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Disney

The Beautiful Failure of Walt Disney’s Burbank Studio
by Amid Amidi   Monday March 18, 2013   3:08 pm
In the late-1930s, Walt Disney enlisted German architect and
industrial designer Kem Weber to design a state-of-the-art …
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Artist of the Day

Artist of the Day: Chris Sanders
by Chris McDonnell   Monday March 18, 2013   12:03 pm
This week we’ll take a look at the work of artists who were part
of the production crew of The Croods, which will be …
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Shorts

“Not About Us” by Michael Frei
by Amid Amidi   Monday March 18, 2013   3:27 am
Not About Us is a sensitively composed student film effort by
Swiss artist Michael Frei: The short is a symbolic staging …
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Business

“Cyanide and Happiness” Shatters Kickstarter Animation Record
by Amid Amidi   Sunday March 17, 2013   8:11 pm
The Kickstarter campaign to produce an animated series based on
the online comic Cyanide and Happiness concluded a few …
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Box Office Report

“Escape from Planet Earth” Sets Weinstein Co. Box Office Record
by Amid Amidi   Sunday March 17, 2013   5:58 pm
In its fifth weekend at the American box office, the Weinstein
Company’s Escape from Planet Earth grossed an estimated $2.3 …
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Animators

93-Year-Old Cel Painter June Patterson Talks About the Disney Classics
by Amid Amidi   Sunday March 17, 2013   3:38 am
June Walker Patterson worked as a cel painter on Disney classics
like Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi. Today, she is …
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Music Videos

The Dark Fate of Disney Princesses in “After Ever After”
by C. Edwards   Saturday March 16, 2013   4:42 pm
Dreams die quickly and magic fades in the cruelest way possible
in John Cozart’s (aka Paint) latest a cappella medley. …
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Hyojin Bae

Artist of the Day

Artist of the Day: Hyojin Bae
by Chris McDonnell   Saturday March 16, 2013   4:21 pm
Hyojin Bae is studying at Cal Arts and she keeps an active blog
of lively sketchbook drawings here. She also …
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CGI

“Strange Oaks” by Headless Productions
by Amid Amidi   Friday March 15, 2013   3:37 pm
Barcelona-based Headless Productions has attracted a lot of
attention for its hand-drawn projects. They’ve translated their …
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Site News

Cartoon Brew is Nine Years Old Today
by Amid Amidi   Friday March 15, 2013   3:27 pm
Our first official post went up on Cartoon Brew on March 15,
2004 which makes the site 9 years old today. Happy birthday to …
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Artist of the Day

Artist of the Day: Vincent Giard
by Chris McDonnell   Friday March 15, 2013   1:44 pm
Vincent Giard creates comics, drawings and animation in
Quebec. His work is consistently exciting, …
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Bad Ideas

The Draw Shrek Tumblr is Where You Draw Shrek
by Amid Amidi   Thursday March 14, 2013   5:54 pm
The Draw Shrek Tumblr (NSFW) is described as “a place where we
draw Shrek.” For those of you rebellious artist-types who were …
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CGI

“23 Degrees 5 Minutes” by Darragh O’Connell
by Amid Amidi   Thursday March 14, 2013   4:56 pm
Irish animation studio Brown Bag Films released its 2011 short
23 Degrees 5 Minutes online today. Based on a story by Austin …
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Sam Hiti

Artist of the Day

Artist of the Day: Sam Hiti
by Chris McDonnell   Thursday March 14, 2013   11:52 am
Sam Hiti is a machine with his brush and ink. The combination of
looseness and confidence in his mark-making is powerful, and …
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Comics

Rediscovering Walt Kelly’s Lost “Pogo” Short
by Michael Ruocco   Wednesday March 13, 2013   8:57 pm
If you want something done right, you have to do it
yourself. Walt Kelly had had a regrettable experience making …
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