The Return of Chris P
During my years as a student at SVA, there were two superstar students capturing everyone’s imagination. One was a year ahead of me, named Chris Prynoski (pictured above in cartoon form), and the other was Aaron Augenblick, two years behind. Despite n…
William Littlejohn 1914-2010
by Tom SitoTom Sito of ASIFA-Hollywood wrote the following obituary of Bill Littlejohn for ASIFA Magazine. Our thanks to Tom and to ASIFA-Hollywood president Antran Manoogian for kindly sharing it […]
Bill Littlejohn, Celebrated Animator, Officer of ASIFA, Animation Guild, Dies at 96
ASIFA is grieved to report the death of veteran animator and former ASIFA vice-president, Bill Littlejohn, who died September 18. He was 96.Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1914, Bill […]
Animated Gems
Murder on the Orient ExpressBig Wednesday Jane Eyre The Cabinet of Dr. CalagariAnimator, writer, ASIFA-East executive board member, and teacher Rich Gorey and I have been close friends for over ten years. When we meet up for lunch, Rich never fails to …
Plympton Talks Idiots and Angels
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of sitting down with the very awesome Bill Plympton who needs little introduction. His 5th feature film to date, Idiots and Angels , […]
Flying the Flag at Se-Ma-For
Flying the Flag at Se-Ma-For: Guest Article by Tom Gasek Since I have been teaching at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the last 5 years I have been having […]
The Rauch Bros: First Five StoryCorp films
At a time when each month brings news of another NY animation talent departing for the West Coast (we just waved goodbye to the talented animator/director Dan Forgione, for instance), it’s a gift to our community that we have Tim and Mike Rauch (pictur…
Four Paintings: One Lesson
Above is a series of four paintings my dad made over one week in 1963. Two years out of Cooper Union, he was working as an art director at a small ad agency. During a rare slow week he used his time to make these paintings with whatever art materials w…
New Community Blogger!
ASIFA-East warmly thanks Elliot Cowan for all his hard work these past two years! He will be sorely missed here, but I’m sure you will all see him around. Please […]
Spinning Animation for the Web
As we all know, people have been making commercial animation for the Web for more than a decade. At the beginning, Web animation was a shaky speculation. Some companies tried to use it to create a sort of TV channel-style destination, speculating with …
