Watching Experimental Animation 101

Ottawa animation festival director Chris Robinson, aka “The Animation Pimp,” has penned a short and sweet piece at ANIMATION WORLD …

ANIMATION BLOCK

Casey Safron’s NYC based Animation Block is dedicated to exhibiting independent, professional and student animation through internet …

AMERICAN DOG

If this is what computer animation means at Disney, then I wish they’d made the switch years earlier. The new pieces of art shown at …

OLIVE’S SWEEPSTAKES TICKET

Brew reader Tony Sykes in Sydney Australia spotted this down under:I was somewhat shocked the other day when I saw a prime-time TV …

MUSIC TIME WITH JANET KLEIN

Lest I forget, tomorrow night at 8pm in Hollywood I will be running several 16mm cartoons and vintage live action shorts – preceeding a …

MOON AND SON Screening in LA

THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION, the well-received 28-minute animated short by famed animation historian John Canemaker, …

Just Wait Till Valiant Comes out

Now I don’t want to be a party pooper, because I know Disney’s already been saved and all, but has anybody else noticed that through July …

ANDREAS SPEAKS!

Christian Ziebarth has just posted an interview with master Disney animator Andreas Deja at Animated News.We also highly recommend the …

Bug Me Not

Design Observer recently took a look at those graphic atrocities known as “station identification bugs.” The article offers few …

TONIGHT IN LA: PES AT RES

LA’s monthly RES MAGAZINE screening is tonight, August 2. This month’s program has a lot of animation in it, with the main feature being …

Tons o’ Monday Morning Inspiration

Craig Yoe said it best in the recent anthology THE EDUCATION OF A COMICS ARTIST: “Those who don’t study the ‘toon past are doomed not to …

TWINKLE

Gary Leib’s New York based flash animation studio TWINKLE is best known for bringing Harvey Pekar’s cartoons to life in the AMERICAN …

CARTOON MUSICALS AT LINCOLN CENTER

Okay New Yorkers, here’s your chance to see classic cartoons on the big screen. Greg Ford is programming a two week event for the Film …

BOOP BE-HEADED!

Extra! Extra! Read all about it here! No witnesses. No suspects. No head.

Scribblin’ Away at Mike’s Cafe

Tina Price and Rik Maki are co-owners of Digital or Not. Tina’s Digital, Rik’s Not. Both are 20 year veterans of Walt Disney Feature …

COLOSSUS

We don’t usually review graphic novels here on the Brew, but this one is worthy of note. COLOSSUS by Mark Andrews is an incredible tale …

PARAMOUNT CARTOONS

Asifa-Hollywood’s screening this month is for the real die-hards. I’ll be showing about a dozen 1940s-50s Paramount cartoons in 35mm …

Bill Plympton Loves Mind Game

Masaaki Yuasa’s MIND GAME (mentioned on the Brew yesterday) has received a thumbs-up from none other than Bill Plympton. He concurs with …

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