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Ottawa ’08 Film Selections
Selections were announced this week for the 2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival (September 17-21). Four features and 101 short …
Amid Amidi
“Davy Crockett in Outer Space”
Tiny Inventions, a Brooklyn-based animation studio run by husband-and-wife team Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, recently created a fun and …
“I don’t have SpongeBob. I have SquishyGuy.”
There was a funny story in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (link to article on another site) about how companies that provide costumed …
Jamie Hewlett’s Olympics Short
Jamie Hewlett’s new BBC promo for the Olympics is damn impressive. Watch it on the BBC website. Also, there’s a new interview with …
San Diego: Bill Presing
Pixar storyboard artist and Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher co-creator Bill Presing will debut his new “cute cartoon girl” book Bookplate …
San Diego: JJ Villard
JJ Villard, who set the animation world ablaze a few years back with his amazing student films and then somehow ended up working at …
San Diego: The Art of Andy
The Art of Andy is a 120-page book of artwork by longtime character designer Andy Suriano (Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls and Star Wars: …
San Diego: Depth Charge
It looks like Katzenberg’s mania for 3-D is rubbing off on his artists. DreamWorks animator Donnachada Daly has created a new art book …
Zurich29
Zurich29 is a Paris-based motion graphics studio founded in 2005 by Philippe Constantinesco and Dorian Gourg. They caught my attention …
San Diego: PictureBox
If you haven’t heard, Brooklyn-based publisher PictureBox is putting out some of the most innovative and interesting comic and art books …
Presto Director Speaks
Spline Doctors, the animation education blog run by Pixar animators, offers up a new audio interview with Doug Sweetland, longtime Pixar …
Coke’s “East Meets West” by Smith & Foulkes
I don’t think I’ve ever been able to exactly pinpoint what it is that I so enjoy about the directing duo Smith & Foulkes (repped by Nexus …
“White Winter Hymnal” by Sean Pecknold
“White Winter Hymnal,” directed by Sean Pecknold, is a stop motion music video for Seattle-based Fleet Foxes. While I enjoy slickly …
Cartoon Brew Tech Problems
Cartoon Brew went down last night. We’re happily back up and running this morning but still a bit buggy. We hope to be back to normal …
Varmints Trailer
Studio AKA has released the trailer to Varmints, a followup to the 2004 BAFTA-winning short JoJo in the Stars. I’ve always loved the way …
July 22 in LA: Brent Green Performance
Next Tuesday, July 22, indie filmmaker Brent Green is performing a FREE show of his animated shorts at the Hammer Museum in Westwood. I …
“Signs of Life” by Freddie Yauner
What does the little man on the emergency exit sign do when he’s not helping humans? “Signs of Life” is a witty animation installation …
Explosive Magoo
Animator and eagle-eyed Brew reader Celia Bullwinkel spotted this faded sidewalk stencil graffiti of Mr. Magoo planting a bomb. The piece …
Kung Fu Panda Knockoffs
Apparently Kung Fu Panda is so popular that it’s spurred a whole bunch of counterfeit merchandise, some of which are pretty funny.
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
Jerry has posted a super-rare gem on YouTube: the 1965 short The Shooting of Dan McGrew directed by Ed Graham, Jr. I was so excited about …
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