Old Brew Not bird, not plane, not even a frog by Jerry Beck Wednesday December 13, 2006 8:50 pm Sad, but true… Ain’t It Cool News has posted the awful onesheet poster to the live action UNDERDOG movie coming out next …
Old Brew The Importance of Sympathy by Amid Amidi Wednesday December 13, 2006 2:27 pm Mark Mayerson has posted a terrific analysis on his blog of thedifferent ways that sympathy can be created for animated …
Old Brew NUCKIN’ FUTS by Jerry Beck Wednesday December 13, 2006 12:25 am In case you missed it on last night’s TONIGHT SHOW or thismorning’s TODAY SHOW, here is the latest JibJab masterpiece, …
Old Brew Animation Still Key At Nickelodeon by Amid Amidi Tuesday December 12, 2006 5:52 pm While Cartoon Network continues to abandon cartoons in favor oflive-action productions, this article in yesterday’s NY TIMES …
Old Brew LEN LYE’S PEANUT VENDOR by Jerry Beck Tuesday December 12, 2006 5:45 pm Stop-motion animation teacher/historian Ken Priebe (The Art ofStop Motion Animation) has posted on YouTube what he calls …
Old Brew Richard Williams Interviews Ken Harris by Amid Amidi Tuesday December 12, 2006 12:15 pm Thanks to digital tools available nowadays like Flash andvarious CG packages, everybody knows how to move a character, …
Old Brew Fantasia Overrated? by Amid Amidi Tuesday December 12, 2006 1:59 am “[FANTASIA] is a mishmash of pedantic narration and erratic tone (the finale’s soul-sucking demon gives the death of Bambi’s …
Old Brew Brew Holiday Gift Guide: Laugh-O-Grams by Jerry Beck Monday December 11, 2006 3:45 pm The sixth in a series of holiday gift-giving suggestions fromyour pals at Cartoon Brew.The big video event this week for …
Old Brew Live-Action Year Without A Santa Claus by Amid Amidi Monday December 11, 2006 11:54 am From the “What Were They Thinking Department”: NBC has produceda live-action remake of the 1970s Rankin/Bass holiday special …
Old Brew Genndy Tartakovsky’s Nicorette Commercial by Amid Amidi Monday December 11, 2006 1:23 am This Nicorette commercial is the first spot I’ve seen directedby Genndy Tartakovsky (DEXTER’S LAB, SAMURAI JACK) since he …
Old Brew Shawn Marion: NBA Star and Cartoon Fan by Amid Amidi Monday December 11, 2006 1:06 am According to the NEW YORK TIMES, Phoenix Suns forward ShawnMarion loves cartoons and has a collection of thousands of …
Old Brew Cartoon Characters and Merchandising by Amid Amidi Monday December 11, 2006 12:44 am Independent animator (and former syndicated newspapercartoonist) Chris Harding has a thought-provoking rant on his …
Old Brew Trippy Commercial by Hans Fischerkoesen by Amid Amidi Monday December 11, 2006 12:37 am I pointed to some surreal French animated commercials last week, but they don’t come close to this mid-century theatrical spot …
Old Brew SITO AT THE BARN by Jerry Beck Saturday December 9, 2006 10:00 am Attention all Angelenos: Tom Sito, Disney animator, formerpresident of the Animation Guild, and now author of Drawing the …
Old Brew THE LIVING ANIMATION FESTIVAL by Jerry Beck Saturday December 9, 2006 9:35 am Animation director Matt Ferguson (Harold Rosenbaum CharteredAccountant and Grossology for Nelvana) has, over the past week, …