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Stephen Silver’s Blog
“Since everyone else draws hot women, I want to be the guy that draws fat men.” – Stephen Silver, in the comments section of his …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Eurovision Art Contest
The Eurovision Art Contest is a monthly drawing contest where artists create an illustration based on a specific theme. The contest is …
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.
OTTAWA ESSAY CONTEST
We’re giving away two full passes to North America’s most prestigious animation event, the Ottawa International Animation Festival …
DISNEY’S CINDERELLA
CINDERELLA (1950) played an important role in setting the Disney feature animation style of the 1950s, it inspired key attractions at …
NEXTOONS: DAY #2
I missed Day #1.But my vote on Day #2 goes to Jessica Borutski’s I LIKE PANDAS.• Nextoons site
Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts 1920s-1960s
Disney has announced the contents for the fifth wave of their Treasures dvd sets. Of particular interest is the contents of DISNEY …
TOMORROW: Ottawa Animation Festival Contest
Our Ottawa Animation Festival CONTEST, in which we’ll be giving away two complete passes to the festival, will take place tomorrow …
Happy 80th, Oscar Peterson
I couldn’t let this pass by without making some mention of it: here’s a belated happy birthday to legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, …
Frank Espinosa Talks Rocketo
There’s a good article about Frank Espinosa, creator of the new comic book ROCKETO, at Comic Book Resources. The article includes some of …
I AM 8-BIT: THE BOOK
Chronicle Books is going to be making a lot of people happy in April 2006. Not only is my 50s design book coming out then, but my friend …
Hopeless Pictures
I hadn’t heard of the new animated series, HOPELESS PICTURES, which premiered last Friday on IFC. After watching (or more appropriately, …
ANIME LOST & FOUND
Here in the U.S., the fine folks over at The Right Stuff are looking for several lost episodes (in 16mm) of the original 1963 ASTRO BOY …
Brief Note from Amid
If you’ve emailed me anytime in the past few weeks, chances are you haven’t received a response. Crazy book deadlines will do that. I’m …
Joe Ranft, Jude Law and Cindy Sheehan
The mainstream media may not be interested in properly covering the death of an influential animation artist, but the ‘net (i.e. regular …
Donating in Honor of Joe Ranft
UPDATE (3:55pm): Ronnie Del Carmen has details of where to send donations and cards. Click HERE. UPDATE (9:34am): Hold off on donations …
Remembering Joe Ranft
Some really beautiful sentiments can be found on-line regarding Joe Ranft (1960-2005). Here’s a handful that stood out to me. The …
SCRAPPYLAND 2.0
Scrappy – America’s favorite forgotten cartoon star – was created in 1931 by Fleischer expatriate Dick Huemer for the Charles Mintz …
More on Joe Ranft (1960-2005)
A couple more brief notes about the untimely passing of story artist Joe Ranft. This article from the MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL explains …
To Infinity and Beyond
I’m still in shock over the news of Joe Ranft’s death.Steve Segal introduced me to Joe sometime around 1986 or 87. I recall walking …
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