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It’s a Cartoon Modern World
Dear Brew readers, please indulge this shameless late-night post. I discovered a new fact tonight: nothing perks one up at 1:30am like …
Amid Amidi
Aardman’s The Pearce Sisters Online
After being denied an Oscar nod for Best Animated Short, Aardman has posted Luis Cook’s award-winning short The Pearce Sisters onto …
Marcell Jankovics’s Fehérlófia
Every so often I find out about such an awesome piece of animation that I’m ashamed to admit I’ve never heard about it before. Tonight …
Visions of Frank dvd
Visions of Frank is a dvd that came out last year collecting eight animated shorts by Japanese animators, all based on Jim Woodring’s …
Lili Chin and Eddie Mort Abandon Flash
Everybody has been jumping on the Flash bandwagon these past few years, but could 2008 be the year that animators begin abandoning the …
Lost Classics from Zagreb Film DVD & Contest
Last year saw the release of lots of rare animation (Popeye, Lantz cartoons, Oswald, etc.) but perhaps none so rare as a dvd that came …
Minotauromaquia by Juan Pablo Etcheverry
Minotauromaquia is an intriguing stop motion short I saw a few years back in Annecy. It’s directed by Spaniard Juan Pablo Etcheverry. The …
A Child’s Metaphysics by Koji Yamamura
According to the website of Koji Yamamura, he has completed a new short entitled A Child’s Metaphysics. The film, which premiered last …
Ratatouille vs. Persepolis
The Oregonian has a short but interesting article about what animation artists in Brad Bird’s home state, Oregon, think about the Oscar …
Do Artists Improve With Age?
Do artists improve with the passage of time or do an artist’s skills begin to deteriorate at a certain age? Animation director Will Finn …
Brice Mack, RIP
Animation Magazine reports that background painter Brice Mack passed away on January 2 at the age of 90. His backgrounds appeared in …
Preston Blair Swipes
Nothing hits the spot after a hard’s day work like seeing a few good Preston Blair swipes. Reader John Luciano writes, “I never get tired …
Paul Dini on Contemporary Animated Films
Do you hate the pedestrian state of storytelling in today’s animated features? Probably not as much as Paul Dini does. Dini, best known …
2008 Oscar Nominees
The nominees for the 80th annual Academy Awards were announced this morning: Best Animated Feature • Persepolis …
Studio 4C’s Genius Party
If you are anywhere–and I mean anywhere–in the DC area on February 15 and 16, then mark your calendars for the American premiere of …
Who’s Behind the Bottom-Biting Bug
Last August Jerry wrote about one of the newest animation fads sweeping through Japan: a crude, borderline inept, series of animated …
Peter and the Wolf by Suzie Templeton
Suzie Templeton’s contemporary stop motion retelling of Peter and the Wolf can be seen below in three parts. As we reported last week, …
The Salaries of Disney Execs
While Disney artists bring their imaginations to life through animation, Disney executives are living a lifestyle that animators can’t …
Patapon
If I had a Sony PSP (or played video games for that matter), I’d be looking forward to the February release of Patapon, a visually …
The Hard Lessons of Kwicky Koala
There are certain details of animation history that have always bothered me. For example, how did Tex Avery, arguably the greatest …
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