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Syrian Cartoonist Ali Ferzat Savagely Beaten
This just might be every cartoonist’s worst nightmare: Syrian political cartoonist Ali Ferzat was kidnapped and later found bleeding on …
Amid Amidi
Animated Sheet Music by Dan Cohen
Dan Cohen takes existing sheet music and animates it to the songs. The concept bears out the cliche that the best ideas are often the …
“AANAATT” by Max Hattler
Max Hattler’s “AANAATT”, a music video for Japanese artist Jemapur, is an abstract stop motion journey that disorients the viewer through …
“An Abstract Day” by Oerd van Cuijlenborg
An Abstract Day is a 2009 experimental short by Dutch animator Oerd van Cuijlenborg that has just been posted on-line. The film uses …
CBeebies Interstitial by Matthias Hoegg
To be sure, there’s a cute voice track in this interstitial for British children’s channel CBeebies, but the piece as a whole is charming …
A 60-Year-Old Article is More Relevant Than Ever
Ted Parmelee (pictured above, right) is perhaps best remembered today as the director of UPA’s The Tell-Tale Heart, but his career in …
The Soviet Influence on Cuban Animation
This short video story on the BBC is ostensibly about the influence of Soviet animation on Cuban kids between the 1960s and ’90s, but it …
“Tattoo Step” by Mike Maryniuk
I’ve been a fan of Winnipeg-based Mike Maryniuk ever since I saw Cattle Call, a 2008 short he co-directed with Matthew Rankin. Mike …
“Lighthouse” by Stefan Wernik
Liberty Mutual has commissioned a handful of animated projects over the past few years as part of their long-term ad campaign The …
DISCOVERIES: Childhood Sketches by Bob McIntosh
Bob Schuldt was going through his grandfather’s possessions when he discovered an envelope addressed to his grandfather from Robert J. …
D23 Report: New Pixar Films and “Tangled Ever After”
The Disney-organized D23 Expo is going on this weekend in Anaheim and there’s been a couple of big Disney announcements. Firstly, the …
Hong Kong Has a Charlie Brown Cafe
Signs of an advanced society: a restaurant devoted to a classic comic strip. This is the Charlie Brown Cafe in Hong Kong. More photos …
Kimballana
First, a research request, because if Cartoon Brew’s readers can’t help out with this one, I don’t know who can. I’m looking for two …
Fuck Yeah John Lasseter
I think we can all agree that the drawings on Fuck Yeah John Lasseter are fan-f**cking-tastic! The humor is pretty insider-baseball, but …
Walt Disney Confessions
The self-explanatorily titled Walt Disney Confessions might entertain you for at least a few minutes today.
How Pixar Artists Wish Someone Happy Birthday
The legendary British illustrator and cartoonist Ronald Searle turned 91 years old last March, and for a good fifty of those years he’s …
“Garabonciák” by Dóra Keresztes and István Orosz
I think one could easily make the case that in the early-1980s, the most visually inventive and coolest looking cartoons in the world …
Del Connell (1918-2011)
Del Connell, who was a veteran Disney animation artist, Western Publishing editor, and comic strip/book writer, passed away on August 12 …
SIGGRAPH 2011 Technical Papers Overview
This video offers a fun, easy-to-digest recap of the technical papers that were presented at the SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver last week.
Digital Domain’s “The Legend of Tembo”
A few months ago we reported about Digital Domain’s plans for its CG animation studio in Port St. Lucie, Florida. They announced recently …
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