SEGMENT EPISODE! Busy + tired = Stephen is grumpy. But you listeners saved me by providing all the stories and topics you wanted covered and we ran through them all (saving some for later episod...
This week I bring you a very special interview with DON BLUTH (Dragon’s Lair, Secret of NIMH, American Tale, Land Before Time). His Indie GoGo campaign to make a sizzle reel for a “Dragon’s...
HOT COCOA SHOW! This week we talk all about Copyright, Fair Use, Parody, Fan Art and more in a discussion that’s centered around a blog post I made on the topic a couple days ago (click here t...
https://artiholics.com/copyright-fair-use-parody-and-fan-art-what-animators-should-know/
This week we saw Glen Keane (the master animator behind Ariel from “The Little Mermaid”) draw in Virtual Reality, and then Batman et al beat up sea creatures (including Ariel) in the new Batm...
It was an interesting week to be a kid. While we’ll start seeing Sesame Stret on HBO, “The Lion Guard” is coming to the small screen in a beautifully animated new series and Stephen saw a f...
This weekend was Disney’s D23 Expo presentation so we discuss all the information that came out of that… live-action remakes, sequels, and the incredible line-up on Disney and Pixar animation...
TMNT is getting a 2D animated special from Titmouse Inc, the “Guardians of the Galaxy” Disney XD series shows some serious action with its new trailer and Chinese animation shows it’s on th...
While there weren’t a lot of media type animation stories (except for The Good Dinosaur trailer which is covered), that didn’t stop this episode from turning into one of the more interesting ...
Comic Con was this weekend and we try to cover the MANY stories that came from that: trailers, movie/series announcements, crossover comics, etc. Not to mention the stories that came out during t...
https://artiholics.com/san-diego-comic-con-trailer-news-roundup/
This week we have a special interview with animator Robb Pratt (“Superman Classic,” “Flash Gordon Classic”). We talked about how and why he started the Classic series, his thoughts on Sup...
An animated bomb called “Klaus” was dropped on the community this week screaming that hand-drawn animation can visually compete with CG in today’s climate. And then the creator, Sergio Pabl...
https://artiholics.com/animated-short-klaus-looks-like-cgi-but-is-hand-drawn-animation/
This week’s episode is discussing ALL VIDEOS. We have four main stories made up of 6 videos (embedded below): three CN pilots, Muppets trailer, a French student film & Robb Pratt’s excellent ...
So here’s what happened this week. The “Disney reuses animation” video mashup went around again and people got really negative. Harry Shearer’s future with The Simpsons is in question and...
I recorded this episode with Rob today… about 3 hours ago. There’s basically no editing on this episode and that’s why the title is “You Get What You Get.” You, the listener, saved this...
https://artiholics.com/pixar-artist-sanjay-patels-new-short-new-clips-from-brad-birds-tomorrowland/
Another week FULL of stories and interesting topics… and I get a fantastic migraine during the recording this week, because why not? But that doesn’t stop us from recording an amazing episode...
https://artiholics.com/first-3d-printed-animated-short-brad-birds-the-spirit-1980-test-animation/
There aren’t many main stories this week because of the high likelyhood of fakery (April Fools was a few days before this recording). But what we DO have was completely submitted by you listene...
https://artiholics.com/difference-between-animation-job-career-sylvain-chomet-music-video/
The PIXELS trailer was the most popular conversation topic on the RubberOnion facebook page this week, so we lead with that. At the end we discuss the internet as a creative spawning ground and h...
Are you ready for this?! Biiiiig week! Stephen gives a crash course in understanding the basics of character design while discussing a viral post about how all Pixar women look the same, the crew...
“Toy Story 4” is a romantic comedy, “The Secret of NIMH” gets a hybrid 3d/live-action family comedy reboot, Viacom sues NickReboot for selling their stuff, and we learn what a Puerto Rica...
STAR WARS! TOY STORY! MEL BROOKS! FROZEN! NEW YOUTUBE SERIES FROM PAT! NEW ANIMATION FROM ROB! RAPID FIRE!!!!!!! Seriously, we have a lot of amazing topics to talk about this week. There’s not ...
https://artiholics.com/star-wars-force-awakens-teaser-trailer-idina-menzel-says-frozen-2-works/