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“Infinite Jest” Exhibition at the Met
This one is for New Yorkers: “Infinite Jest” is an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of caricature and satire through the …
Amid Amidi
A Perfect Cartoon Summary of Occupy Wall Street
This very short short by New York animation legend Candy Kugel and Rick Broas serves as a great summary of the Occupy Wall Street …
The Cautionary Tale of Fatkat Animation
Depending on how you look at it, this is either an inspirational story about an animator’s resilience in the face of adversity or an …
Aardman Tackles Batman and WB Animation’s Moribund State
During last Sunday’s keynote speech at MIP Jr, Sam Register, the exec vp of creative affairs at Warner Bros. Animation, revealed that …
“Secret Mountain Fort Awesome” Talkback
Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, a new series by Peter Browngardt (of Uncle Grandpa fame), recently debuted on Cartoon Network. Have you …
EXCLUSIVE: John K. Talks about his “Simpsons” Opening
Last year, The Simpsons commissioned an opening couch gag from British street artist Banksy that contained a cockeyed look at the working …
New “Simpsons” Intro by John Kricfalusi
UPDATE: Read Cartoon Brew’s exclusive interview with John K. about his Simpsons opening. A new episode of The Simpsons just premiered …
TODAY IN SF: Dax Norman Art Show
The term “surrealism” is frequently overused nowadays (for starters, the whole “pop surrealism” movement), but it is a perfectly suitable …
A Tour of John Lasseter’s Alcohol Production Facility
For those of you who have already been inside of John Lasseter’s closet and are wondering what else there could possibly be to learn …
MONDAY IN NYC: Student Animation on Outdoor Screen
Join Cartoon Brew this Monday, October 3, for a FREE screening of this year’s selections in Cartoon Brew’s Student Animation Festival. …
J. J. Sedelmaier Explains How He Makes a Commercial
As part of his newish on-line column at Print magazine, J. J. Sedelmaier has written an excellent account about producing a couple of …
Does Miyazaki Think Women Artists Signal the End of Anime?
Hayao Miyazaki, who has been known to often take a negative tone about the animation industry and society in general, recently tweeted …
The Relevance of Mime in Animation
Paris-trained mime Lorin Eric Salm answers the age-old question, Are mimes relevant in animation? That’s only second in importance to the …
Animated Fragments #12
Drawn Animation for Chris Milk’s interactive video “Three Dreams of Black” by Anthony Schepperd (US) Brainflow by Fiorella Pierini …
“Flapjack” Creator Thurop van Orman Wrestles Fan in Ottawa
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack creator Thurop van Orman has taken fan interaction to a whole new level. This video (reposted …
David OReilly and NMA Collaborate on a Short
The inevitable has happened: CG provocateur David OReilly has partnered with Taiwan’s Next Media Animation, whose mocap news reports are …
An Appreciation of the Animated GIF and Gif Shop
“Animated GIFs are the web’s vinyl records,” wrote Jamie Zawinski on Twitter a few months ago. It’s a sly but accurate observation. In …
Real-Time Facial Substitutions
What’s the latest creepy intersection between art, performance and technology? Real-time facial substitutions. I love it! Experiment …
“Cecelia and Her Selfhood” by Adrien Merigeau
Adrien Merigeau (co-director of Old Fangs) created this engimatic music video for the Irish band The Villagers and their song “Cecelia …
Jordan Belson, RIP
Experimental filmmaker and abstract animator Jordan Belson passed away on September 6 at the age of 85. He created more than thirty films …
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