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Cartoon Characters and Merchandising
Independent animator (and former syndicated newspaper cartoonist) Chris Harding has a thought-provoking rant on his blog about the perils …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Trippy Commercial by Hans Fischerkoesen
I pointed to some surreal French animated commercials last week, but they don’t come close to this mid-century theatrical spot by German …
Tokyo International Film Festival’s Animation Lineup Aims To Bring Creators And Audiences Together
Tokyo’s animation program pairs international premieres and original anime with discussions on creative careers and opportunities for women directors.
SITO AT THE BARN
Attention all Angelenos: Tom Sito, Disney animator, former president of the Animation Guild, and now author of Drawing the Line: The …
THE LIVING ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Animation director Matt Ferguson (Harold Rosenbaum Chartered Accountant and Grossology for Nelvana) has, over the past week, been posting …
Brew Holiday Gift Guide: Stuart Ng Books
The fifth in a series of holiday gift-giving suggestions from your pals at Cartoon Brew. This one is only for folks in southern …
Hardly a Miracle
What happens when a nutty evangelical homebuilder decides to become the next Walt Disney, and hires a bunch of ex-Disney animators to …
Amazing 1950s French Commercials
Here’s a series of ten beautiful animated spots produced in France during the 1950s. It’s inspiring how these commercials take full …
Platform Animation Festival
We’ve needed a good animation festival here in the US for the long time and we may finally be getting it in the form of the Platform …
A DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY
What are you doing on Pearl Harbor Day?This Thursday (tomorrow, Dec. 7th) John Canemaker will be in Hollywood, hosting a program to …
Learn How To Paint H-B Backgrounds
Art Lozzi, a background painter on the early Hanna-Barbera TV cartoons, has written a great little tutorial on his background painting …
SCARY POPPINS
Somebody recut Disney’s MARY POPPINS into a horror film. A cheap laugh but it works.
Happy Birthday, Walt!
Today is Walt Disney’s 105th birthday!As good a reason as any to celebrate.
Preston Blair Swipes: Policeman
What’s one of our favorite recurring topics here at Cartoon Brew? Of course, it’s the “Preston Blair swipe,” which is when an …
HILARIOUS SNOWMAN SPOOF
Brew reader Arthur writes about this funny and well done commercial spoof of the classic British holiday special THE SNOWMAN: To promote …
NY TIMES on New Disney Shorts
Yesterday’s NEW YORK TIMES had an article by Charles Solomon about Disney’s new plan to produce animated short. The article states that …
ANNIE AWARD NOMINEES
The nominees for the 34th Annual Annie Awards have been announced. The complete list is posted here. Here’s a sampling of some of the …
SID RAYMOND 1909-2006
Mark Evanier is the first to note the passing of my friend Sid Raymond. Raymond was best known as the voice of Baby Huey and Katnip for …
Classic Animation on Flickr
Today marks the launch of the Animation History Archive on Flickr, a new group I started where we can all share interesting visual bits …
CEREAL:GEEK
Not my favorite decade for animation, but James Eatock of Busta Toons Productions (the folks behind the He Man/She Ra blog) is starting …
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