Ace in the Hole

Whoever said corporations don’t listen to their customers? Cartoon Brew has found out that following the embarassing debut of LOONATICS, …

LA REMINDERS

Tonight:A tribute to Frédéric Back, with a screening and a panel discussion with Pete Docter (Pixar), Production Designer Paul Felix …

1950S-1960S COMMERCIALS

This Saturday, March 26th at 3pm, Asifa-Hollywood is presenting a program of the coolest animated television commercials from the golden …

Book Review: the ARt of robots

The only thing I enjoy more than plugging the work of animation artists is plugging my own work, so with that in mind, let me direct you …

Thorsten Hasenkamm

Thorsten Hasenkamm is an illustrator/painter working out of Germany who is influenced by all facets of pop culture: lucha, tiki, 60s-mod, …

Belleville Wins Top Canadian film Prize

The 25th annual Genie Awards, the Canadian film industry’s equivalent of the Oscars, announced their winners yesterday, and the winner …

NICKELODEON DOES ODDBALL COMICS

The April 2005 issue of NICKELODEON magazine features an article/game on Oddball Comics, titled “Odd Comic Out” (on pages 42 and 43), …

HAL SEEGER (1917-2005)

We’ve just learned that animator Hal Seeger passed away on March 13th at age 87.Seeger got his start as an assistant animator at the …

John Hubley’s Navy Films

After posts about Flora, Blair and Kimball, how could I resist posting about another cartoon design genius, John Hubley (1914-1977), the …

Mary Blair at the Contemporary Hotel

During his recent Orlando trip, Harry McCracken took some photos of the Mary Blair murals inside of the Contemporary Hotel at Walt Disney …

Monday Morning Inspiration: Jim Flora

This rare Jim Flora spot illustration is courtesy of Irwin Chusid, author of THE MISCHIEVOUS ART OF JIM FLORA, a terrific book which I …

“Brew Recommends” Updated

The animation blogging community is growing in leaps and bounds, and we’ve updated our “Brew Recommends” links section (in the right-hand …

studio soi

This year’s edition of THE ANIMATION SHOW has a great opening sequence produced by a new German animation collective called studio soi. …

ROAD RUNNER DIARY

From McSweeney’s: “If Only They Kept Diaries: Roadrunner.”(Thanks, Gary Meyer)

Nancy BEIMAN’S BLOG

I just stumbled upon animator Nancy Beiman’s new blog. Beiman, a very talented cartoonist, director & teacher – and former neighbor of …

FREDERATOR TITLE GALLERY

Fred Seibert’s Frederator website has just posted online the title cards from his three current Nickelodeon series. 105 title graphics …

Robin Williams, Animation Ambassador

I have some reservations about Robin Williams as an animation voice actor (and by some reservations, I mean many), but Emru Townsend …

WHEN CARTOONS AND SPORTS COLLIDE

From Reuters News Service:Fans dressed as cartoon characters, The Smurfs, watch a match during the second day of the Rugby World Cup …

INCREDIBLES PEZ

If THE INCREDIBLES on DVD isn’t enough for you – grab a Mr. Incredible Pez dispenser – heck, buy a whole case of Incredibles Pez – their …

Plympton’s Hollywood Schmooze

Bill Plympton, who was nominated for an Oscar this year for his short film GUARD DOG, writes about his experiences in LA during Oscar …

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