Rebecca Sugar Gets It On

Frankly I’m not sure what’s more disturbing: drawings of the Terrytoons characters Sourpuss and Gandy getting it on, drawings of …

Profiling Joel Trussell

It used to be that you had to live in Los Angeles or New York to make it big in the US animation scene, but today a whole new breed of …

Ty Wong Paintings on Display

Ty Wong standing in front of his illustrations for The Wild Bunch at the opening of the show a couple weeks ago. (Matt …

Becky Fallberg, RIP

Jeff Kurtti writes to inform that Becky Fallberg has passed away at age 84. She worked at Disney from 1942 to 1986 in various capacities …

Harley Jessup Speaks

I’ve always been interested in learning more about animation production designer Harley Jessup (Twice Upon a Time, James and the Giant …

Animated Movie Titles

It’s funny how movie title sequences have now been moved to the back of the film. But that hasn’t stopped filmmakers from producing the …

Tytla animation art for sale

Bonhams & Butterfields next entertainment memorabilia auction, on Sunday December 9th, will contain animation art from the Estate of Bill …

Canemaker Wins Emmy and Honored in Italy

Congrats to our friend, and the animation art form’s friend, John Canemaker, who won an Emmy award last night at the 28th Annual News & …

Get Well, Mel?

Above and below are two parts of one interesting piece of WB ephemera that that one of our readers (who wishes to remain anonymous) …

Funny Animation on The Simpsons

This new video posted onto YouTube showcases some of the cartoonier moments (in slo-mo) from early Simpsons episodes. According to the …

Jim Tyer, Super Genius

Readers of Cartoon Brew should know the name Jim Tyer. He’s the cartoonist whose each and every drawing will immediately make you laugh, …

Ben Zurawski’s Flipbooks

So you’re a 23-year-old unknown animator and you’d like your work seen by millions of people on national TV. How do you do it? For …

Nicolai Troshinsky

Born in Moscow and currently living in Spain, 22-year-old illustrator/animator Nicolai Troshinsky creates beautiful lyrical mini-films in …

Bill Littlejohn Interview

Above: Bill Littlejohn at Playhouse Pictures in 1962 Whenever I’m depressed about the state of contemporary animation, I think about …

Podcasts: Clayberger, Docter & Glines

It’s not just blogs that offer valuable animation-related content nowadays. Here are three recent audio podcasts with three super …

The Naked Hitchiker

Our pal, Anne D. Bernstein found this online: “I came across this animated film while doing some research about F. Scott Fitzgerald. She …

Fons Schiedon

Dutch animator and illustrator Fons Schiedon has a lot of impressive work on his website FonzTV.nl, and none more so than the educational …

More about the Death of Paul Boyd

The CBC has a followup article about the tragic police shooting of Vancouver animator Paul Boyd, mentioned here yesterday. The article …

Animator Paul Boyd Killed in Vancouver

We are not clear on the details, but it’s being reported today that Vancouver animator Paul Boyd was shot and killed by police on Monday …

41 of 48