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No Stopping the Animation Artist Blogs
To continue what we started in the “Animation Blog Season” post, here’s a handful more animation artist blogs that I’ve been enjoying …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Proud to be a (groovy) American
What’s better than independent American animation? How about independent American animation commissioned by a propaganda arm of the US …
The Making Of Natalia Mirzoyan’s ‘Winter In March,’ An Oscar-Qualified Short Telling A Personal Story Of Resistance
‘Winter in March’ is a handcrafted film that uses soft materials to explore difficult, often painful subjects following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
IS THE PINK PANTHER BLACK?
CARTOON BREW is heading for Ottawa.The world premiere of my two new books will be on Saturday September 24th, 5pm, at the CHAPTERS Book …
THE CORPSE BRIDE QUESTION:
Tim Burton was a Disney animatoranimation artist and has been long associated with animated films including FAMILY DOG and THE NIGHTMARE …
Tim Burton Says Hand-Drawn isn’t Dead
Tim Burton shares his thoughts about Hollywood’s misguided attitude of favoring technique over story and content: In Hollywood, they …
CORPSE BRIDE CONTEST
Tim Burton’s CORPSE BRIDE opens on Friday in selected cities – and next week it opens everywhere else. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m …
Miyazaki Knows how to deal with Hollywood
Hayao Miyazaki offers a terrific new method for dealing with pesky Hollywood movie executives: threatening them with samurai swords. An …
Guy Ritchie, the next Richard Rich?
A backhanded compliment if ever there was one. Live-action director Guy Ritchie says he was so inspired by Brad Bird’s THE INCREDIBLES …
Wallace+Gromit-Katzenberg=Good
Jeffrey Katzenberg says in the NY TIMES that he didn’t have much hands-on involvement in the upcoming Wallace & Gromit feature: “Any …
ANIMATION AT REDCAT
If you live in L.A. and can’t get to Ottawa next week – several screenings at Disney Concert Hall’s REDCAT Theatre in October might help. …
DAFFY FOR A DOLLAR
Reader Lynn Fava reports:I don’t know if you have any Dollar Tree stores near you, but thought you might want to know that they are …
POPEYE PANCHINKO
Reader Aaron Neathery sends in this observation:I saw this on Ebay and had to share. I really, really don’t understand Pachinko, but the …
Studio 360 on The End of Hand-Drawn Animation at Disney
Studio 360, a program on Public Radio International, ran a 7-minute segment last weekend on the end of hand-drawn animation at Disney. …
Trusted Computing
Here at Cartoon Brew, our general focus on entertainment-related animation makes it easy to forget that animation is a sophisticated …
Hurricane Relief For Artists
We know that a lot of animation exec types read this site so here’s a message for you folks. Following the destruction of Hurricane …
NY Trip Report: 50s Design, New Books and Mind Game
Thanks to Jerry who’s been holding down the Brew fort while I was away in New York City. I was out there working on the design and layout …
Prelude to Eden
Michel Gagné has just posted a free, hi-quality Quicktime version of his cult classic animated short PRELUDE TO EDEN (1995). The …
WALLACE & GROMIT: FIRST REVIEW
It opened in Australia! Steven Rowley has posted the first review I’ve seen, of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, on his …
KIDTOON FILMS
Following up on my post below about the theatrical release of the new TOM & JERRY movie, Michele Martell of KIDTOON FILMS wrote in to …
ORIGINAL CARTOONS
Oh Yeah!For over ten years, Fred Seibert has been championing the production of funny, original cartoons – first as president of Hanna …
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