The next four weeks are full of must-see animation events for readers of the Cable Cartoon. We’ll be providing full details in advance of each show, but mark your calendars for these highlights:

The Animation Show of Shows
Members-only event hosted by Ron Diamond at ILM in San Francisco
Monday, Oct. 27 at 6:30pm.

An Evening with animation legend Richard Williams
Benefit for ASIFA-SF at the Balboa Theater in San Francisco
Sunday, Nov. 2 at 7:00pm For advance tickets visit here.

East Bay Animators Meeting
Independent animators "support group" meets to show and discuss works-in-progress.
Wednesday, Nov. 5 in Hayward; E-mail editor@asifa-sf.org

The 2008 Animation Show
This year’s traveling collection of two dozen shorts from around the world (curated by Mike Judge) makes a return engagement.
Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 6-8 at the Red Vic Movie House on Haight Street in S.F.

San Francisco Animation Film Festival
Four days of insanely great and varied cartoons, including Fears of the Dark and Sita Sings the Blues.
Starts Thursday, Nov. 13; Visit the SFIFF website for details and advance tickets.

Oscar-Winning Director Gene Deitch
Cartoon wizard tells tall-but-true tales of adapting children’s books for the screen
Thursday, Nov. 20 at 8:00pm at SFSU, Fine Arts Bldg., FREE open to the public.

And, of related interest to animators and cartoonists, there’s also:

Sketch Crawl 2008
Artists all around the world over take a day to draw what they see. Join the fun!
Saturday Oct. 25th., 24th & Mission S.F. Get the full scoop here.

APE: The Alternative Press Expo
The ultimate gathering of indie comics creators, publishers and aficianados!
November 1-2, Concourse Exposition Center, S.F., Go here for more info.