Amid in Ottawa, Eh?

Tomorrow I’m off to the yearly North American gathering of the animation tribe, otherwise known as the Ottawa International Animation …

Cool Jonny Quest Vinyl

This was a surprisingly enjoyable listen: it’s a rare 1965 Hanna-Barbera record featuring an original JONNY QUEST story based on Jules …

ROCK BOTTOM RISER

ROCK BOTTOM RISER is a sublime music video by Australians Paul McNeil and Brendan Cook for the band Smog. The visuals, painted …

HAPPY HOUR Titles

Dave Wasson and Nate Pacheco have teamed up again and the results are solid as usual. This time, it’s the opening titles for a new show …

Bill Justice on the SNOW WHITE Wrap Party

Disney historian Jim Korkis follows up on my post about the SNOW WHITE wrap party and sends in this excerpt from an interview he did with …

YAM ROLL

Animation designer Pete Emslie wants us to to be aware of a new Canadian cartoon show. Pete writes:I’d like to direct your attention to …

Xeth Feinberg Interview

I’ve made it no secret I’m a fan of Xeth Feinberg’s Internet cartoons (particularly BULBO) and his Queer Duck films. Dave Levy has posted …

RIK MAKI AT MELTDOWN

After the 3-D cartoons at the Egyptian tomorrow afternoon, I recommend bopping over to Meltdown Comics at 7522 Sunset Blvd. where, from …

First Horton Image

Yesterday’s USA TODAY had a short ARTICLE about Fox/Blue Sky’s next animated feature HORTON HEARS A WHO (March 2008), which also included …

More On Bernie Wolf (1911-2006)

Yesterday we posted an obit for Berny Wolf (1911-2006). Here’s links to other people talking about Berny’s life and work: Mark Evanier, …

3-D CARTOON FESTIVAL

I’m telling you for the last time! Tomorrow afternoon, Saturday September 16th at 3:30pm, a once in a lifetime screening of all six …

MEXICAN RED CROSS

This clever Mexican RED CROSS spot (click HERE for a better rez version of it) was directed by Javier Gutiérrez for Saatchi & Saatchi …

Bernard Wolf (1911-2006)

Animation veteran Berny Wolf died last week at the age of 95. He had incredible success in the field, with work ranging from pioneering …

MOONBIRD

Michael Sporn has a nice blog post today about John and Faith Hubley’s classic 1959 short film MOONBIRD. Sporn’s post includes some of …

Best Animation Party…Ever!

In 1938, after Disney’s first feature SNOW WHITE was a bona fide success, Walt held a huge crew party for his artists at a place called …

Little Mermaid Panel at El Capitan Theatre

Last week in Hollywood was the premiere of the remastered version of Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID. At the premiere, there was a discussion …

WHAT THE DICKENS?

There’s a really good Flash animation piece on the BBC website created as biographical background relating to their mini series of …

Fall ’06 Animation Reading

I just realized that I never did an announcement here on the Brew to let everybody know that my book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN …

Sony Animation in LA TIMES

With the upcoming release of OPEN SEASON, all eyes are on Sony and whether its CG feature animation division will be a hit or a flop. The …

Hans Bacher’s AFTER MIDNIGHT

Over the past couple months, Hans Bacher (production designer, MULAN) has been posting some absolutely stunning concept art for a short …

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