CEREAL OBSESSION

After old comic books and classic animated cartoons, the number #3 most influential art to aspiring animators has to be on cereal boxes. …

POTAPYCH: THE BEAR WHO LOVED VODKA

If you watch just one animated short this week, make it POTAPYCH: THE BEAR WHO LOVED VODKA by Darren Price. Produced as part of …

Greatest Soap Commercial Ever

“A girl finds some soap in the woods that turns her into a slut.” That’s the description I found for this risque Lux Provocateur soap …

DO I CREEP YOU OUT?

Does that creepy guy on the far right look familiar?Yeah, it’s me. You never know where you’ll end up if you let Evan and Gregg …

EN TUS BRAZOS

Who needs DANCING WITH THE STARS? EN TUS BRAZOS is a new French student film from Supinfocom created by Edouard Jouret, FX Goby and …

THE SUCCESS OF KIWI!

What’s the most popular piece of animation on the Internet right now? How about KIWI!, a Master’s thesis film by Dony Permedi of School …

MR. BUG AT MOMA

Long before Paramount Pictures was affiliated with Nickelodeon Movies… a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away… they had an …

ANIMATION IN PRINT

One of the unlikeliest sources for quality animation writing nowadays is PRINT MAGAZINE. Their September/October issue had two smart …

BREW HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: SILLY SYMPHONIES

The first in a series of holiday gift-giving suggestions from your pals at Cartoon Brew.Editor Piera Patat of La Cineteca Del Friuli …

TV Commercial Roundup

Here’s a few recent animated TV spots that have caught my attention: Orange “Kids” – “Spot 1” | “Spot 2”: These spots for European …

ESURANCE SPOTS CONFUSING?

The Esurance animated commercials – produced by Ghostbot and Wild Brain – look great, but are they good at selling car insurance? Ad …

HAPPY FEET IS NOW STOP MOTION

This sentence in the Associated Press review of HAPPY FEET should raise a few eyebrows: “So the goodhearted Mumble is nonetheless a total …

BLACK CARTOONS ON REFREDERATOR

The theme this week on ReFrederator.com is animated shorts built around racial stereotypes. Our buddy Emru Townsend of fps magazine is …

MEDIUM COOL

Last week I gave you the scoop on Van Partible’s animation on this week’s season’s premiere of NBC’s MEDIUM. Now check out MEDIUM’S …

1920 GRIM NATWICK MOVIE ADS

Our friend Leslie Cabarga purchased several bound volumes of old newspapers from San Francisco years ago, and was going through them …

ANIMATORS ON TALK SHOWS

Check out this stomach-churning talk show appearance by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, creators of Comedy Central’s animated series …

NEW SIMPSONS MOVIE TRAILER

The new SIMPSONS MOVIE trailer premiered last night on Fox during a new episode of the TV series. Watch it HERE. With all the recent …

GASOLONE ALLEY

I love when newspaper comic strips do crossovers and this weeks continuity of GASOLINE ALLEY is a particular treat. Walt Wallet visits …

Predicting the Oscars

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER published a couple pieces recently about ’06 Oscar predictions for animated features and animated shorts. Jerry …

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