Breaking: Mass Layoffs Hit Pixar, Hundreds To Be Let Go

Previously on Cartoon Brew

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MY COMIC CON PLANS

The San Diego Comic Con is so huge (80,000+ people expected this year), so overwhelming, so impossible to meet up with friends that I’m …

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Recent Animation Books

Chris F. writes to ask if I ever heard of the book/DVD set, FLIPS 7, which presents the work of some dozen-and-half modern animation …

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Fur Sure

Animator turned self-publishing magnate, Michel Gagn&eacute files a REPORT from Anthrocon 2004, a major “furry” convention in …

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Illustrator Blog

And yet another blog. This one is by members of The Society of Ilustrators of Los Angeles and links to animation/cartoon-related items as …

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Twisted Pride

Jonathan Groff, exec producer of the forthcoming NBC series FATHER OF THE PRIDE, explains why they’re producing the show in CG animation: …

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Couple of Links

This new Disney blog seems like it could become a promising source of Mouse news. It’s run by John Frost, whose grandfather was early …

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HELLO KITTY CATBOT

Be afraid. Be very afraid.A Hello Kitty robot is going on sale in November. Equipped with an ultra-sound sensor and camera, the …

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Presidential Material

Following up on Fred Crippen’s commercial for the Kennedy campaign which I mentioned a couple days ago, here’s a cool photo of Fred and …

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SAMMY McKIM (1924-2004)

If I could be one person in Hollywood history, I think I’d like to be Sammy McKim.Who? Sam McKim! He spent his childhood on the backlots …

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Melbourne Animation Fest Thoughts

Russell Degnan has a nice REPORT from the Melbourne International Animation Festival with mini-reviews of the films and retrospective …

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Just another day at the office

A couple of electronic bugging devices were found in Michael Eisner’s Disney office last week, according to the anonymous LA blogger A …

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MINTZ-COLUMBIA STAFF PICTURES

Our buddy Mike Van Eaton at the wonderful Van Eaton Gallery on Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks, California recently came up with this …

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Life After Disney

Timothy Albee moved to Alaska after working on Disney’s DINOSAUR and created his own 22-minute CG short called KAZE, GHOST WARRIOR. He …

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2D Expo Photos

Jorge Gutierrez’s wife, Sandra Equihua, was kind enough to forward some photos she took during the Flash & TV Production panel, which I …

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They Call him Chris McD…

I had the pleasure of working with Chris McDonnell for a while at Spumco last year when he was at the studio developing a Bakshi project. …

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COMPUTER GENERATED DUCK

The future of Disney animation? You decide: Click Here!(Thanks for “Rzetlin” on Animation Nation for the link)

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UCLA FESTIVAL OF PRESERVATION

Every two years the UCLA Film and Television Archives opens it’s vaults and presents it’s latest restorations to the public in a gala …

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