My Little CrockPot of News and Thoughts

Could this be the start of a SECOND Disney renaissance? The new trailer for Chicken Little is now out on the movie's official site. I have to admit, the first time I saw some of the characters for this film a few months back, I was unmoved and unimpressed. Maybe it's because it's Friday or maybe it's the coffee speaking, but after I saw the trailer I was EXCITED! I saw a heavy Pixar influence in what I saw, so maybe the House of Mouse has taken a few cues from the Bullpen of Buzz. Is this premature of me? As with many things in life, only time will tell. Check it out for yourself and decide. ... Comic studio Wild Storm has a blog. Need a carrot made of metal or the latest in rocket propelled sleighs? The ACME Catalog. Going Nuts by Joel Reid and Scott Graham that is currently in production. There's not much on their site, but AnimWatch has a nice little page about it.

Another Wednesday Down: "It's amazing what you can do with a few random nuts and bolts and a little bit of chewing gum" ... Speaking of robots, watch this super cool car commercial from Europe. (link via Don) The Tim Burton Collective (link via Fishbucket) Gnome in the Garden directed by Tim Burton Chris Buzelli (link via Fishbucket) ... Wow. This is the second post I've made on this blog this week. The Pencil Haus is on it's 99th post. I think a few celebrations are in order... where are my car keys?

On a rainy Tuesday morning: "...and I want a fire truck, and a jump rope, and a purple dog, and..." ... Had a busy, busy weekend this past weekend. The family was down so we were on the go for most of it. I stopped by the Disney Store in the mall at one point to pick some new coffee mugs. Needless to say the quality of my coffee has gone up tremendously. ... Jennifer Shiman has posted the links to her new 30-Second Bunnies Shorts that she created for Starz this past month: Freddy vs. Jason, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Scream. ... Leslie McClaine is comic artist and creator of Highway 13, published by SLG Publishing/Amaze Ink. Johnny Crossbones is another comic of his that is a pretty fun read. Be sure to read the archive and to learn how he does it. ... Bernard Derriman is an animator at Disney's Australia studio. He's worked on such films as Lady and the Tramp II and An Extremely Goofy Movie. He is also the animator and director for the series Arj and Poopy, which was created and is written by comedian Arj Barker. He also the director and animator of the award winning (and hilarious) music video "Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me" by Australian rockers TISM. Watch it. ... It has been brought to my attention that this blog, as well as my website, are both listed at the ToonHub (my blog under "Animation Blogs/Commentaries" and my site under "Animators & Animation Artists"). Thank you ToonHub.

Autumn brings... : " A Post Halloween Memory" ... IT'S OFFICIAL. My new website launched last nite. It is what it is, I suppose, and it has its share of problems and glitches. Hopefully I'll get these all worked out in the next few days/weeks/months. If you happen to take a look at it and find any problems, send me an email to let me know. Last nite, while working on the site, I paid a visit to Lili and Eddie's FWAK Blog. Along with posting several great character designs of mangy animals that revived suppressed memories of my childhood ;) , they also listed this blog among several animation related blogs. How nice of them! Thanks Lili and Eddie! ... Dean Trippe, comic artist and fellow SCAD Alumni. Be sure to check his blog too! Sam Hiti- comic artist and illustrator Comic.212.Net- comic news site Infinite KungFu! Waterloo Festival For Animated Cinema Lost Frog- Who took the boy's frog?! ... I haven't really drawn anything lately. Things have been kinda busy. Hopefully that'll all change soon and get the pencil back out. I need too...

News for a Wednesday Evening: "Rainbow"

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Boris Badenov's new political campaign commercial: "Badenov Is Good Enough"

Lunatique & Anamnesique

Art Bomb, a site with the sole purpose of the promotion of graphic novels. Be sure to check out the art blog.

David Choe

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Well, this is my ninety eighth post of the Crockpot. Soon I'll be posting my ninety ninth entry. Then it will be my one hundredth.