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Indian People Accidentally Enjoy Roadside Romeo

Disney’s Roadside Romeo has opened in India and it’s a huge hit. Let me repeat that: It’s a HUGE HIT. According to a Disney exec, “in its …

Animation is such a ubiquitous part of our contemporary lives that it can no longer be confined to mere screen projection. It …

We couldn’t let the historic events of last night pass without notice on Cartoon Brew. It was a crazy evening for anybody who experienced …

As our financial markets continue to meltdown and our currency is in flux (I recently found myself staring blankly at a $14 Whopper at …

Click for larger upright version of this Snoopy ruler.

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first post by regular Guest Brewer Linda Simensky. The picture above is from from her cameo appearence in …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first post by award-winning filmmaker and regular Guest Brewer Pes. Recently I’ve been spending a lot of …

Some happy news to report today. The Mass Animation project that we mentioned here last week released a new set of details today on their …

Animators beware! There’s a new collaborative animation project called Mass Animation that is asking animation artists (both pros and …

As the line between live-action and animation blurs, there are more and more controversies about what qualifies as animation. Is A …

The CalArts Character Animation Department is looking for a new program director. Here’s the job listing. The CalArts grad who sent us …

Dan Harmon, one of the writers of Kung Pu Panda, has written an entertaingly long rant about how much he disliked working on the film and …

According to Steve Hulett of the animation union Local 839, the execs at Sony are perplexed about why their films (Open Season, Surf’s …

In yesterday’s NY Times there was a lengthy article about how things are going at Disney two years after its merger with Pixar. The …

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, but unfortunately, none of those words are appropriate for printing on this blog. Even …

This Variety article explains how 20th Century Fox TV and Fox Broadcasting Co. are launching Fox Inkubator, a new inititative designed to …

Does the fact that cartoon channels like Cartoon Network and Teletoon are no longer interested in airing animation have any relation to …

Pictoplasma is moving its conference on contemporary character design from Berlin to NYC this year. The two-day event will take place …

Digital animators and visual effects artists at Sony Pictures Imageworks created this unofficial short that shows two artists concerned …

Our rules for how to submit news items for Cartoon Brew consideration are quite clear, but that doesn’t stop PR folks, who have clearly …