We’re going to begin doing a regular roundup that indexes some of the more noteworthy items on Cartoon Brew. Here are some of the news items that created the most buzz and generated the most discussion during the past couple months. Any that we missed?

• The Little Island by Richard Williams
• Superjail
• Hatti Noel as Hyacinth Hippo: Part 1 and Part 2
• 1930s Wartime Japanese cartoon
• The Rocky and Bullwinkle statue: Part 1 and Part 2
• Spongebob Rectal Thermometer and Spongebob Voice-overs
• Kung Fu Panda Trailer
• In by Philipp Hirsch and Heiko Tippelt
• Why Don Hertzfeldt Probably Won’t Win An Annie
• Marcell Jankovics’s Fehérlófia
• Lili Chin and Eddie Mort Abandon Flash Animation
• Diznee’s Aladin and Ratatouille Knock-off
• Studio 4°C’s Genius Party
• The Hard Lessons of Kwicky Koala
• Academy Ignores Animation for Best Foreign Film
• Usavich
• Who Writes Cartoons?