Chris Wedge and Steven Lisberger

Chris Padilla has posted a terrific interview at AnimationTrip.com between TRON director Steven Lisberger and ROBOTS director Chris …

Blue Sky doing Seuss

Tomorrow’s HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has a story that Fox/Blue Sky’s next feature following ICE AGE 2 will be an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ HORTON …

ANIMATION ROLLER COASTER

Animation designer Alex Kirwan (My Life As A Teenage Robot) sends us this link to a new animation production blog:”This one belongs to my …

L.A. BOOK SIGNINGS

Tonight – Voice actress June Foray signs her book My Life with Regis and Joey, 2:00pm at Borders Books, 14651 Ventura Blvd. in Sherman …

DRAWN!

Barely a week old, but quickly becoming a favorite: DRAWN!, a new multi-author blog devoted to illustration, art, cartooning and drawing. …

SPARKLE PAINTS

A friend of mine just pointed out this item on ebay – he called it a Holy Grail of cartoon collectibles, but I’m not too sure of that – …

Progenitorivox

Progenitorivox is a fake pill – not a placebo – but a fiction devised as part of a campaign by Consumers Union, the non-profit publishers …

Tim Burton Garage Sale Update

The Tim Burton garage sale that Cartoon Brew first broke the story on, and which has subsequently spread around the Internet like …

All Wrapped UP

Shane Glines gave a positive plug on Cartoon Retro to the new Chronicle book ALL WRAPPED UP: GROOVY GIFT WRAP OF THE 1960s by Kevin Akers …

Remembering Vance Gerry

There’s a thread on Animation Nation where people who knew recently departed Disney storyman Vance Gerry (1930-2005) are speaking about …

Robin Williams Quote of the Week

Robin Williams: “My humor fits perfectly for animation. It’s like William Shatner’s toupee. It fits just right.” Who wants to offer the …

Liz Smith Loves My Book

Wow, I’ve finally made Liz Smith’s legendary entertainment gossip column. No, not for my many torrid love affairs with various Hollywood …

VANCE GERRY (1930-2005)

Storyman and layout artist VANCE GERRY, a Disney veteran of fifty years, died March 4 of cancer at the age of seventy-five.

Three Nights of Animation in New York

The judging nights for the ASIFA-East Animation Festival are a great opportunity to see animation that’s currently being produced in New …

The Old Crocodile

Koji Yamamura, director of the surreal Oscar-nominated short MT. HEAD from a few years back, has finished a new 13-minute short called …

ROBOTS REVIEW

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER gives ROBOTS a luke-warm review.

RICHARD FLEISCHER’S NEW BOOK

Coming in June will be the publication of Richard Fleischer’s new book, OUT OF THE INKWELL, Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution …

CRAZY RABBIT

Here’s a great time-waster: Crazy Rabbit

It’s a Small world after all

I got a good chuckle out of this one: the “New Iraqi Flag” courtesy of Iranian graphic designer Reza Alavi, awarded first prize at the …

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