India’s Talent Crisis
Continuing our coverage of the Indian animation scene, here is an article from THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS that reports while India is expected …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
SIMPSONS Voice Actors Swimming in D’oh
The LA WEEKLY’s Nikki Finke writes a fascinating account of the childish behind-the-scenes maneuvering that went on during the recently …
Cartoon Animator 5.3 Introduces Animated Characters For Live Performances
A new feature in Cartoon Animator allows users to activate motions, performances, and effects for characters with a single button press for real-time animation.
WonderCon Report
Pixar artist Ronnie del Carmen has a report and photos from the San Francisco comic convention WonderCon which took place last week (see …
Animator Volus Jones, RIP
Animator Volus Jones passed away on May 3 at the age of 90. He worked in animation from 1934 through 1982 at studios including …
ON THE FRONT LINES
What can I say? It’s amazing!I never thought I’d live to see the day they’d release restored, perfect copies of DER FUEHRER’S FACE, …
JOHN SEELY 1923-2004
John Seely recieved music credit on six Warner Bros. cartoons released in 1958 – when Milt Franklin and the Warner studio musicians went …
APPLESEED TRAILER
Have you seen this trailer for the CG/2-D anime feature APPLESEED?Not sure what I think of it myself – but it’s a good trailer.
The TV Animation Business Part 3
What If You’re Not a Multinational? The multinational corporations are not the only companies making animated TV series. But if …
The TV Animation Business Part 2
How Multinational Corporations Thrive As I mentioned in the last installment, the paradox of the TV business is that the increasing …
DISNEY TREASURES
Oh boy! I’m excited!They go public on May 18th, but I just recieved an advance set of the long-delayed
Fractured Fairy Tales
Anybody who thinks their life is pathetic will feel a lot better after reading this. Micah Ian Wright, a former writer for Nickelodeon’s …
EAST COAST SCREENINGS
Hair HighWe plug a lot of Los Angeles screenings here, but we have a lot of east coast friends too – and I’ll do my best to post …
The TV Animation Business Part 1
Three Ways to Make Money I’ve worked in different kinds of television animation for my entire career. As a result, I’ve …
More on Indian Outsourcing
Harvey Deneroff, who runs the invaluable industry news site Deneroff.com, points out another recent article on Indian outsourcing from …
An Abbreviated Legacy
“Our goal is to create quality animated films with compelling stories and strong characters and to continue Walt Disney’s legacy of hand …
POPEYE ON DVD – PART 2
As long as I’m on a rant about POPEYE on DVD, allow me to shamelessly plug a brand new release from the friendly folks at VCI …
Chuck Jones Mural In Danger of Being Destroyed
My friend John Tebbel has been volunteering at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (moccany.org) in New York City. He wrote into the BREW …
A new twist in outsourcing
IndianTelevision.com has posted a fascinating piece on the Indian animation studio Padmalaya Telefilms which recently signed a number of …
The Generosity of HELLBOY Fans
Here’s a feel-good story about artists helping a colleague in need. First, the bad news: after recent medical problems and no health …
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