Amid Amidi

With the upcoming release of OPEN SEASON, all eyes are on Sony and whether its CG feature animation division will be a hit or a flop. The …

Over the past couple months, Hans Bacher (production designer, MULAN) has been posting some absolutely stunning concept art for a short …

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER reports that brothers Paul and Ga”tan Brizzi, most famous for directing the “Firebird Suite” in FANTASIA 2000, …

Even though I’ve mentioned this before, I think it’s worth doing so again. Disney story artist Mark Kennedy has been posting an excellent …

The Baxton Benefict Auction at CalArts this past weekend was a huge success, raising over $32,000, which will be going directly towards …

AWN has a good INTERVIEW with NY indie Pat Smith. One thing Pat says in there really stood out to me: The pitching system is a bad …

Paul Grimault, whose feature LE ROI ET L’OISEAU was the subject of discussion HERE last month, also directed a short film in the …

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo currently has on display a massive exhibition of Disney artwork from the 1920s-1960s. The story, …

Tonight from 7-10pm is the opening of the new and bigger Super7 store, right next door to the old store at 1628 Post Street, San …

As promised, here are the RESULTS from the Cartoon Brew reader survey that we ran a month or so ago. We ran the survey for our new ad …

Apparently one of the negative side effects of Communism is that it destroys your ability to discern between good and bad animation. How …

First, watch the TRAILER for this independent CG feature called TUGGER: THE JEEP 4X4 WHO WANTED TO FLY. Then, go and read this story in …

After ANT BULLY, I was certain that I never wanted to see another piece of CG animation with insects in it. That was until I saw this …

Esteemed animation historian Michael Barrier has commented on his website about the John Sibley article in the new ANIMATION BLAST #9. …

This was already mentioned on the Brew last month, but just a reminder that next week (September 9) is the benefit auction for CalArts’s …

We mentioned this quite a while back and now it’s finally available: the Dark Horse re-release of Disney’s ultra-rare 1943 children’s …

See that photo above? It’s not Ed Benedict. I repeat, It’s NOT Ed Benedict. It’s veteran East Coast animator/board artist Don Duga, who …

Director/animator Jordan Reichek, who was friends with Ed Benedict, has posted a nice tribute to Ed on his blog, including the Fred and …