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Why Nobody Wants To Watch Sony’s Features
According to Steve Hulett of the animation union Local 839, the execs at Sony are perplexed about why their films (Open Season, Surf’s …
Amid Amidi
The Golden Years of Annecy
John and Faith Hubley in Annecy Cima Balser, the wife of animation director Bob Balser, has written a fantastic piece for AWN about …
George Carlin, RIP
Comedian George Carlin has died at 71. Below is the 1985 short Drawing on My Mind, written and narrated by Carlin and directed by the …
Gobelins Student Openings for Annecy
While I work up a few reviews from the Annecy International Animation Festival, held earlier this month in France, check out the Annecy …
Grant Orchard’s Paintballing
There’s minimalist animation and then there’s Grant Orchard’s work. His short Park Foot Ball (mentioned on the Brew back in 2006 is a …
Bolt vs. Hercules Posters
Celbi Pegoraro noticed on his blog Animation-Animagic.com that the poster for Disney’s upcoming Bolt bears a striking resemblance to the …
Japanese Animators Unionize
Beginning this month, a group consisting of hundreds of Japanese animation artists have launched the Japan Animation Creators Association …
Eric Goldberg’s Character Animation Crash Course!
The long-awaited how-to book from master animator and director Eric Goldberg is almost here. Character Animation Crash Course! will be …
The Business of Stereoscopic 3-D Films
Stereoscopic 3-D filmmaking is either the latest film fad or the future of theatrical animation. For those who know their film history, …
Donkey Ollie
If nothing else, Animation Magazine serves as an entertaining repository of all the awful ideas that animation studios try to produce …
Annecy ’08 Winners
The prizes for the 2008 Annecy Animation Festival were announced last Saturday. The top prize for short film, The Annecy Cristal, went to …
The Influence of Ralph Bakshi
The latest issue of Arthur Magazine has an article by illustrator Arik Roper who recounts his personal memories of discovering the …
Hanna-Barbera in 3D
Just because a drawn-character is translated into 3D, doesn’t mean it needs to look unappealing, ugly and clumsy. These vintage …
Interactive Animated Wall Projections
“Chase” is an art project from 2005 that I only heard about recently. In it, animated cartoon characters participate in a never-ending …
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Speaking of Chuck Jones, as we were yesterday, here is his infamous 1969 TV special based on Walt Kelly’s classic comic strip Pogo. …
Will Finn Analyzes Chuck Jones
Animator and director Will Finn recently watched the entire Warner Bros. output of Chuck Jones and has composed a thoughtful blog post …
Three Books Worth A Look
Here are three cartoon and film-related books that aren’t on my bookshelf but will be soon. The Adventures of Herge: Creator of …
Annecy Countdown
One half of Cartoon Brew, namely me, will be attending the world’s largest animation festival next week. If you’re going too, drop a …
Trailer for Richard Williams DVD Masterclass
Below is the pencil test to the trailer of Richard Williams’ Animator’s Survival Kit dvd lecture series. More details to be posted soon …
Rexona Skin Care Spots
Effective paper doll concept and fine execution in this series of South American ads for Rexona Skin Care. One of the spots can be viewed …
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