ITALY ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Let’s add another international animation festival to this year’s calender: If you are in Italy in September the Chiavari Animation …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
A Disney Book We Didn’t Need
SCREENPLAY BY DISNEY is supposed to give “tips and techniques to bring magic to your moviemaking.” If you’ve ever wondered, ‘How can I …
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.
PBS KIDS CHANNEL
Just what we need: another kids cartoon channel! PBS KIDS is considering spinning itself into a 24 hour basic cable channel.However, this …
CHINESE TOM & JERRY
Reader “Lyris” sent this in: “You may or may not know about this, but there’s a DVD in China of Tom & Jerry featuring all the …
PIXAR MADE SHREK?
Brew regular David Gerstein asks: “Did you know PIXAR made Shrek II?”Neither did I, but somebody thinks so: in this review from Oshkosh …
UNCLE DISNEY
Brew reader Mike Crandol sends in this sound bite: “Have you heard this new song released by Patterson Hood? The entire song is about …
BOWERS AND McCAY
Rick Dominicus of DVD ANGLE has posted a review of the Joseph Losey thriller CHARLEY BOWERS DVD from Image Entertainment.Image is on a …
Animation Blast #9, Robots and Annecy
It’s not often that I feel compelled to run a news item related to myself, but I figure it’s best to get all of this personal and …
Pixar Literature
This month’s WIRED cover story about Pixar is now on-line HERE.
DUCKOMENTA
A German exhibit of art through the ages – as it might seem in Duckburg: Die DUCKOMENTA – is online.Recreating great moments in art …
Peter de Sève Online
Gerald writes in from Paris to remind me that Peter de Sève has his own website at PeterdeSeve.com. If you’re unsure of buying …
One Billion Reasons to Love Roy
The LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL has published their annual list of the richest Angelenos and there are 28 billionaires living in the LA …
A Cartoon with Bite
The WASHINGTON POST’s Lisa de Moraes files an amusing report (“On NBC’s Lineup, ‘Pride’ but No Shame”) from NBC’s 2004 upfront for …
Sketchbooks Galore
Last week I wrote about Stephen Silver’s excellent new art book. I also saw another great hardcover sketchbook recently (thanks Bob) – …
MORE ABOUT FRED LADD
Everyone’s favorite Japanese animation dubber and classic cartoon colorizer, Fred Ladd, is honored at his alma mater, Ohio State …
‘SHREK 2’ OPENS HUGE
DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek 2 had an estimated U.S. box office gross of over $125 million for its first five days of release.Wow!
More In This Month’s Wired
Another reason to get your hands on the issue of WIRED that Jerry mentions below is that my pal Jon Gibson has a nice piece in there …
WIRED DOES PIXAR
Does everybody here know about the latest issue of WIRED?On sale now, the June issue has a major article about PIXAR and Brad Bird.It’s a …
Animation Festival Done Right
The WEBSITE for the Ottawa Animation Festival (September 22-26, 2004) has just posted details for all of their screenings and …
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