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“On The Water” by Yi Zhao
by Jerry Beck   Monday April 9, 2012   12:05 am
Quite simple and quite effective. Fresh off the festival circuit
this beautiful film, a metaphor of the life cycle, was the …
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CGI

This Is What Computer Animation Looked Like In 1971
by Amid Amidi   Sunday April 8, 2012   2:49 am
The documentary above offers a fascinating look at the Key Frame
animation system designed by Marceli Wein and Nestor Burtnyk …
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Games

“Pac Man: The Movie” by James Farr
by Jerry Beck   Sunday April 8, 2012   12:05 am
If Hollywood were to take Pac Man seriously and produce a live
action blockbuster movie of it – it would probably feel like …
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Classic

GIVEAWAY: UPA Jolly Frolics DVD sets
by Amid Amidi   Saturday April 7, 2012   2:47 pm
CONTEST IS CLOSED! WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY. I’ve
got two copies to give away of TCM’s 3-dvd UPA Jolly Frolics …
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Comics

Bob Clampett’s first cartoons
by Jerry Beck   Saturday April 7, 2012   2:00 pm
Animator Mark Kausler blogs about his latest discovery – Bob
Clampett’s first published cartoon art. It’s from 1925 and was …
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Comics

Kim Deitch: “Leaping Tall Buildings”
by Jerry Beck   Saturday April 7, 2012   6:00 am
Worth a look: Kim Deitch (veteran underground cartoonist and son
of animation director Gene Deitch) talks about his comics …
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Animators

Thomas Kinkade, RIP
by Amid Amidi   Friday April 6, 2012   9:18 pm
The self-proclaimed painter of light, Thomas Kinkade, died
unexpectedly on Friday at the age of 54. Before becoming a fine …
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Events

LACMA in April: Alice, Fischinger and Paramount Cartoons
by Jerry Beck   Friday April 6, 2012   2:30 pm
The spectacular sold out UPA program at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art (LACMA) last week marked the beginning of even …
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Shorts

“Easter Eggs” by Oli Putland
by Amid Amidi   Friday April 6, 2012   5:14 am
Just in time for Easter, Oli Putland’s cute stop motion
egg-stravaganza Easter Eggs. The film was shot using an iPad 2 …
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Cartoon Modern

Eye Candy From The UPA “Jolly Frolics” DVDs
by Amid Amidi   Friday April 6, 2012   4:23 am
I watched all the UPA theatrical shorts back when I was writing
Cartoon Modern, but seeing them restored on TCM’s new 3-DVD …
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Shorts

“Garage” by Sam Chou
by Jerry Beck   Friday April 6, 2012   1:00 am
Five friends, five musicians, one garage. Here’s a killer sample
piece created and directed by Toronto’s Sam Chou, for a TV …
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Business

Comment of the Day: Everything is Better Free
by Amid Amidi   Thursday April 5, 2012   9:46 pm
Today we learned that some animation executives believe, “Free
labor is much better than cheap labor.” Cartoon Brew commenter …
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Comics

Seeing Double? MacFarlane’s “Ted” vs. “Imagine THIS”
by Jerry Beck   Thursday April 5, 2012   11:00 am
The trailer for Seth MacFarlane’s new movie Ted, went online
Monday. Cartoonist Lucas Turnbloom has been drawing the online …
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Business

Welcome to the Gold Rush of Internet Animation Channels
by Amid Amidi   Thursday April 5, 2012   8:23 am
In last week’s post about Butch Hartman’s animation channel, I
wrote that, “The word of the year for Internet content is …
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Music Videos

Music Video Round-up (#9)
by Jerry Beck   Thursday April 5, 2012   4:00 am
Crash by Belle & Sebastian A cover version by Belle &
Sebastian of the 1988 hit song Crash by The Primitives. This …
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