Part 1. Origins of animation -- Chapter 1. Setting the scene for animation. Early innovations in simulating movement ; The printing press and comic strips ; The impact of photography on studies of ...

Card players saw some nice time in the mainstream spotlight last week with the release of a TED-Ed animation focusing on the history of poker. James McManus, author of Positively Fifth Street and ...

To celebrate the release of The Garfield Movie, we’re taking a look at the long history of animated adaptations of newspaper comic strips. A fully-animated theatrical movie might be new territory for ...

The latest exhibit at Orange County Regional History Center may get creative juices flowing and prompt waves of nostalgia. “Animationland” provides hands-on artistic activities, and its companion ...

A historian of the form has unearthed works by Bessie Mae Kelley that rank as the earliest-known hand-drawn animated films directed by a woman. Bessie Mae Kelley, an early animator and director.Credit ...

Ten years ago today, the stop-motion animation studio Laika released ParaNorman. It’s a film perhaps best remembered for the way it boldly threaded zombie movie tropes into animated family fare, ...