Thorfinn, aka Richard Morgan - the nicest viking indeed. Richard Morgan has authored and Illustrated heaps of childrens' books in...

Kelly at the "Nightmare Before Christmas" wrap party.  To his right, Allison Abbate dances with Joe Ranft. When I got the new...

Ed Bell's professional animation career spans 34 years, including stints at Disney, Kroyer Films, Hyperion, and Collosal Pictures.  I...

What can be said that is not already being said about the state of affairs in our country?   And who cares what an animation blog thinks ...

On March 16th, the studio where I work announced that we would all be working from home until the COVID-19 pandemic was under control.  T...

This old short has never been so relevant.  Unfortunately. -Steve

The overwhelming majority of Americans can agree that the return of Gary Larsen's "The Far Side" comics is great news.  I r...

While Santa Claus gets the glory for pulling off Christmas every year, it is common knowledge that he has 'helpers'.  A team of lit...

     Years of brushing my teeth too hard had caused my gums to recede to the point where I needed oral surgery.  And so I found myself recl...

There's a new animation expo in town -  LightBox - and yesterday, I went.   The last such event I attended was the World Animation ...

In the process of updating my personal website , I came across storyboards that never made it for three Illumination films: "The Grinch...

Who knew animators could cook? Tom Sito, USC animation professor, co-director of Osmosis Jones and Emeritus President of the Animation Gu...

We f irst interviewed author Ross Anderson back in 2013, about his research project into the history of the making of Who Framed Roger Rab...

Kathleen "Kay" Bell 1937 Kathleen Bell was a 20th Century illustrator whose work is now almost completely forgotten. She was...

In May of 2014, my wife Donna was a patient at Sloan Kettering Hospital in Manhattan, being treated for complications from the cancer sh...

From left: Charles Solomon, Bob Kurtz, Scott Johnson, Howard Green,  Eric Goldberg, Tom Sito, Alex Williams, Ruben Aquino and Ross Bluche...

Welsh filmmaker (and friend of FLiP) Nathan Erasmus has teamed up with young psychedelic rockers KOYO to produce a new sci-fi inspired an...

Andrea Torrejon  is a London based character designer, best known for her work on Rovio's  Angry Birds . Character design is one of ...

Last May, I was having lunch in the new courtyard at Nickelodeon (where I work) with writer Andrew Blanchette .  There were some guys sandbl...

 Last month, FLiP's very own Alex Williams won The Cartoon Art Trust Award for Strip Cartooning for his "Queen's Counsel...

Xeth Feinberg , the mad genius behind "Bulbo" and "Papu" tells FLiP about a new venture with his old band, The Prefab Me...

Immediately after the November election, I was contacted by Carolyn Bates , a long time friend and colleague.  She wanted me to create a pub...

John Watkiss 1961-2017 John Watkiss, the brilliant animation artist famous for his stunning visual development work on "Tarzan...

Erin K and animation Producer Nathan Erasmus have just released their new video "Assholio", described as a "classic fair...

Sarah Bates' 2007 FLiP article "Animation Brat" was reposted the other day as a precursor to this brand spanking new interview...