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Commentary: Digital Domain May Be On The Brink Of Disaster
by Amid Amidi   Thursday August 30, 2012   9:01 pm
Remember the CGI 2Pac “hologram” that Digital Domain created for
Coachella earlier this year. The gimmick was well received, …
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Animators

This Is How Film Fundraising Worked Before Kickstarter
by Amid Amidi   Thursday August 30, 2012   11:08 am
Fred Mogubgub was among the New York animation scene’s
innovative figures of the Sixties and Seventies. One of his most …
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Bad Ideas

What Fresh Hell Is This?
by Jerry Beck   Thursday August 30, 2012   6:00 am
At least it’s not animation. Billboards and posters for this
mysterious children’s film have been appearing all over town for …
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Feature Film

GKIDS Heats Up the Oscar Animated Feature Race
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday August 29, 2012   10:17 pm
Today, family animation distributor GKIDS announced that they
will qualify four animated features for consideration in the …
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Cartoon Culture

Protest Erupts Over Disney’s Skinny Minnie
by Jerry Beck   Wednesday August 29, 2012   9:00 pm
Barneys New York has partnered with Disney for their Electric
Holiday campaign, set to debut at Barney’s Madison Avenue …
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Shorts

“Hidden Place” by Stephen Irwin
by Jerry Beck   Wednesday August 29, 2012   12:30 pm
Here’s a cool piece of retro/experimental madness by UK animator
Stephen Irwin. It was one of several animated pieces curated …
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Seth MacFarlane

Animators

Seth MacFarlane To Host “SNL” Season Premiere
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday August 29, 2012   12:20 pm
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is like the Neil Armstrong of
the animation community, venturing into places that other …
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CGI

Kelly Richardson’s “Mariner 9″ Animates Futuristic Mars Landscape
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday August 29, 2012   11:14 am
How might Mars look like a hundred years in the future, after
we’ve sent dozens of rovers to explore the planet? That’s the …
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Tissa David

Animators

John Canemaker Remembers Tissa David
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday August 29, 2012   1:17 am
Eminent animation historian John Canemaker wrote a lovely
tribute to animator Tissa David for the Wall Street Journal. …
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Student

“The Colors Of Evil” by Alyse Miller and Phillip Simon
by Jerry Beck   Wednesday August 29, 2012   12:05 am
This thesis film by Alyse Miller and Phillip Simon, from
Florida’s Ringling College of Art and Design, is a heartwarming …
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Business

Spike Lee On The Value Of Owning Your Own Brand
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday August 28, 2012   10:12 pm
Film critic Patrick Goldstein recently wrote his last piece for
the LA Times. The article, “Wanted: A Few Good Mavericks”, is …
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Shorts

“Life By A Thread” by James Sugrue
by Jerry Beck   Tuesday August 28, 2012   2:00 pm
New York-based Titmouse animator Jim Sugrue’s latest personal
film could use a musical score, but is otherwise a pretty wild
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Books

GIVEAWAY: “A Mary Blair Treasury of Golden Books”
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday August 28, 2012   11:47 am
Random House, which is a sponsor of Cartoon Brew this month, has
provided us with FIVE copies to give away of their new …
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Anime

“Live2D” by Cybernoids
by Jerry Beck   Tuesday August 28, 2012   12:30 am
A new program by Japanese tech company, Cybernoids, could change
the future of traditional animation… …or could …
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Animators

Animation Director LeSean Thomas: “You Have To Anticipate Failure If You Intend To Innovate”
by Amid Amidi   Monday August 27, 2012   8:12 pm
LeSean Thomas, the supervising director and creative producer of
Adult Swim’s Black Dynamite, spoke at TEDxSinchon about his …
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