For Sale: Max Fleischer’s Miami Home

Funny, the things you find for sale on the Internet. Got a spare $2 million? If so, you can afford Max Fleischer’s house in Miami. From …

UP Artwork by Lou Romano

Lou Romano emailed me to point out this amazing blog post he did about his work on UP. It’s got tons of development art, animated fx …

Tony Peters R.I.P.

Animation writer Antony (Tony) Peters passed away this past Sunday in New York. He was a longtime Asifa-East board member and veteran …

A Little Love: The Art of Bill Melendez

Check out this self-produced mini-doc by writer Matt Zoller Seitz about Peanuts director Bill Melendez – covering his artistic roots, …

Vincent Davis 1944-2009

Animation director Vincent Davis (above left) passed away on May 6th. An incomplete list of his credits is on IMDB. His friend and …

Funky HB

John Kricfalusi has been drawing Hanna Barbera characters all his life. Thankfully, he saved it all. Now he’s collecting his HB art, …

Pablo Ferro: the movie

Devin Roth and Dave Creek of Scatter Brain Inc. just produced a short trailer for Richard Goldgewicht’s live action/animation documentary …

A plug for Mo Willems

One person who doesn’t need a plug on Cartoon Brew is Mo Willems. Successful animator turned popular children’s book author, Willems now …

David Ferguson’s Animated Shorts

Adventure Time creator Pen Ward recently turned me on to the work of Glasgow-based animator David Ferguson, who posts his work at …

The Missing Key

One of my favorite short films of the last few years was Jonathan Nix’s Hello. Nix is currently in the midst of post-production on a new …

1000 Times No

Just published this week from HarperCollins is Mr. Warburton’s first childrens book 1000 Times No. Warburton (Code Name: Kids Next …

Manifestations

This is from Giles Timms, his second animated film, made at UCLA’s Department of Theater, Film and Television. The music is by Welsh …

Juanmanuel Urbina

It’s been a while since I’ve plugged an animator’s art blog — but Juanmanuel Urbina, an animation director in Colombia, has one that put …

Cordell Barker on Runaway

Winnipeg animator Cordell Barker (The Cat Came Back, Strange Invaders) is back with a new film. Runaway will have its World Premiere at …

George Pal in Hollywood

George Pal came to America in 1940 with a contract to make animated shorts for Paramount. His Madcap Models (later Puppetoons) were a …

Homer Jonas on Facebook

Golden Age animation artist Homer Jonas (1928-1979) now has a Facebook fan page courtesy of his son, artist Jeff Jonas. The Facebook page …

Bill Plympton’s Birthday screening

I know what Bill Plympton wants for his birthday. He wants you to attend his Idiots and Angels VIP Screening and Birthday Party. On …

The Bakers

I’m a big fan of Kyle Baker’s comic art. In addition to his prolific work in illustration, comic books and print cartooning, he’s been …

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