Perhaps one of animation’s most notorious villains, John Lithgow voiced Shrek‘s Lord Farquaad, the tyrannical and self-absorbed ruler of Duloc. Lord Farquaad is one the film’s main antagonists. He’s ...

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 ...

The world of animation wouldn't be the same without these eight animated masterpieces that changed everything for the art ...

A new exhibit at the Academy Museum looks back on the portrayals of racism, sexual assault and violence in the craft of animation. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. When most of us hear the word ...

The Story of British Animation by Jez Stewart. Bloomsbury/British Film Institute. It’s somewhat bizarre to think that this is the first book to fully contextualize the expansive history of British ...

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, ...

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 ...