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A Commentary by “John Lasseter”

The funniest thing you’ll read today: a commentary by “John Lasseter”. (Thanks, Pedro Nakama)

It’s not quite the end of 2010, but ASIFA-East president David Levy has already compiled a post about 2010 New York animation highlights. …

Still from “Why Can’t We Walk Straight In terms of opportunities and amount of work available, there is no better time to be working …

A message from the employees of Pixar: This comment by CLaarkamp1287 on YouTube sums it up better than I could: “For Pixar to …

Microsoft’s new controller-free gaming environment called Kinect for XBox 360 also doubles as a powerful digital toy for hackers. The …

A test frame from Signe Baumane’s feature film in progress NY filmmaker Signe Baumane (Teat Beat of Sex) is working on her first …

Tony Greco, who run Pittsburgh’s The Gallery on Baum, has had a tough year. First, there was a lengthy exposé in the Pittsburgh Post …

A few evenings ago, Don Shank (production designer of The Powerpuff Girls and Pixar’s Day and Night) used his Twitter account to write a …

The Hub, a network owned partly by toy company Hasbro, launched a little over a week ago with new animated series including Strawberry …

High-profile children’s entertainment licensor Kenn Viselman (Teletubbies, Thomas the Tank Engine), who refers to himself as the Madonna …

Mark Simon, an animation artist with 2,700 productions to his credit, frequently hosts Hit Makers Summits where he charges thousands of …

When I posted Kirsten Lepore’s Bottle last week, I neglected to mention that the film is one of five animation finalists in the …

Do you want to attend this exhibit of Warner Bros. animation artwork? Me too! Too bad none of us can see it though because it …

Great weekend read: Michael Heilemann explores how George Lucas created Chewbacca, or rather how he…um…borrowed…it from somebody …

Bill Plympton, who is prepping for the October 6th theatrical release of his feature Idiots and Angels in New York, has been writing a …

The New York Times published an article by Brooks Barnes the other day in which he tried to explain to readers that animation was the …

Here’s a talkback post dedicated to all the students who have graduated from animation schools in 2010. Now that it’s been three to four …

Animation historian Harvey Deneroff writes perceptively about animation past and present, and not so long ago, he wrote something about …

Bob Last, producer of Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist, sent a threatening email to one of the animators who worked on the movie because …

Happy birthday to Michael Barrier who is celebrating his 70th today. Many Brew readers are already familiar with his achievements, but …