Pierre Floquet, the author of "Le langage comique de Tex Avery," is the recipient of the 2011 McLaren-Lambart Award for the Best Scholarly Book on animation. This book, published in French by L'Harmattan, is a detailed analysis of the cinematic nuances at play in the cartoons directed by Tex Avery at MGM from 1942-1951. With remarkably complex insights into Avery's comic language, the author d...
The wide-ranging scope of this symposium is symptomatic of the explosive field of animation and the flexibility that digital technology is having on moving images that cross boundaries between art, technology and science. Historical precedents, contemporary art practices, and experiments in new animation media will be presented and discussed. This symposium is being organized by the...
(Proposals due November 2, 2007) We invite panel and individual-paper proposals for the Alternative Visions: Trash/Cult/Experimental/Avant-Garde/Extreme Cinema and Television Conference, to be held at Plymouth State University (Plymouth, New Hampshire) April 11-12, 2008. The members of the conference committee are seeking contributions that examine noteworthy non-, counter-, and/o...
The International Animated Film Festival, the number one appointment with animation in the world, and Toondra.com, the first VOD site devoted to short animated films, are associating to offer an incredible showcase of international animation. Starting on 28 October, to coincide with the world celebration of animation, over 1,000 extracts of short films submitted for the Festival off...
