Buck
Buck is an incredible design studio that uses animation, anime, and visual effects to create commercials, I.D.’s, and short films for a …
Advertising
Homage or Rip-off?
“Homage or Rip-off” should be a new category on Cartoon Brew. Certainly we have enough material. In the comments of the Lee Lennox’s …
Coo-Coo for Cocoa Puffs
A few weeks ago I posted about Chuck McCann and mentioned his memorable voice work as Sonny and Gramps in the original 1960s Cocoa Puffs …
Disney Tomato Stickers
It’s all about marketing, I guess. Bad enough that Cinderella III was hyped on those dividers at the checkout aisle, now we can take …
Nike “Love” campaign
Nike Love is a new ad campaign that encourages fat kids to exercise. The website has three animated spots; they’re not particularly …
New Internet ads by John K.
John Kricfalusi has done four mini animated pieces for Raketu, a new internet/cell phone entertainment/communication service. John has …
PandaPanther
Animation producer Lydia Holness has teamed with directors Jonathan Garin and Naomi Nishimura to launch a new design/animation studio, …
1960 US Navy spot by Bobe Cannon
After Robert “Bobe” Cannon (the genius director of Gerald McBoing Boing) left UPA around 1958, he began to do a lot of commercial …
A Red-Hot Trade Ad
I just came across this trade ad from a 1945 issue of Box Office Magazine. Click on thumbnail image at left to see it in full …
Mickey Styled
Here’s Mickey Mouse as you’ve never seen him before. The 1955 Disney-produced Nash car commercial posted below is as modern as the mouse …
PES Spot for Sneaux
I’m still waiting for PES to produce a piece of animation that disappoints me. Hasn’t happened yet. PES has the uncanny ability to take …
Marcelo Garcia
Brazilian Marcelo Garcia who runs the studio Molho is responsible for this striking experimental piece for the Brazilian music festival …
J.J. at the NY Comic Con
J. J. Sedelmaier (The Ambiguously Gay Duo, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, The Colbert Report’s Tek Jansen, etc.) will be back next …
Marc Craste Commercial For Lloyds TSB
Director/designer Marc Craste (JOJO IN THE STARS) has completed a new :60 CG spot for Lloyds TSB. Watch the commercial here (15mb). The …
Super Bowl Ads: Meet The Robinsons
Below is the MEET THE ROBINSONS spot that Disney is airing tomorrow during the Super Bowl. It’s part of the MEET THE ROBINSONS channel on …
Guinness Ad by Michael Schlingmann
This inventive Guinness commercial from the UK was directed by Michael Schlingmann. The pixilated spot was shot with a digital still …
WHAT WOULD TEX AVERY DRIVE?
Smoking may be banned in classic MGM cartoons, but apparently reckless driving and sexist behavior is still condoned – as witnessed by …
New Coke Ad by Smith & Foulkes
A couple weeks ago Coke unveiled the second CG ad in their new “Coke Side of Life” campaign, which is essentially a parody of the …
Humans as Pixels
Animator Pete Levin writes: I saw this bank commercial while in Turkey and fell in love with it. While it’s technically live action, it …
Coke “Happiness Factory” by Psyop
Last week Coke unveiled a new CG spot for its latest campaign, “The Coke Side of Life.” The commercial, “Happiness Factory” (watch it …
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