A team of highly acclaimed executives from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and the worlds of advertising and publishing have announced the arrival of Curiosity Ink Media, an emerging family-friendly showcase offering a broad mix of original animation, live-action programming, reboots of iconic characters and shows, VR content, publishing and live theatrical entertainment slated to start rolling […]

Justinian Huang has been named Head of Development for Pearl Studio the global animation company with two major films currently in production, it was announced today by Peilin Chou, Chief Creative Officer for Pearl Studio. In his new role as Head of Development, Huang will be responsible for overseeing Pearl’s development team, as he continues […]

More news from the upcoming Heritage Animation Art Auction later this month. The company has obtained the estate of June Foray and will be offering for sale many of her personal prized possessions. The June Foray Collection, to be offered during the June 16th-17th sale, includes Foray’s 50-year private collection of memorabilia that features vintage […]

Nearly 100 rare 1940 hand-painted production cels, original animation drawings, storyboards, background layouts, production backgrounds, model sheets and key master production cel setups from the 1940 Walt Disney masterpiece Pinocchio will be featured in Heritage Auctions’ Animation Art auction June 16-17 in Dallas. “Pinocchio is considered an absolute masterpiece of Disney animation,” Heritage Auctions Animation […]

This Thursday, May 3rd, is Ray’s 94th birthday. Who is Ray Favata? His friend and colleague Jim Martin wrote: “Ray Favata had an interest in drawing since he was a child. His artistic talents led him to a position in the US Army’s art department during World War II. His formal career in animation began […]

Teresa Cheng, the recently appointed Chair of the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts (Hench-DADA) at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, will be installed as the first chairholder of the John C. Hench Endowed Division Chair at a dedication scheduled for Wednesday, April 25, 2018, it was announced by Dean Elizabeth […]