Cartoon Culture The Smurfs: Bad for Animation, Bad for America by Amid Amidi Saturday August 6, 2011 4:53 am Video footage of the disastrous financial moment after thejump: (via TheDailyWh.at)
Shorts “Cheap Joke” by Ian Miller by Amid Amidi Friday August 5, 2011 6:08 pm A new piece of animation by Ian Miller. It may be a Cheap Joke,but Miller’s animation skills are no joke. (Thanks, Brian …
Bad Ideas Internet Cartoon Creator Targeted by Washington Police by Amid Amidi Friday August 5, 2011 9:33 am Remember Officer Bubbles, the Toronto cop who tried to sueYouTube because he didn’t like cartoons that satirized his …
Business DreamWorks vs. Paramount (Or Katzenberg vs. Grey) by Amid Amidi Friday August 5, 2011 4:06 am The standoff between DreamWorks Animation and Paramount isexplored in this piece in the Hollywood Reporter. It’s a good …
Comics Is This the Worst Disney Comic of All-Time? by Amid Amidi Friday August 5, 2011 12:49 am Some fans of Disney comics are calling Ducktales #3 published by Kaboom! the single worst Disney comic book they’ve ever …
Shorts “Trim” by Peter Simon by Amid Amidi Thursday August 4, 2011 11:41 pm Reverse beard pixilation is done so often it’s almost ananimation meme, but there’s always room for one more, especially …
Stop Motion “Gulp” by Sumo Science by Jerry Beck Thursday August 4, 2011 11:30 am Gulp is a short stop-mo animation created by “Sumo Science” (EdPatterson and Will Studd) for client Aardman Animations. The …
TV The Battle Over Who Created “He-Man” by Jerry Beck Thursday August 4, 2011 6:00 am Toy Masters is a feature-length documentary (currently inproduction) on the story behind the toy line and animated …
How-To Terry Gilliam Teaches Cut-Out Animation by Amid Amidi Thursday August 4, 2011 5:38 am Wow, here’s something I’d never seen before: Monty Pythonanimator Terry Gilliam discussing his animation techniques on …
Shorts PREVIEW: “Wild Life” by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby by Amid Amidi Wednesday August 3, 2011 9:12 pm It’s been twelve years since the last short by filmmakers Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, and that was the Palme d’Or-winning …
Shorts “Les Triolets” by Lucas Nine by Jerry Beck Wednesday August 3, 2011 6:30 pm My love for bouncy retro-style cartoons has no bounds. This wasproduced a few years ago (2002?) by Argentine cartoonist and …
Site News Last Week of Cartoon Brew 2011 Reader Poll by brewmasters Wednesday August 3, 2011 1:54 pm We’ve extended the deadline for our 2011 reader poll throughthis Sunday, August 7. So far, over 2,500 of you have responded. …
Events THIS FRIDAY IN LA: Walt Peregoy Art Exhibit by Amid Amidi Wednesday August 3, 2011 2:10 am Animation legend Walt Peregoy (background painter on SleepingBeauty and Paul Bunyan, color stylist of 101 Dalmatians, and …
Anime Forthcoming Anime by Jerry Beck Wednesday August 3, 2011 1:00 am Momo E No Tegami (A Letter To Momo) from director HiroyukiOkiura (Jin-Roh) will open in Japan during next spring’s Golden …
Feature Film Thoughts on DreamWorks Negotiations with Paramount by Amid Amidi Tuesday August 2, 2011 5:12 pm The drama beween DreamWorks Animation and its distributorParamount continues with plenty of unsubstantiated rumors, but …