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Jeffrey Katzenberg says in the NY TIMES that he didn’t have much hands-on involvement in the upcoming Wallace & Gromit feature: “Any …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
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. …
Inside SVA’s 3D Animation Program: Clubs, Studio Tours, And Industry Access
See how SVA’s 3D Animation and Visual Effects program uses studio tours, student clubs, and portfolio reviews to prepare artists for careers.
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 …
WOMEN DO ANIMATE
WOMEN DO ANIMATE – and they are apparently doing it very well in Australia.Marian Quigley interviews ten Australian animators’ in her new …
FRED PATTEN UPDATE
Our dear friend Fred Patten suffered a stroke last March. I’m happy to say he’s recovering nicely (slowly, but nicely) – and he now has a …
SUPER SATURDAY, PART DEUX
After seeing our previous post on the ABC SUPER SATURDAY CLUB, J.J. Sedelmaier comes clean with his past transgressions by sending in the …
Unsung Heros of Animation
I can count all the great books about modern independent animation on one hand…hell, probably on one finger, because there simply …
MEDIA ALERT: JUNE FORAY ON LARRY KING
I sat with June Foray at the CINECON banquet last night in Hollywood. I’m not trying to name drop, but I wanted to pass along this bit of …
SUPER SATURDAY CLUB
ABC’s Saturday morning cartoon line-up in 1969 must represent the pinnacle of low budget, cheapjack, crap-tacular TV cartoon production. …
MATINEE MOUSE
When is a theatrical release not a theatrical release?As someone who is monitoring U.S. theatrical animated releases – for both my …
SEPTEMBER GARAGE SALE
My garage sale continues with some obscure pencil original art from Van Beuren and Lantz studios.
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