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 andindustrial designer Kem Weber to design a state-of-the-art …
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 …
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 bySwiss artist Michael Frei: The short is a symbolic staging …
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 onthe online comic Cyanide and Happiness concluded a few …
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 WeinsteinCompany’s Escape from Planet Earth grossed an estimated $2.3 …
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 …
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 possiblein John Cozart’s (aka Paint) latest a cappella medley. …
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 blogof lively sketchbook drawings here. She also …
CGI “Strange Oaks” by Headless Productions by Amid Amidi Friday March 15, 2013 3:37 pm Barcelona-based Headless Productions has attracted a lot ofattention for its hand-drawn projects. They’ve translated their …
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 …
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 inQuebec. His work is consistently exciting, …
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 wedraw Shrek.” For those of you rebellious artist-types who were …
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 short23 Degrees 5 Minutes online today. Based on a story by Austin …
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 …
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 ityourself. Walt Kelly had had a regrettable experience making …