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Cars Trailer #2
Disney has released the second full-length trailer for Pixar’s CARS. The animation looks much more appealing than earlier footage, but …
Amid Amidi
Not-Quite-Animation Books
A roundup of recent non-animation books that have caught my attention: I don’t know how Lane Smith does it, but every one of his …
Disney At War
Cartoon Brew reader Chris Olson, who sent in the fantastic ‘making of’ Pinocchio article a few weeks back, recently sent over a couple …
OLI’S CHANCE
OLI’S CHANCE is a new German short that I discovered on character designer Harald Siepermann’s blog. The film can be viewed HERE (Windows …
FLOCK OF DODOS
FLOCK OF DODOS: THE EVOLUTION-INTELLIGENT DESIGN CIRCUS is a live-action documentary that premiered recently at the Tribeca Film …
Animation Blast 9 Update
Good news folks. ANIMATION BLAST 9 will be (finally) headed to the printer this Friday. I’m spending all this week doing final edits and …
Pierre Bernard takes on Cartoon Network
Graphic designer Pierre Bernard has a regular segment on LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN where he rants about things that annoy him. Last …
Happy Cinco De Mayo!
We received a lot of positive feedback when we did “Jazz Cartoon Friday” so here’s another themed collection of cartoons. Today is, of …
DreamWorks to be bought out?
Worthwhile read: A couple days ago, the LA TIMES published an ARTICLE about the possibility of currently independent DreamWorks Animation …
A Ward Kimball Painting
Animation director Jim Clark is one lucky son of a !?*$!%. That’s because he just bought an incredible Ward Kimball painting from 1949 …
Little Rural Riding Hood
LITTLE RURAL RIDING HOOD (1949)Director: Tex Avery (Thanks to Kevin Langley for posting this on YouTube)
Shorts by Igor Kovalyov
Ukranian-born Igor Kovalyov has had a bit of a dual-career in animation, working both as an independent filmmaker and in the mainstream …
T. Hee Book Cover
Film composer Alex Rannie emailed over this great book jacket with a caricature of MUSIC MAN writer/composer Meredith Willson drawn by …
1940s Columbia Cartoons
Thad Komorowski has posted three classic Columbia cartoons on his blog Identifying Animators and Their Scenes: THE FOX AND GRAPES (1941, …
LA TIMES Festival of Books
The largest literary festival in the US, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, takes place this weekend (April 29-30) at the UCLA …
Animation Blast #9 Update
Any day now ANIMATION BLAST 9 should be wrapped up and sent to the printer. I’ve passed my biggest personal hurdle on the issue – the …
UTSU-MUSUME SAYURI
Don’t say I didn’t warn you. UTSU-MUSUME SAYURI (THE STRIKING DAUGHTER SAYURI) is a delightfully bizarre CG short from Japan. I first saw …
Conspiracy Theory Rock
This weekend, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is airing an episode comprised entirely of Robert Smigel’s animated SATURDAY TV FUNHOUSE shorts. But …
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING Titles
Check out these nice opening titles for the live-action film THANK YOU FOR SMOKING. It’s more motion graphics than animation, but I think …
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