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• “Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program” book is a really great read

  Jim Hill reviews J.B. Kaufman’s “South of the Border with Disney.” Which does a brilliant job of illuminating & expanding this often under-reported aspect of Disney Company history Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, Walt Disney, Disney Editions, Mickey Mouse, Mary Blair, Burbank, Southern California, South of the Border with Walt: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program 1941 - 1948, Christmas, 2009, animated feature, Christmas present, holiday shopping list, animated features, Ted Thomas , paintings, artists , animators , December , Walt & El Grupo, animation fan, J B Kaufman, South American , Saludos Amigos, Don Hahn , 1948, Donald Duck, holiday, holidays, holiday sale, Christmas gift, The Walt Disney Family Museum, 1941, Kuniko Okubo, animated film, animated films, animation fans

• CTN X brings animation community together to network, help out their fellow artists

  Jim Hill talks up this weekend’s event at the Burbank Marriott. He also spotlights Tony Bancroft & Chad Frye’s efforts to help the Hodges family Read More... Posted Friday, November 20, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Ron Clements, John Musker, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Cinderella, WDI, Burbank, Walt Disney Imagineering, Eric Goldberg, animation student, 2009, Pete Docter, animators , animation community, animation industry, animation fan, Up, The Princess and the Frog, animation historian

• Suspended Animation provides online showcase for the non-Disney art of noted Disney artists

  Jim Hill chats with Tenny Chonin, the former head of Artist Development for Walt Disney Animation Studios, about the new web-based gallery that she launched last month Read More... Posted Friday, November 13, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS, Burbank, animation student, 2009, animated feature, animated short, animated features, paintings, artists , animators , Disney Studios , artistic development, artwork, animated film, animated films

• Monday Mouse Watch : “Carol” makes cash registers ring, while “Frog” ‘s financial future makes Disney animators jumpy

  Jim Hill looks past what “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” earned over its opening weekend to what this new Robert Zemeckis movie will gross over the next 3 to 5 years. He also talks about what impact “The Princess & the Frog” ticket sales may have on veteran animators’ careers Read More... Posted Monday, November 09, 2009 12:00 AM | 10 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, A Christmas Carol, CG, John Lasseter, Robert Zemeckis, Walt Disney Animation Studios, WDAS, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton, Burbank, Ed Catmull, ImageMoversDigital, box office, 2009, animated feature, ticket sales, opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, Disney Feature Animation, animated features, soundstage , hand-drawn animation, animators , CG feature, Disney Digital 3D, 2011, Warner Bros. , The Polar Express, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D , seasonal run , box office projections, box office estimates, The Princess and the Frog, hand-drawn, limited release, Charles Dickens, seasonal event, animated film, animated films, ImageMovers, hand-drawn feature, Winnie the Pooh

• What to know what’s “Up” at Pixar? Then buy a ticket to next month’s Cartoon Art Museum benefit

  Jim Hill talks up this annual fundraiser. Which allows a lucky few the chance to wander the halls at this Emeryville-based animation studio Read More... Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Pixar, Cartoon Art Museum, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, San Francisco, Tokyo, animation student, Pixar campus, 2009, animated feature, ticket sales, Lifted, animated features, fundraiser, animators , animation community, animation industry, animation fan, Up, Mater, fundraising event, Emeryville campus, animated film, animated films, animation fans