There comes a day when, sitting for a haircut, we get a long look in the mirror and see one of our parents looking back at us.  Horrified, w...

The 1983-84 school year at Cal Arts was my favorite, and my student film that year, "Bob the Dragon" is a reflection of that.  I ...

  In 2001, producer and dear friend Leslie Hough called about developing a feature pitch for "The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Ow...

      I got a call from Mona Gurgley, a recruiter from Upstart Studios, feeling out my interest in working for The Next Really Big Deal in a...

  I first learned of Ralph Eggleston 's death in James Baker's wonderful tribute post . I didn't know he'd been ill, so it c...

Over the past year, I have submitted my children's meditation short "PeaceTime: A Royal Frog" to dozens of film festivals all...

Program for the 1982 show, designed by Fred Cline. Forty years ago this week, I took part in my first CalArts Character Animation Show.  Th...

In my last post, Fun with Kidneys! , you heard about the new informational short I produced for the non-profit Renal Support Network , featu...

How does one make the subject of kidney disease entertaining?  That was the challenge when Lori Hartwell approached me about making a short...

S.O.S. to all CalArts Alum on land and sea!  If you're looking for an end-of-year charitable donation and want to support the arts (yes!...

  Kathleen Quaife , one of the best 2D effects animators that ever lived, passed away in her sleep last week, way too young.  I first met Ka...

Awesome art director Jill Daniels has personal art on display now at the Baldwin Avenue Gallery, a.k.a the BAG in Sierra Madre.  Between he...

    CalArts I.D., 1981 40 years ago this week, my journey in character animation began.  I've been thinking about it recently, like look...

 By Kirk Wise Was it the incessantly farting ogre that first tipped me off? Or the flat plywood sets that looked like a poorly-lit episode o...

 My old pal Jeff texted me last week, asking if I'd heard of a certain boutique animation studio, one that Wile E. Coyote might hire to ...

Here's a brilliant short that is bound to make you question your choice of eye drops.  Produced by the Humane Society International, ...

After two years of working in fits and starts, I am very pleased to present "PeaceTime: A Royal Frog".  I got this idea a while ba...

Since the election ended, I've had this idea rolling around in my head. Rolling, rolling, in perpetual motion. The only way to stop it w...

Reading that Tony Bennett has Alzheimer's Disease turned my thoughts to Long Beach, where I saw him perform one year ago today.  I had s...

Worms composting.  If you stare at this image long enough, you will see the pouting face of Donald Trump. I can think of no better way to pe...

Kirk Wise is back with a new feature, Bobbleheads: The Movie. In FLiP's first ever podcast, he talks about his long journey from Atlant...

What sudden and sad news to hear of Alex Trebek 's passing.  There have been new episodes of Jeopardy! running daily, with no sign that ...

  Anxiously await election results?  I am.   Meanwhile, this old commercial got stuck in my head, now it's in yours too.  Only Chocodile...

  I have vivid memories of being teased for being 'the kid' at work, like it was just a few years ago.  But through my own lack of v...

      Last Monday, animation veteran Chris Jenkins suffered a stroke in the thalamus of his brain.  His sister has set up a GoFundMe page t...