Cartoon Culture Lifestyles of Animation Executives: Al Kahn and Jeffrey Katzenberg by Amid Amidi Sunday February 7, 2010 5:53 pm I’ve often heard people complain that there’s no money to bemade in the animation business. That’s not exactly true. It’s …
Comics The Sunday Funnies (2/7/10) by Jerry Beck Sunday February 7, 2010 12:00 pm Eek! By Scott Nickel (2/3/10), Boffo by Joe Martin (2/3/10), and Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard (2/6/10). (Thanks, Jim …
Events The Annie Winners: UP, Futurama, Penguins and Prep by Jerry Beck Saturday February 6, 2010 9:30 pm The 37th Annual Annie Awards were given out tonight at RoyceHall on the UCLA Campus. The winners included:Best Animated …
CGI Pivot by Amid Amidi Saturday February 6, 2010 7:32 pm The push back against realism in computer animation continueswith Pivot, a striking and confident CG short from The …
Comics John Stanley by Jerry Beck Saturday February 6, 2010 4:30 pm I’ve always been aware of John Stanley, the comic book writerand artist best known for his classic Little Lulu stories …
Events Super Bowl Sunday by Jerry Beck Saturday February 6, 2010 9:00 am All you need to know in 14 seconds…
Animators Sweetworld by Jerry Beck Saturday February 6, 2010 12:05 am Here’s the reel from London-based boutique animation studioSweetworld. Founded in 2006 by Yasmeen Ismail and Sandra Salter, …
Animators Te Wei (1915-2010) by Jerry Beck Friday February 5, 2010 9:00 pm The master of Chinese animation, Te Wei (Sheng Tewei), haspassed away at age 95. Te Wei, a pioneering animator and …
Animators Instinkt by Mustafa Kandaz by Jerry Beck Friday February 5, 2010 5:00 pm This animated short was made with post-it notes and markers forDutch channel RVU. They asked several animators to illustrate …
Classic The Little Cloud – a Filmstrip by Jerry Beck Friday February 5, 2010 12:05 am I did a post about Cathedral Films back in 2007 when we found aconnection between this religious film strip producer and …
TV Virus Attack by Jerry Beck Thursday February 4, 2010 7:00 pm Cartoon Network may be trying to attract teens throughlive-action, but never fear – they haven’t left animation …
Animators Graeme Hawkins by Amid Amidi Thursday February 4, 2010 4:47 am One of the most fulfilling aspects of blogging on Cartoon Brewis every so often discovering the young filmmaker who loves to …
TV Trunk Train by Amid Amidi Thursday February 4, 2010 12:25 am Zé Brandão, who runs Copa Studio in Rio de Janeiro, sent methis cute TV series pilot he made as a co-production with two …
Classic Bill Plympton and Pat Smith Argue About Pink Elephants by Amid Amidi Wednesday February 3, 2010 9:17 pm Scribble Junkies, the new commentary blog by animators BillPlympton and Pat Smith, is heating up. Yesterday, Bill posted …
Ideas/Commentary Cameron Bitter Because Oscars Snubbed Animated Characters by Amid Amidi Wednesday February 3, 2010 6:14 am (Pocatar image by Chad Regan) An article from today’sHollywood Reporter says that Avatar producer Jon Landau labeled …