Amid Amidi

Animator Volus Jones passed away on May 3 at the age of 90. He worked in animation from 1934 through 1982 at studios including …

Anybody who thinks their life is pathetic will feel a lot better after reading this. Micah Ian Wright, a former writer for Nickelodeon’s …

Harvey Deneroff, who runs the invaluable industry news site Deneroff.com, points out another recent article on Indian outsourcing from …

“Our goal is to create quality animated films with compelling stories and strong characters and to continue Walt Disney’s legacy of hand …

IndianTelevision.com has posted a fascinating piece on the Indian animation studio Padmalaya Telefilms which recently signed a number of …

Here’s a feel-good story about artists helping a colleague in need. First, the bad news: after recent medical problems and no health …

It’s not often that a musician will animate his own music video, but Bob Schneider created this cut-out piece for his new song “Come With …

Pixar artist Geefwee Boedoe is coming out with a children’s book called ARROWVILLE. I don’t know much more about the book, but Geefwee …

Sounds like a fun event taking place in San Francisco this Friday evening, April 30. Here’s the press release: Enjoy an evening of Art …

An inspiring WEBSITE offering a visual history of comics, from more than a thousand years ago through 1930. Lots of great scans of comics …

A little out of season, but here’s an interesting set of Christmas cards drawn by animation artists, from the family collection of Golden …

We’re excited to announce our first guest blogger, Mark Mayerson, who will be joining us on Cartoon Brew next Monday, May 3. Here’s a …

Here’s three books that I’ll definitely be buying (or perhaps stealing) when they’re released later this year. ANIMATION NOW!: A visual …

A few interesting animation artist websites I’ve run across recently… Ben Balistreri, who has done design work for Disney and …

Mark Evanier offers more insightful thoughts about the contract renegotiations of the voice actors on THE SIMPSONS. I think ultimately we …

ASIFA-Hollywood has started two new blogs: one that keeps people posted on the general activities of the organization and another …

BREW reader Gerit Vandenberg points out a rare small-press book currently posted on eBay: Neal Seymour’s novel RE-ANIMATING WALT. I’ve …

How do I feel about THE SIMPSONS voice actors asking for pay raises from $125,000 per episode to $360,000 per episode (or from about $3 …

Two of the special themes at the upcoming 35th San Diego Comic Con International (July 22-25, 2004) are animation related: the 75th …

Here’s a gem of a quote from Cartoon Network’s Mike Lazzo, who heads up the network’s “Adult Swim” block: “We knew adults really didn’t …