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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Post 811 - Images from the 1927 "Novelization" of Keaton's "The General"

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The "novelization" is pretty dreadful, but some of the images in it aren't in general circulation, to the best of my recollect...
Monday, July 27, 2026

Post 810 - 1999: First Animated Gif for Internet Use

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Trials and tribulations - in pharmacy, in the 1990s, in using a DOS animation software, and using a mouse to draw - and the 400x300 resoluti...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

Post 809 - Eddie Cantor's "Whoopee" (1930) - Comparison of VHS release to DVD restoration

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    With its blackface scenes and extraordinarily contrived humor (despite some great songs), Cantor's first sound film, in all its glor...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Post 808 - At a Storyboard Level at this point - "Nero Divergent"

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  (c) MMXXVI (2026) Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary (the first adjustment:  someone's hands are  way  too big!)  
Monday, July 13, 2026

Post 807 - Colorizing the Past - Pharmacy Failures #5 - Preparations A Through G and Potato, USP

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 From the Animating Apothecary Archives (c) MMXXVI (2026) Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary  
Saturday, July 11, 2026

Post 806 - Concept design for Scherzoo - Sfumato #4 (In production)

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 (c) MMXXVI (2026) Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary
Wednesday, July 08, 2026

Post 805 - The Collection of ASIFA International Animation Day Posters, because...well they've got to be SOMEWHERE!

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Sunday, July 05, 2026

Post 804 - Getting Ready for Fall Festivals - Stickers for ASIFA Central!

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