highlights

San Diego Comic-Con is once again @Home for its 2021 edition. More than 20 major animated series are presenting virtual panels this weekend for fans to enjoy. Here are the highlights from the Friday batch: Paramount+ kicked it all off with a look at two new shows. First up: Star Trek: Prodigy, a CG “Star […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|July 23, 2021
SDCC@Home 2021 Friday Panel Highlights

Heritage “The Art of Anime and Everything Cool Auction” is Friday, Saturday, Sunday

What do Ren and Stimpy, Spongebob, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Batman and Superman the animated series, Early Sesame Street, Osamu Tezuka, The Simpsons, Beatles Yellow Submarine, Akira, Charlie Brown and Peanuts, Kim Possible, Jay Ward, Hayao Miyazaki, Sonic the Hedgehog, Nightmare Before Christmas, Mr. Magoo, Brave Little Toaster and ‘The Art of Bill Plympton’ have in […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 21, 2021
Heritage “The Art of Anime and Everything Cool Auction” is Friday, Saturday, Sunday

2021 Tribeca Animated Shorts Pack Emotional Punch

The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival screened its Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G presentation in-person and online earlier this week. I had the chance to screen all eight shorts at home. I’m impressed by all of them, and I think we could be talking about at least a few from now to the 2022 Annie […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|June 15, 2021
2021 Tribeca Animated Shorts Pack Emotional Punch

“Women In Animation Summit” to be Held in Collaboration with Annecy 2021

Women in Animation (WIA) has announced the program for the fifth The Women in Animation World Summit, in conjunction with this year’s hybrid version of the Annecy International Animation Festival and Mifa 2021. The theme of this year’s virtual Summit is “The Business Case for Diversity.” The Women in Animation World Summit will be viewable […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|May 26, 2021
“Women In Animation Summit” to be Held in Collaboration with Annecy 2021

Peilin Chou Debuts “Awakening”

Awakening is a PSA directed by Oscar-nominated producer Peilin Chou (Over The Moon), in response to the rise in Asian violence across the country. As part of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and with the goal of inspiring and uplifting the community and beyond, Awakening features an exciting line-up of top Asian American animation […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|May 16, 2021
Peilin Chou Debuts “Awakening”

2022 Tribeca Animated Shorts Make A Statement

The 2022 Tribeca Film Festival is in full swing, with in-person and at home premieres now through June 19th. This year’s “Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G” presentation features six shorts (selected by the Oscar-winning Goldberg) with grit, guts and major impact. Poetic Tehura is set in Tahiti. A female dancer is performing for a […]