Business Animation Dominates The U. S. Box Office by Amid Amidi Monday July 16, 2012 4:09 am Ice Age: Continental Drift, the fourth installment in Blue Sky’s prehistoric series, opened last weekend int the top spot with …
Cartoon Culture More Comic Con finds by Jerry Beck Monday July 16, 2012 12:30 am A last look at some of my coolest finds at the Con. And here’s a real winner: this unframed cel, found in a stack of MGM odds …
Tools Courageous Cat returns! by Jerry Beck Saturday July 14, 2012 6:00 pm Yesterday, at virtually the same time I was extolling thepraises of producer Sam Singer (the “Ed Wood of Animation”) at …
Talkback “Ice Age 4″ (and “Simpsons” short) talkback by Jerry Beck Friday July 13, 2012 3:00 pm Betsy Sharkey in The Los Angeles Times generally liked it -saying “The dialogue is sometimes too sluggish and definitely …
Cartoon Culture Comic Con sights by Jerry Beck Friday July 13, 2012 9:00 am Reasons I still go to Comic Con… to see stuff I can’t afford,but am delighted still exists. Here’s a few snaps from my …
Events “Animaniacs” Show Tunes – Live! by Jerry Beck Friday July 13, 2012 12:05 am Hellooo, Nurse! Animaniacs fans in L.A. later this month are infor a treat. Voice actor Rob Paulsen (Yakko) and composer …
CGI “Spray” by Havard Forland Isaksen by Jerry Beck Thursday July 12, 2012 9:00 am Sometimes I can’t explain why I post certain films on CartoonBrew. This is one of those. Exploding hair just makes me laugh. …
Shorts “All Consuming Love (Man In A Cat)” By Louis Hudson by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 11, 2012 6:21 pm There are some films that one simply can’t imagine being made in any medium besides animation. Louis Hudson’s delightfully …
Bad Ideas The Chuck Jones Centennial Is A Perfect Time To Make $$$ by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 11, 2012 3:56 pm What says “Chuck Jones centennial celebration” better than thiskitschy painting of Bugs and Daffy riding motorcycles? …
Shorts “Ad Lucem” by Ghislain Avrillon by Jerry Beck Wednesday July 11, 2012 3:30 pm A vampire makes an attempt to see sunlight in this bittersweetfilm from Annecy based Ghislain Avrillon. It’s more an …
Books Comic Con Day #0 by Jerry Beck Wednesday July 11, 2012 2:00 pm I’m heading down to Comic Con right now and will be theretonight and for the next few days. In addition to funky old …
Student “Oben” from EMCA by Jerry Beck Wednesday July 11, 2012 6:00 am This remarkable graduation film from France’s Ecole des Métiers du Cinéma d’Animation (aka EMCA, the School of Film …
Shorts “Feral” trailer by Daniel Sousa by Jerry Beck Wednesday July 11, 2012 12:05 am I don’t post many trailers for shorts – but this one is damnbeautiful. Directed and animated by Daniel Sousa (we featured …
TV A Look Inside The Korean Studio That Made “Legend of Korra” by Amid Amidi Tuesday July 10, 2012 7:40 pm The Korean studio responsible for the animation production ofThe Legend of Korra is Studio Mir. The young studio was …
Animators “An Artificial Life” By Bruce Woodside by Jerry Beck Tuesday July 10, 2012 12:00 pm A contemplation of an animators life in 4321 frames, fromanimator Bruce Woodside (Mighty Mouse, Lord Of The Rings, …