Foster’s and Teenage Robot Links
Here’s the official website for Craig McCracken’s new Flash animated series FOSTER’S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS which debuts on Cartoon …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
FRANK MOSER
Reason #432 Why we love ebay…Who knew that Frank Moser – partner of Paul Terry from the early 1920s to the mid 1930s – was an artist …
Qvisten Animation Builds Future-Proof Pipeline With Z By HP Workstations
A closer look at how Norway’s Qvisten Animation is powering their animation productions with HP technology.
CLINTON’S FAVORITE CARTOONS
Bill Clinton likes Warner Bros. & Paramount cartoons!According to his best-selling autobiography, MY LIFE, in chapter three recalling his …
STEAMBOY TRAILER
I am personally very excited about the forthcoming new feature from Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA): STEAMBOY. If you haven’t seen the trailer, …
LEGO SPIDERMAN
This is terrific!Columbia Pictures and Lego produced a wonderful stop motion piece by Tim Drage and Tony Mines (of Spite Your Face …
BREW AT COMIC CON – Part 2
More details have emerged, so mark your calenders:Bob Clampett, Casper and Super PresidentThe SID JACOBSON spotlight is Friday, July 23 …
NEW WAVE ANIME
Sky BlueAs 2-D sits dormant here in the U.S., anime continues to evolve in Asia.Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre, home of the American …
No Experience Necessary
Here’s a TIME MAGAZINE story about Imagi, the Hong Kong studio that’s producing the animation for the upcoming DreamWorks TV series …
New Disney Books
Couple new books about Disney. HOW TO BE LIKE WALT: CAPTURING THE DISNEY MAGIC EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE by Pat Williams is a “character …
Something I Didn’t Need To See
A brief follow-up to that atrocious Disneyland Paris advertising campaign for their new LION KING stage show. Inkan over at Animation …
ANOTHER BAKSHI INTERVIEW
For those who can’t get enough of Ralph…Emru Townsend has posted, on his fine FPS website, a lengthy, exclusive interview with Bakshi …
BILL MELENDEZ ON LINE
Looney Tunes/UPA/Charlie Brown animation veteran Bill Melendez has a newly redesigned website (using Flash) that’s very cool – and loaded …
BREW AT COMIC CON – Part 1
Here’s an early heads up – Jerry Beck will be part of at least three panels/screenings at the San Diego Comic Con July 22-25.I don’t have …
UPA ON HELLBOY
Columbia TriStar’s upcoming 2-disc THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVERA – because a certain cartoon buff at TriStar insisted it be part of the …
POPEYE IN THE HOOD…
…and on the side doors, and in the rear view mirror.NASCAR drivers Jeremy Mayfield (#19) and Casey Kahne (#9) are driving Popeye 75th …
Peter Lion Pan King Mystery Solved
A few weeks ago, I wondered why Captain Hook from PETER PAN was advertising a new LION KING attraction at Disneyland Paris. As it turns …
RACING STRIPES
You hated his QUEST FOR CAMELOT, now you can hate Frederik Du Chau’s new live action/CG hybrid… RACING STRIPES.
Fine Weekend Reading
Taylor Jessen points out THIS PIECE that he wrote for the 20th anniversary of the animated feature TWICE UPON A TIME. His much longer …
Why CG Humans Look Creepy
Interesting SLATE article that discusses why realistic CG humans often look creepy in video games. What the author is saying could also …
Animation Done Well
What did Dominique Monfery, the French director of the short film DESTINO, do after Disney shuttered its French animation studio (Disney …
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