Mayerson on Animation

Journalist and animation historian Thad Komorowski put together a segment on Michael Sporn for the WBGO Journal on March 6.  It includes ...

The world of television is changing rapidly and the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission is attempting to catch up.  ...

I wish the media paid as much attention to the Nobel prizes in science and medicine as it does to the Academy Awards.

Friend Jim Caswell pointed me to a podcast featuring animator Charlie Bonifacio .  It's the latest episode of the Toon Talks podcast , ...

On Saturday night at 2:15 A.M. Eastern Time (really early Sunday morning), Turner Classic Movies will run a genuine rarity.  Twice Upon a ...

Mami Sunada's documentary on the creation of The Wind Rises , The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness , is a fascinating film for a wide var...

When I started in computer animation in 1985, there were five studios that dominated the field: Robert Abel and Associates, Digital Produc...

Animatic T.O, the Toronto lecture series featuring animation professionals, is back on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at The Rhino, 1249 Queen Street We...

If you ask anyone in North America to name a comic book company, they would probably name Marvel or DC.  Possibly they'd name Archie. ...

Song of the Sea is director Tomm Moore's follow-up to his first feature, The Secret of Kells .  Once again, he delves ...

I attended CTN for the first time this year, representing Sheridan College.  Because of that, I was pretty much tied to Sheridan's table...

Silent animation is esoteric, even to people who love animation.  Not much of it is shown anymore and animation has evolved so much from t...

Steve Stanchfield (right) with Robert Osborne Due to a snafu last October 6, TCM didn't run its scheduled program of Van Beuren cart...

On Dec. 2nd and 3rd, the National Film Board of Canada is making Torill Kove's latest film, Me and My Moulton , available for free.  Y...

I'll be at CTN on behalf of Sheridan College's animation program.  Fellow faculty member James Caswell and I will be at the Sheridan...

Joe Hisaishi is as closely associated with Studio Ghibli's musical scores as Carl Stalling was with Warner Bros. cartoon scores.  Here ...

Over the last year, Rogers and Shaw, the two largest cable TV suppliers in Canada, have lost a total of 200,000 subscribers .  That has enor...

Isao Takahata's The Tale of Princess Kaguya is a thematically rich and artistically beautiful film.  As it may be the director...

Nina Paley, the creator of the animated feature Sita Sings the Blues , has released another segment from her current production Seder Maso...