Your regular dose of week links for April 7th to the 13th!
Animation Scoop
You’ve probably already heard by now, but if not, Jerry Beck’s new blog Animation Scoop is up and running. Differing from Cartoon Research, it covers animation news and current affairs and is written by himself and a group of contributors.
In Kids’ Rooms, Pink Is for Girls, Blue Is for Boys
Coming via Slate is this interesting project by Korean artist JeongMee Yoon entitled “The Pink and Blue Project” that illustrates the level at which both pink and blue have been genderised as well as how marketing departments have overwhelmingly dominated their use.
Chris Ledesma Lists His Favourite Simpsons Songs
The Simpsons’ music editor lists his favourite original songs from the series and you can be sure they’re all great 🙂
Tweets of the Week
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Just a short time ago we discussed how the big players in the animation game could abuse Kickstarter and it already seems like that’s the case thanks to Peter Gutierrez:
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This blog should be one to keep an eye on:
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An interesting theory, discuss:
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