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POSTS FOR “April, 2006“Cartoon Brew's home for up-to-the-minute, unedited announcements and press releases direct from industry sources.
April 26, 2006 7:50 am
 The Onion’s A.V. Club has posted a list of 15 Animated Films for Grown-Ups.The A.V. Club also just posted an interview with Matt Groening. No Comments » posted in Old Brew 
April 26, 2006 1:13 am
 Sharon Colman’s short film BADGERED, which was nominated for an Oscar this year, can now be viewed online HERE. No Comments » posted in Animators
April 25, 2006 5:30 pm
 I have no idea if this new CD by animation historian Rick Goldschmidt is any good – but any excuse to post some new artwork by animation designer/artist Dave Sheldon (Spumco’s LOG commercials, Nick’s Tales from the Goose Lady, etc.) is always worth doing. Goldschmidt is the author of several excellent books on Rankin/Bass and frequently updates RankinBass.com. The CD features 10 songs written and performed by Goldschmidt along with members of the GIN BLOSSOMS, THE BLACK MOODS, THE NEVERLY BROTHERS and his own band THE STARVING ARTISTS. Rick is sending me a copy. I’ll let you know what I think after I hear it. No Comments » posted in Old Brew
April 25, 2006 12:20 pm
 Oh boy! I’ve been waiting for this one. Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records by Tim Hollis and Greg Ehrbar is coming out next month. Here’s the book’s cover – drawn by George Peed, brother of Bill Peet, best known for designing the characters for The Mighty Hercules, doing Peter Pan Record sleeves and Disney board game art. Hollis and Ehrbar explain why Walt and Roy O. Disney resisted going into the record business for over three decades, until the success of “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” convinced Roy to take the plunge. Under the guidance of its first president, Jimmy Johnson, the record company experienced both feast and famine in the retail marketplace. Detailed in the book are the teen-pop success of Annette Funicello, the Mary Poppins phenomenon, a Disney-style “British invasion,” and even a low period when sagging sales forced Walt to suggest closing the division down. “There aren’t many areas of Disney left to be chronicled, and this is a subject that means a lot to us,” says Hollis. A new website, mousetracksonline.com has gone live, and it will be expanded in May with updates and special information corresponding to the release of the book. No Comments » posted in Books
April 25, 2006 11:55 am
 QUEER DUCK was one of the funniest internet cartoons in those golden years before the dot.com boom went bust. Now Queer Duck: The Movie is coming out in July. The voice cast includes Jim J. Bullock, Billy West, Maurice La Marche, Tim Curry, Conan O’Brien, David Duchovny and Kevin Michael Richardson. According to the Paramount press release: Queer Duck, his boyfriend Openly Gator, and their friends Bi-Polar Bear and Oscar Wildcat come busting out of the closet on July 18, 2006 when they make their outrageous feature length animated debut on DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment and Icebox Productions.Filled with irreverent, no-holds-barred comedy and 15 brand new songs/musical numbers, this brazen extravaganza is created and written by Mike Reiss, four-time Emmy winner for his work on “The Simpsons” and creator of “The Critic,” with animation directed and designed by Xeth Feinberg. My good buddy Xeth Feinberg is also the mastermind behind BULBO (my favorite Internet cartoon character), and we understand he animated the entire 75 minute QUEER DUCK feature in his New York City apartment. I look forward to seeing this. No Comments » posted in Old Brew
April 25, 2006 7:49 am
 Don’t say I didn’t warn you. UTSU-MUSUME SAYURI (THE STRIKING DAUGHTER SAYURI) is a delightfully bizarre CG short from Japan. I first saw the film at a couple festivals back in 2004 and both times the audience reaction could be described as something between shock and utter admiration for how imaginative and surreal this film is. Everything in the film, including direction, animation, design and music was done by one person – Takashi Kimura. It can be viewed online at iFilm.com. No Comments » posted in CGI
April 25, 2006 5:37 am
 This weekend, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is airing an episode comprised entirely of Robert Smigel’s animated SATURDAY TV FUNHOUSE shorts. But there’s one short that’s guaranteed not to be on the line-up: CONSPIRACY THEORY ROCK. The 1998 SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK parody, animated by J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, criticizes corporate ownership of the media and takes some sharp jabs at NBC owner General Electric. Needless to say, the cartoon aired only once on NBC before being locked away in their vaults, and it has even been cut out of reruns of that episode. Smigel recently discussed the short with the NY TIMES: “It just struck me as really funny to do it on our own network. I was somewhat delighted that they were O.K. to do that, and then they reconsidered. It’s hard to get angry about it.” Thanks to the Internet, everybody can watch the short HERE. No Comments » posted in Animators
April 24, 2006 2:45 pm
 The posting of the January 1940 Popular Mechanics article on Disney’s PINOCCHIO last week has inspired me to dig out this September 1944 issue of Popular Science. The magazine’s 6 page article is focused around the innovations of The Three Caballeros, Disney’s first large scale attempt, in color, to combine live action and animation. Unlike the earlier piece however, Disney animator Ward Kimball, storyman Ernie Terrazas (pictured above), and background painter Art Riley are credited in captions.       |
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