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Ed Wynn Deals with TV Network Execs
Ed Wynn on TV network executives in 1950: “You know what an executive is to me? An executive is a man who gets $50,000 a year, has a …
Amid Amidi
European Cartoon Network Pilots
Back in 2009, Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe in London created six 3-minute pilots under the creative direction of Timothy …
How 3-D Animation Was Made Seventy Years Ago
In 1941, the Fleischer Studio constructed this elaborate three-dimensional distorted perspective set for the feature Mr. Bug Goes to …
A Response to Harry Partridge’s Silly Go! Animate Rant
“It’s not a gay lobster but still funny” – a response by “reddplague” to Harry Partridge’s anti-Go! Animate cartoon rant. For the …
Steve Jobs should be running Disney
An extraordinarily prescient comment about Steve Jobs by an anonymous Apple manager in the January 3, 1983 issue of Time magazine: “He …
Animation at MOCA’s “Art in the Streets” Show
“Art in the Streets,” the first major museum survey of street art and graffiti, opened last week at the Museum of Contemporary Art in …
“Bow Tie Duty for Squareheads” by Stephan Flint Muller
Berlin-based Stephan Flint Müller has made plenty of films in his young career, but my favorite remains his 2004 short Bow Tie Duty for …
“Rio” Rocks US Box Office
In its second weekend, Carlos Saldanha’s Rio dropped a slim 32% to retain the top spot at the US box office. Its estimated $26.8 million …
Happy Easter: Superbook in CG!
Just in time for Easter, Christian Broadcasting Network has announced a computer-animated remake of their 1980s series Superbook. If CGI …
“Apache” by Ned Wenlock
Circular continuity is one of animation’s oldest concepts — think phenakistoscopes and zoetropes — so it takes a certain amount of …
CBeebies Shorts by Matthias Hoegg
Matthias Hoegg, whose graduation short Thursday appeared on the Brew recently, just completed two delightful mini-shorts — “Ollie” and …
Hyundai Advertises Car with Wall-Projected Animation
Hyundai created this ‘live’ performance piece to promote their 2012 Accent. They suspended a real car sideways against a building wall, …
Mike Smith’s Website
The website of director and animator Mike Smith — RealMikeSmith.com — is a model for how an artist’s website should function. It’s an …
Don Figlozzi, the First TV Animator?
Historian Harvey Deneroff has posted a fascinating interview with Fleischer Studios veteran Don Figlozzi that he conducted in 1979. In …
INTERVIEW: How The Rauch Brothers Make Shorts for PBS
Rauch Brothers Animation, operated by Brooklyn-based Mike and Tim Rauch, epitomizes all that is good about New York animation. A couple …
“Neomorphus” by Animatorio
Sao Paulo, Brazil-based Animatorio created this stunning piece of stop motion animation. There’s some CG effects thrown into the mix too. …
Animated Shorts: Sell or Give Away for Free?
Last year I wrote about how the family of British animation legend Bob Godfrey was uploading his films to YouTube. Now they’ve removed …
Ward Kimball on a 1970s Game Show
The don’t-miss clip of the week: a 1970 appearance by “casting director” Ward Kimball on the NBC daytime game show Lohman and Barkley’s …
“Life in the Analog Age” by Gabe Swarr
Few industry artists I know are as committed to personal projects as Gabe Swarr who’s consistently been making his own work for as long …
“Mia and the Migoo” American Trailer
Watch the American trailer for Jacques-Rémy Girerd’s Mia and the Migoo. The film’s distributor, GKids, make no mention on the official …
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