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Burny Mattinson Interview
The newest Animation Podcast, posted this morning, is part one of an interview with Disney legend Burny Mattinson. He started working at …
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SMILE by Yuval Markovich and Noam Abta
SMILE is an impressive 2005 student film by Yuval Markovich and Noam Abta produced at Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem. …
Disney Artist Documentaries
WOW – this totally made my morning! Sheridan student Alan Cook has been posting on YouTube the Disney “Family Album” TV shows. Each of …
Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut
UPDATE (NOV. 25, 2010): If you came here via the Nostalgia Critic’s review, welcome to Cartoon Brew. Take a moment to browse around the …
Lou Bunin and Jiri Trnka Articles
Animation director Mike Sporn is always posting inspiring items on his Splog, among them, these two rare magazine articles about stop …
2D Back at Disney?
Rhett Wickham at LaughingPlace.com has a positive report about what’s happening at Disney Feature Animation and how John Lasseter is …
JITTERBUG FOLLIES (1939)
My name is Amid and I’m a YouTube addict. I can’t help it. There’s so much great animation being posted on that site and I’ve just got to …
Cartoon Modern Update
A couple brief notes on my soon-to-be-released book CARTOON MODERN. If you’re a member of the media and would like to receive a …
Disney Storybook Show at Gallery 1988
Gallery 1988 on Melrose Ave. has an interesting show currently on display called “The Storybook Series: Winnie the Pooh.” Here’s the …
CARS Box Office Vs. Earlier Pixar Films
A lot of folks are keeping close tabs on the box office gross of Pixar’s CARS. If you’re one of those people, then you’ll probably dig …
A note to the ladies out there
Just thought you’d like to know… Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen, as …
More Great Animation on YouTube
Here’s a couple more rare animated shorts that were recently added to YouTube. The first, FLYING MAN (1962), was helmed by YELLOW …
Eddie Fitzgerald’s First Animation Job
Cartoonist Eddie Fitzgerald tells a hilarious story on his blog about his first animation job in 1979 at Filmation and his experiences …
Hans Bacher’s Book and LITTLE MATCHGIRL
Hans Bacher (art director of MULAN) has posted on his blog some tantalizing page spreads from his forthcoming instructional book, …
Monday Morning Inspiration: MUNRO and ERSATZ
Animation fan Kenny Bullard has recently been posting some terrific, difficult-to-find independent animation on YouTube, including Will …
Mediocrity in TV Animation
Story artist Jenny Lerew has posted a perceptive rant about mediocrity in TV animation. Of course, she’s right, but unfortunately I don’t …
Disturbing Disney Toys from Japan
Don’t ask…because I don’t know. UPDATE: Mike Guerrero writes to let me know these are called Cubees, and they’re produced by a company …
Great new commercials by Chuck Gammage Animation
Toronto-based Chuck Gammage Animation recently produced a couple appealing and cartoony hand-drawn PSAs for “Sport-in-a-Box”, a new …
There’s Hope Yet for CG Feature Animation
Mark Mayerson has a short but insightful commentary about the (sad) state of CG feature animation in the US and the hope that exists …
FAIRY BERRY
FAIRY BERRY was one of the student films in competition at Annecy. It’s a CG work by Thomas Guittoneau, Yacine Sefsaf, Virginie Giroux …
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