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An Appreciation of Alberto Mielgo’s Background Paintings

I try not to fall into the trap of choosing artistic favorites–different works deserve appreciation for different reasons–but if …

It’s always sad to say goodbye to our animation heroes and inspirations, so any opportunity to wish them well in their later years is …

Drawing by Jeaux Janovsky Happy birthday to animation’s original bad boy, Ralph Bakshi, who turns 72 today! His attitude towards …

Brad with Jeremy Renner (L), Tom Cruise and Paula Patton As we continue to stalk cover Brad Bird’s travels around the globe, here are …

Brew reader Alex Rannie reminds us that Monday, October 25, marked the centennial birthday of animation legend Tyrus Wong and we hope …

On Thursday October 28th I’ll be doing a book signing (at 6pm) and screening (at 7pm) to celebrate The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons …

“I had the great experience of working as an animator on Tangled,” writes Claudio de Oliveira, “and by the end of the production I found …

Word has just reached us that veteran animator Bill Littlejohn passed away in his sleep last night. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in …

I will now present two animated pieces in support of my argument that Matt Reynolds is an awesome young animation filmmaker who deserves …

In December 1992, employees of Film Roman received a special Christmas bonus. No, not cash, but a VHS of this video, Phil Roman’s Holiday …

Cartoonist-animator-filmmaker Frank Tashlin drew a comic strip, Van Boring (He Never Says a Word), for the Los Angeles Times between 1934 …

With all the RIP posts recently, it’s refreshing to hear some news about animation veterans who are alive. Today is the 91st birthday of …

It’s not a good week to be a Japanese animation legend. Stop motion animator and puppeteer Kihachiro Kawamoto, passed away last Monday at …

Satoshi Kon passed away in Tokyo on Tuesday. He was 46–and in the middle of directing a new film, The Dream Machine. Kon was one of a …

A Battle of Animation Studio Bands? Women In Animation International (WIA) is planning a “Battle of the Animation Bands” concert, an …

Doug Post of Woodbury University saves everything and recently found this article in a newsletter he used to get as a child. It’s a …

A profile of Sanjay Patel, Pixar animator and illustrator of Ramayana: Divine Loophole, which aired on PBS recently. (Thanks, …

As mentioned here last week, this past weekend the fine folks of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, held an event to dedicate a Historical …

Bob McIntosh passed away on June 17, 2010 at the age of 94. Born on March 11, 1916 in Vallejo, California, and raised in Stockton, Bob …

Anything Michel Gagné does is worth a post on Cartoon Brew, but a whole new film by him is cause for celebration. His new short, …