
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
A-HAA Podcast 004: Eddie Fitzgerald II / Spike Jones

A-HAA Podcast
Episode 004
49 min / 24.9 MB / AAC
03.09.10 / RSS Feed
MP3 Version
INDEX
00:00:00 News with Michael and Danny
00:02:30 Eddie Fitzgerald Interview Part II
00:30:15 Breadcrumbs with Skip and Steve: Spike Jones
00:47:23 Closing notes with Michael and Danny
ABOUT THE GUESTS


ABOUT THE HOSTS

You can reach Danny at... dannyyoung@animationarchive.org

You can reach Michael at... michaelwoodside@animationarchive.org

You can reach Stephen at sworth@animationarchive.org
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
News Segment
ANNIES: 37th Annual Annie Awards Webcast
EVENT: 2009 Afternoon of Remembrance
Eddie Fitzgerald Interview
WWW: Uncle Eddie's Theory Corner
Breadcrumbs: Spike Jones

AMAZON: Spike Jones: The Legend DVD
AMAZON: The Best of Spike Jones DVD
AMAZON: The Best of Spike Jones CD
AMAZON: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time
AMAZON: Simcha Time: Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and Brisses
AMAZON: America's Song Butchers: The Weird World of Homer & Jethro
GROOVESHARK Playlist: Spike Jones
WWW: Dr Demento's Website (Streaming Shows!)
CREDITS
Produced by Michael Woodside and Danny Young
© 2010 The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood
A-HAA Podcast Theme composed by Christopher Heckman (Sarra Hey, Clarinet, Rachel Woods-Robinson, Trombone)
Breadcrumbs Theme "The Collector" by Skip Heller from the CD Lua-O-Milo
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Labels: podcast
Monday, March 01, 2010
Comics; Jimmy Swinnerton
This post is just the tip of the iceberg... see reason number 2 on our The Top Ten Reasons To Support The A-HAA for links to more great posts about print cartoonists.

Today, in David Apatoff's great blog Illustration Art I read the amazing life story of pioneer newspaper cartoonist Jimmy Swinnerton. David's article is titled, Jimmy Swinnerton At The Dawn of Comic Strips, and it's well worth reading.
David's vivid history lesson inspired me to dig into our collection and post some more examples of Swinnerton's pioneering genius. These images were donated by Jonathan Barli of Digital Funnies. Jonathan contributed thousands of high resolution scans of rare newspaper comics two years ago, and we are just now finishing up processing the images for inclusion in our database.
As I always say when I post newspaper comics... if you're one of those folks who don't click on the images because you don't think it's worth the time it takes to read... YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING!







Here are some illustrations by Swinnerton from the late 20s...









Many thanks to Jonathan Barli and David Apatoff for their great work!
For more great newspaper cartoons, see... Milt Gross Sunday Pages and Dailies Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six and Part Seven; Chic Young's Blondie, Rube Goldberg's Side Show; George Lichty's Grin and Bear It, Cliff Sterrett's Polly & Her Pals Part One, Part Two and Part Three; and Harrison Cady's Birds' Eye Views
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Labels: rerun
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
FREE EBOOK: Zim's Cartoons and Caricatures Part 15 of 20

This is the fifteenth of twenty posts where we plan to post a complete set of high resolution scans of Zim's Cartoons & Caricatures, or Making The World Laugh (1910). These 100 pages are packed with great cartoons, helpful drawing tips, technical information and business advice for the aspiring cartoonist. Most importantly, Zim passes along his unique philosophy of life, and offers a shining example of how an artistic career as a caricaturist can be incorporated into a person's lifestyle. At the time this book was written, Zim had thirty years of experience under his belt, and had attained the highest level in his field. For more information, see the Zim's Cartoons & Caricatures page.
Every week, we will post five more pages, but they will be deleted from our server after 30 days, so download them while you can. To save the images to your hard drive, right click on the image (or CONTROL click if you are using a Mac) and select "SAVE IMAGE AS". To see all of the currently available pages, see the ZIMEBOOK Tag.




If you haven't downloaded previous entries, please do so immediately. I am going to start expiring links to earlier posts soon. Check back next week for more pages from this rare book.


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Labels: zimebook
Monday, February 22, 2010
A-HAA Podcast 003: Eddie Fitzgerald / The Coasters

A-HAA Podcast
Episode 003
40 min / 29.6 MB / AAC
02.23.10 / RSS Feed
MP3 Version
INDEX
00:00:00 Blog Suggestions with Michael and Danny
00:04:03 Eddie Fitzgerald Interview
00:26:00 Breadcrumbs with Skip and Steve: The Coasters
00:38:45 Closing notes with Michael and Danny
ABOUT THE GUESTS


ABOUT THE HOSTS

You can reach Danny at... dannyyoung@animationarchive.org

You can reach Michael at... michaelwoodside@animationarchive.org

You can reach Stephen at sworth@animationarchive.org
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
News Segment
SPUNGELLA: Animal Locomotion for Animators
FLICKR: Eadweard Muybridge's Human and Animal Locomotion
JOHN K: Color Theory
Eddie Fitzgerald Interview
Uncle Eddie's Theory Corner
Breadcrumbs: The Coasters
AMAZON: Yakety Yak: The Platinum Collection
AMAZON: The Golden Age of American Rock 'N' Roll, Volume 1
GROOOVESHARK: The Coasters Playlist (For more similar songs, click on the "RADIO" button and Grooveshark will add them to your list!)
WWW: Dr Demento's Website (Streaming Shows!)
CREDITS
Produced by Michael Woodside and Danny Young
© 2010 The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood
A-HAA Podcast Theme composed by Christopher Heckman (Sarra Hey, Clarinet, Rachel Woods-Robinson, Trombone)
Breadcrumbs Theme "The Collector" by Skip Heller from the CD Lua-O-Milo
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