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DISNEY’S ABC’S OF HAND TOOLS
In 1946, long before it owned the ABC Television Network or created alphabet spelling books for children, Disney made an industrial film …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
LASSETER LAST NIGHT – IN PARIS
John Lasseter sat down and answered questions at the French Premiere of CARS last night. Our friend Kinoo (of the French website, Pixar’s …
SVA’s Computer Arts Community Shines At SIGGRAPH 2025
SVA’s MFA Computer Arts program made a strong impact at SIGGRAPH 2025, with student volunteers, alumni, and faculty contributing throughout the conference.
Stylistic Evolution in Crayon Shin-chan
My favorite anime critic, Ben Ettinger, recently wrote a piece about the long-running Japanese animated series CRAYON SHIN-CHAN and how …
MEET JUNE FORAY AND COREY BURTON
On Wednesday, May 17th, Van Eaton Galleries will host a benefit for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archives: The Art of Voice Acting for …
Cars Trailer #2
Disney has released the second full-length trailer for Pixar’s CARS. The animation looks much more appealing than earlier footage, but …
MORE DISNEY INSIGNIA
As a follow-up to our post on Disney At War, our pal J.J. Sedelmaier sent us this 2 page spread from the April 1944 issue of Popular …
CARS AND CARTOON BREW
What does CARTOON BREW have in common with Disney/Pixar’s CARS?Give up?? The answer is the lettering in both of our logos was designed by …
CARS GOLDEN BOOK
Speaking of CARS, don’t miss the Cars Little Golden Book. I just found it at my local Barnes & Noble last night. Once again Disney …
Not-Quite-Animation Books
A roundup of recent non-animation books that have caught my attention: I don’t know how Lane Smith does it, but every one of his …
Disney At War
Cartoon Brew reader Chris Olson, who sent in the fantastic ‘making of’ Pinocchio article a few weeks back, recently sent over a couple …
OLI’S CHANCE
OLI’S CHANCE is a new German short that I discovered on character designer Harald Siepermann’s blog. The film can be viewed HERE (Windows …
FLOCK OF DODOS
FLOCK OF DODOS: THE EVOLUTION-INTELLIGENT DESIGN CIRCUS is a live-action documentary that premiered recently at the Tribeca Film …
Animation Blast 9 Update
Good news folks. ANIMATION BLAST 9 will be (finally) headed to the printer this Friday. I’m spending all this week doing final edits and …
Pierre Bernard takes on Cartoon Network
Graphic designer Pierre Bernard has a regular segment on LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN where he rants about things that annoy him. Last …
TWEETY STORYBOARD
Our friends at the Van Eaton Galleries have just sold the complete storyboard to the classic 1949 Merrie Melodies cartoon BAD OL’ PUTTY …
HILARIOUS CARTOON STATUES
Some will considered these to be awful, others will praise them as genius. Either way, these hilariously off-model cartoon maquettes from …
DISNEY TREASURES – THE COMIC BOOK!
David Gerstein at Gemstone Comics has a new Disney comics anthology in the works for August release, Disney Comics: 75 Years of …
LOONEY TUNES CARDS – MYSTERY SOLVED!
Mystery solved! Rich LaPierre, at Hallmark Cards, is the artist/designer of the new Looney Tunes greeting cards I’ve been raving about. …
MAYERSON ON ANIMATION
BOOKMARK ALERT: Animator and cartoon historian (not to mention a friend of mine for over 30 years) Mark Mayerson has started a blog. And …
PRESTON BLAIR’S ANIMATION BOOK
You know it. You have it. You’ve studied it from cover to cover. Preston Blair’s ANIMATION is the book on character animation basics. …
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