On Friday night, July 10th, ASIFA-Atlanta put on a screening of locally-made animated films at the Woodruff Art Center’s Rich Auditorium. The event, which was made possible by the High Museum of Art, was put on as part of the 21st Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference being held that weekend at the Atlanta campus [...]
Entries from September 25th, 2009
Georgia Animation on My Mind Q&A
September 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Filmmakers, Independent animators, Screenings
Tags: American animation filmmakers·ASIFA-Atlanta·High Museum of Art·Society for Animation Studies
EmmyTVLegends.org Launched
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Filmmakers, Producers, Television history and criticism
The Academy of Television Arts iand Sciences’ Archive of American Television has launched EmmyTVLegends.org website, which aims to put its voluminous collection of over 600 video interviews with “with the pioneers and legends of [ American]television.” The site, which uses YouTube to host the interviews, represents a second try for the Archives, which according to [...]
Tags: American television history·Archives of American Television·EmmyTVLegends.Org·Sid Casear·tBill Melendez
Shazam Anyone? On Disney’s Takeover of Marvel
September 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Animated characters, Comic books and comic strips
The commentary about the recently announced $4 billion purchase by Disney of Marvel Entertainment, home of Spiderman and other popular comic book icons, has focused on a number of issues, but little on the what the deal portends for what it represents in terms of the continuing consolidation of power within the entertainment industry. For [...]
Tags: Marvel Entertainment·Mergers and acquisitions·Walt Disney Company