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Gene Deitch On Motion/Performance Capture
Serving as an appropriate complement to this earlier piece on Cartoon Brew, animation legend Gene Deitch has written a piece for …
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Re-Examining Mary Blair
Folks in and around the Bay Area should make a point to check out the “The Art and Flair of Mary Blair” exhibition which continues at the …
Help Nina Paley Complete Sita Sings the Blues
Nina Paley’s offbeat indie animated feature Sita Sings The Blues recently was accepted into the prestigious 58th annual Berlin …
Animating The Chicago Spire
The Chicago Spire, a building designed by superstar architect Santiago Calatrava, is poised to become North America’s tallest …
The (Animated) Presidential Campaign
Earlier this month, I linked to illustrator Steve Brodner’s podcast series “The Naked Campaign” which offers his views on various …
Notes on Persepolis
A few random notes on the French animated feature Persepolis: • Upon winning the best animated feature prize from the NY …
Animation Procreation Contest Winner Announced
A winner has been announced in the “Animation Procreation” contest sponsored by Daily Motion and our friends at Animation Magazine. It is …
Protesting Iraq with Animation And Hip-Hop
“Sorrow of the Soldier” is a one-off animated music video released on the Internet today. The video, which protests the US occupation of …
David O’Reilly’s History of Animation
Twenty-two-year-old animation wunderkind David O’Reilly, who we’ve mentioned frequently on Cartoon Brew (here, here and here), was asked …
New Book by Chris Robinson
Chris Robinson’s Canadian Animation: Looking for A Place to Happen is one more to add to the list of animation books I’m looking forward …
Projector Festival (January 30-February 2)
Attention UK folk. The Projector animation festival takes place in Dundee, Scotland from January 30 through February 2. I was a guest of …
THIS MONDAY: Mr. Magoo Screening in NY
UPA theatrical cartoons on the big screen are a rarity nowadays which is why I’m happy to point to an East Coast screening of Mister …
“Birth of the Cool” Exhibit and Book
I completely forgot to plug the “Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury” exhibit which just closed at the …
Enrico Casarosa Talks Miyazaki
GhibliWorld.com offers a superb in-depth interview with Pixar story artist Enrico Casarosa in which he talks about Hayao Miyazaki’s …
Kiskaloo by Chris Sanders
Director Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch) has launched a new comic strip on his blog called Kiskaloo. He plans to offer a new strip every …
Jeep Spot by Deli Pictures
This new commercial for Jeep, produced by Deli Pictures in Germany, incorporates children’s drawings into a CG environment. It’s an …
Lu Guarnier, 1914-2007
Director Michael Sporn reports that Golden Age animator Lu Guarnier passed away on December 29, 2007. Guarnier started at Warner Bros. in …
“Rani Bonkeshwari” by Rohit Iyer
In the past few years, it’s been encouraging to see so much creative student animation coming out of countries like South Korea and …
Who Writes Cartoons?
If there’s one thing the animation blogging community guarantees, it’s plenty of controversy. The latest squabble that has evolved is …
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