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TAG FOR “Site News”Cartoon Brew's home for up-to-the-minute, unedited announcements and press releases direct from industry sources.
November 17, 2010 12:23 pm
As someone who never chats online, and is frequently inaccessible via e-mail and Facebook, I thought I’d try out this new app called VYou, that allows me to interact publicly with Brew readers via video responses. Basically, you can ask me any question you like, and I’ll choose some of them to answer when I find the time. Feel free to ask me about the industry, animated films, my book projects or personal stuff. We’ll see how it goes. I’ll keep the VYou app accessible on my bio page for now. (IMPORTANT: Do NOT ask questions in the comments below. They will be ignored. Questions have to be submitted through the VYou app HERE.) UPDATE: I’m overwhelmed by the number of questions you have for me. I’ve started answering some of them and will answer many more in the coming days. Submit questions and view answers on my bio page. 4 Comments » posted in Site News, Amid Amidi, Vyou 
November 15, 2010 6:49 am
It’s the time of month where we take a moment to thank the companies that have chosen to advertise on Cartoon Brew. It’s awards season and our two biggest sponsors this month are the Walt Disney Company and Universal Pictures. We appreciate each and every company’s support, and we encourage our readers to spend some time learning about what these companies have to offer. If your business is looking to reach the Internet’s largest and most knowledgeable group of animation pros, students and fans, please contact our friendly ad rep, Reachout Media. November 2010 Cartoon Brew Advertisers No Comments » posted in Site News
November 1, 2010 6:11 am
A lot happened in the animation world during the month of October: The Hub, a new partly animation channel debuted and Amid believes it represents a symbolic shift ushering in a dark new era in TV animation. We broke the story about how the first female director at Pixar, Brave’s Brenda Chapman, was replaced by Mark Andrews. A lot of people had something to say in the comments. Rocky and Bullwinkle and Crusader Rabbit creator The largest North American animation festival took place in Ottawa for the 34th year, and one angry French-Canadian woman hated every moment of it. Pepe LePew is CGI and so is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Toronto police officer, Adam “Bubbles” Josephs, sued YouTube over animated parodies of his bullying behavior. Jerry doesn’t know how much more he can take of Robert Zemeckis’ mo-cap fetish. The creator of Pocoyo is developing a new series called Doomed. Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time launched its second season with a stellar episode called “It Came from the Nightosphere!”. Glen Keane sold dog food early in his career. Banksy “directed” a couch gag opening on The Simpsons. 6 Comments » posted in Site News
October 21, 2010 11:14 am
Yesterday at the Television Animation Conference in Ottawa, Cartoon Brew announced the launch of our new section called CB Biz. The new subsite located at www.cartoonbrew.com/biz can be accessed from our site’s top navigation bar. As we’ve grown to become the single most heavily trafficked animation news site on-line, we wanted to fulfill one of the most common requests we receive which is to offer more coverage of industry animation news. The new CB Biz section will serve as a source for announcements and public relations messages direct from industry publicity sources. The press releases will appear unedited and free from editorial commentary. The CB Biz section doesn’t change our curated and personal approach to the Cartoon Brew home page, but it serves as an additional resource for those who desire a complete and up-to-the-minute picture of what is happening throughout the industry. Studio publicists may submit their press releases directly to Cartoon Brew through a new e-mail address: PR [at] cartoonbrew [dot] com 5 Comments » posted in Site News
October 13, 2010 6:25 pm
We wanted to take a moment to thank the companies that have chosen to advertise on Cartoon Brew this month. Without their support, we wouldn’t be able to devote nearly the time and energy that we do to keeping this site growing and updated. We make a sincere effort to partner with companies and organizations that provide quality products and services that are relevant to readers of the Brew, and we encourage you to visit and support these companies. If you want your company represented as an advertiser, please contact our friendly ad rep, Reachout Media. October 2010 Cartoon Brew Advertisers Ottawa International Animation Festival No Comments » posted in Site News
July 19, 2010 11:06 am
Welcome to the updated Cartoon Brew. This was an important redesign for us. We wanted to make the site more useful for regular readers without significantly changing the look and feel of a design that already functions well. We also wanted to add more functionality without cluttering it up with bells and whistles that none of our readers would ever use. So we’ve judiciously added a handful of new features that we hope will enhance your site experience as well as upgraded our servers which we hope will make the site a lot faster for everybody. Here is a guide to the new additions; Industry Headlines: We don’t have the time to write a full post about everything that’s happening in animation, so we created this section, located on the upper side of the right-hand column, where we’ll have a constantly updated stream of links to news from around the animation industry. Animation Tweets: This box, in the middle of the right-hand column, is a continuously updated feed of tweets by artists working in the animation industry. If you click on the directory link at the bottom of the box, you’ll be taken to the full list of artists and each of their latest tweets. The list is by no means complete and we will be updating the directory regularly to include as many artists as possible. Top posts: Some of our favorite and most popular posts drop off the front page far too quickly. Our new top posts, located at the top of the site, will offer links to posts that we feel deserve a second look. Suggest: To suggest an item for inclusion on Cartoon Brew, do not e-mail Jerry or Amid individually anymore. Please use the suggest form which is accessible through the navigation bar at the top of the page. Commenting: Exciting additions here. You can now respond to specific comments by other readers and your responses will be threaded below the original comment. Simply click on “reply to this comment” below the comment that you want to reply to. Also, if you like somebody’s comment, click on the thumbs up button for that person’s comment. If enough people like a comment, a colored box will highlight the comment permanently. Sharing: Sharing items on Cartoon Brew is now easier and more efficient than ever before. We have greatly simplified the process for sharing posts via e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter. Simply click on the appropriate button below each post. Events: The events links in the right-hand column now lead to a map of where each event is located as well as additional information about the event. Also, we wanted to take this opportunity to give a shout-out to our site designer and new web host, Rob Kohr. None of these changes would have been possible without his expertise. If you need somebody to design a site for you or to host a site, we can’t recommend him highly enough. He has always been incredibly responsive to the specific needs of our site, and is a collaborative partner throughout the design process who offers plenty of good ideas along the way. There is never an unsolvable problem when he’s involved, only potential solutions. Not to mention that on top of being a web designer, Rob is also an emerging filmmaker. His most recent animated film The Lift is playing all over the festival circuit, including in a few weeks at Animation Block Party. What more could we ask for? 36 Comments » posted in Site News
July 16, 2010 3:00 pm
We are switching servers this weekend, and as a result, commenting has to be deactivated until Monday. When we return next Monday, the site should not only load faster, but we’ll be unveiling a number of new website features that should enhance your Cartoon Brew experience. See you in a couple days. No Comments » posted in Site News
July 8, 2010 12:31 am
Tiny Hats is a fresh and funny mix of drawn and stop-motion animation created by Penelope Gazin during her freshman year at CalArts. We’re delighted to present it as our offering for the second week of Cartoon Brew TV’s Student Animation Festival. Click here to watch Tiny Hats by Penelope Gazin. |
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