The first Tintin animated feature (1947)

If only the new mo-cap Tintin movie had half the charm of this film, the first Tintin animated feature – a stop-mo adaptation of the The …

Tiny Shoes trailer

Your daily dose of bad: From the people who brought you The Sissy.

Annie Awards ’09: Call for Entries

ASIFA-Hollywood has announced its Call for Entries for this year’s 37th Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards will be presented in 25 …

Johnny Cupcakes goes Looney Tunes

Is this anyway to rebuild a brand? Hmmmm…. Could be! Warner Bros. Consumer Products has entered into a licensing agreement with …

Presto! Little Golden Book

Brew reader “George” has just informed me of the publication of a Presto! Little Golden Book. With art by Teddy Newton, George says “it’s …

A Very Blue Beard

There’s no use even attempting to explain this 1979 Russian animated short–A Very Blue Beard (below in two parts). Just enjoy it…or …

Doctor Finklestar: Space Urologist

Meet Doctor Finklestar: Space Urologist. Sophisticated humor this is not, but it does deliver the funny. It’s from C.H. Greenblatt, …

Afternoon Of Remembrance

Tomorrow afternoon, Saturday February 3rd, the Animation Guild, ASIFA-Hollywood and Women In Animation will present an AFTERNOON OF …

Noir Nouar

One of the pleasures of my monthly cartoon screening gig with Janet Klein at the Steve Allen Theatre (first Thursday of every month at …

Id These Pig Cels

Brew readers with a keen eye and a vast knowledge of Disney TV and movies, here’s a question for you. These cels (above) were recently …

News Round-Up

Since we’ve been down for several hours (changing servers), we have a lot to catch up on.&#149 Yes it’s true. Dreamworks and Aardman have …

Pardon Our Dust

Apologies to our readers who’ve had trouble logging into Cartoon Brew over the past day. We just switched servers, which was a little …

How Disney Was Run in 1943

How do they make those drawings move? The chart above (click on it for the BIG version), a separate pull-out from the 1943 booklet The …

Don Hertzfeldt Conquers Sundance

A hearty CONGRATS to Don Hertzfeldt who earlier tonight won the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival for his new …