Disney Observations on Up by Jerry Beck Sunday May 17, 2009 12:05 am Had the pleasure of seeing Pixar’s latest masterpiece lastThursday — and yeah, it’s a masterpiece. They’ve done it again. …
Books TONIGHT IN LA: “Ancient Book of Sex & Science” Show by Amid Amidi Saturday May 16, 2009 3:10 am Chances are you’ve already noticed the ad for this show runningon the right side of the Brew. If you’re in LA, there’s one …
Comics Bizarro by Dan Piraro by Jerry Beck Friday May 15, 2009 11:35 pm Today’s installment of Bizarro.
Shorts Ten CalArts Student Films From 2009 by Amid Amidi Friday May 15, 2009 2:18 am Following my post about David Ochs’s short Who’s Hungry, Brewreader Marianne Hayden sent over several links to other shorts …
Classic Mixed Reviews for Fleischer’s Superman by Jerry Beck Thursday May 14, 2009 5:30 pm John McElwee over at the Greenbriar Picture Shows blog hasposted a fascinating overview of Paramount’s Superman cartoons. …
Ideas/Commentary Kung Fu Panda at Nick by Jerry Beck Thursday May 14, 2009 1:30 pm I was, and still am, a huge fan of Dreamworks Kung Fu Panda. But the announcement today of the a new Nickelodeon TV series …
Animators A plug for Mo Willems by Jerry Beck Thursday May 14, 2009 1:00 am One person who doesn’t need a plug on Cartoon Brew is MoWillems. Successful animator turned popular children’s book …
Business Fatkat Shuts Down by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 13, 2009 7:31 pm Canadian animation studio Fatkat has shut its doors. The studioemployed 100 people at its peak providing service work on …
Shorts Who’s Hungry? by David Ochs by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 13, 2009 10:27 am It never fails to excite me when I see a student film bysomebody who gets it. And 23-year-old David Ochs plainly and …
Disney Disney Gives Credit, 1932 by Jerry Beck Wednesday May 13, 2009 10:15 am As a follow-up to Amid’s post yesterday on Disney’s Pinocchiotrade ad, David Lesjak (who runs two of the best Disneyana …
Events Anima Mundi: Call for Web/Cell Phone Submissions by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 13, 2009 8:22 am The 17th annual edition of Anima Mundi, South America’s largestanimation festival, is coming up this July in Rio and São …
Shorts Juxtaposed by Alex Myung by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 13, 2009 12:57 am Juxtaposed by Alex Myung, one of the films that I’d highlightedin last week’s review of the SVA student screening, has been …
Ideas/Commentary Frank Lloyd Wright’s Advice To Walt Disney by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 13, 2009 12:49 am This is one of the most sage pieces of filmmaking advice I’veever run across: “Don’t let this idea ‘Box Office’ and this …
Events Milt Kahl at the Academy, 2.0 by Jerry Beck Wednesday May 13, 2009 12:05 am Let’s try this again. If you were turned away from the MiltKahl event last month, the Academy wants to invite you to an …
Animators Great, Now We Have To Start Calling Him Dr. Lasseter by Amid Amidi Tuesday May 12, 2009 3:04 pm This photo comes from davedoo’s Flickr page. The accompanyingcaption: Saturday, May 2, 2009: A lovely day as Pepperdine …