A Sequence from the unproduced Betty Boop feature
Animation director Steve Moore, who previously posted Duane Crowther’s long-lost student film BLUM BLUM, has posted another amazing …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Du Chau’ing Underdog
Frederik Du Chau (QUEST FOR CAMELOT, RACING STRIPES) has been hired to “direct” another film. The project he’s ruining this time is …
From The Classroom To The Silver Screen: Discover Animation Mentor’s Student Showcase & Alumni Legacy
The world of animation is as much about storytelling as it is about technique. Animation Mentor’s latest student showcase is a testament to this fact.
NOT SO WILD ABOUT THE WILD
East coast film reporter Eric Lurio sent us this note concerning The Wild:”For the first time in its history, Disney will NOT, I repeat, …
DO-IT-YOURSELF GIGANTOR
Japanese robot maker Vstone Corporation has just released its latest consumer product: Tetsu-jin 28 (aka Ironman 28 – or Gigantor™, …
Studio 4°C’s TEKKON KINKURITO
The upcoming feature TEKKON KINKURITO, scheduled for Japanese release in December 2006, is produced by Studio 4°C, the Japanese …
THE BROTHERS QUAY IN LA
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’s annual Marc Davis Lecture will be presented on Friday, April 21st. In a year that saw two …
2006 CG IMPLOSION
Get ready to hurl.With billboards and bus posters for ICE AGE 2 (opening today), THE WILD (4/14) and OVER THE HEDGE (5/19) plastering the …
Animation Blast #9 Almost Done
Just a brief update on the status of ANIMATION BLAST #9: I’m almost done with the issue and planning to send it to the Canadian printer …
Yuri Norstein’s HERON AND CRANE (1974)
If you have an extra ten minutes to spare today, you can spend that time no better than watching the lyrical short HERON AND CRANE (1974) …
Scary Flash Animation
Some sick perverted souls in South Korea came up with this piece of Flash animation. It might make you queasy. It might make you hate …
FLEISCHER COLOR CLASSICS
Film buff John McElwee posted another great entry on his blog about old cartoons. This time offering some perspectives on Fleischer’s
GREAT TO BE NOMINATED
It’s back! Randy Haberkamps’s great series of Monday night screenings at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Great To Be …
Eisner Ruins Something Besides Disney
If Michael Eisner talks and nobody listens, does he still have a talkshow? The debut of Eisner’s new series on CNBC tanked with a 0.0 …
UMB by Liron Damir
UMB is a graduate film created by Israeli animation/broadcast design student Liron Damir at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. The …
ASTERIX AND THE VIKINGS
Maybe it’s me – or maybe I’m just nostalgic for an old fashioned hand drawn animated feature – but this Asterix and the Vikings looks …
TOONWORLD TV CLASSICS
My friend Wayne Daigrepont has a cell phone and just found out he had Toonworld TV Classics. Here’s his email to me:So here’s my cell …
POW! BAM! WHAM!
Holy Animated Sound Effects! As a child of the 1960s, I was a huge fan of the 1966 BATMAN TV show. So I have to say I’m delighted with …
Identifying Classic Animators
My new favorite blog of the moment is Thad Komorowski’s “Identifying Animators and Their Scenes.” The site has only been up for a few …
COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA
Films by Jove, owners of the Russian Soyuzmultfilm Studios film library, has invested more than $3 million to digitally restore the 1,500 …
UPA LAST NIGHT
Larry Loc on the ASIFA-Hollywood blog posted a bunch of photos he snapped at last night’s UPA TRIBUTE at the Egyptian Theatre in …
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