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Monday Inspiration
Currently up for auction, a painting by Ward Kimball with gorgeous color and design. (Thanks, Shane)
Previously on Cartoon Brew
INCREDIBLES PREMIERE PARTY
I was invited at the last minute, last night, to attend the world premiere party for THE INCREDIBLES. Antran Manoogian (president of …
Re:Anima Joint Master In Animation Has Opened A New Call For Applications
The program offers an intensive two-year exploration of animation from an artistic perspective in Ireland, Belgium, or Portugal.
Product Placement In Cartoons
Another sad day in modern animation history (and it sure seems like we have a lot of them). The NY TIMES reports that Comedy Central’s …
Ottawa ’04 Report
I’m still working on my Ottawa Animation Festival write-up, and by “working on” I mean procrastinating, so in the meantime, take a look …
The Politics of the Incredibles
This article in the NY TIMES interviews Brad Bird about the beneath-the-surface politics of THE INCREDIBLES: If such scenes provide some …
Engel and Braxton History
Here’s a two-minute VIDEO CLIP of the late Jules Engel discussing a conflict he had with Walt Disney about a cartoon frog. He also takes …
Note To Don Bluth
RE: Your new “Scissor Sisters” music videoNobody wants to see a male striptease in animation…EVER.PS: The year is 2004, not 1984. Stop …
IMAGES FROM LOONEY TUNES V.2
Look familiar?It shouldn’t. These are images (mainly original title graphics) from the
INCREDIBLE!
Saw THE INCREDIBLES tonight. The last time I felt this good was after seeing THE IRON GIANT.Brad Bird taps into my inner geek like no one …
Cartoon Edukasion
This 3-hour Windows Media lecture by character designer Chen Yi-Chang (MULAN, TARZAN, ATLANTIS) contains a lot of solid insights. Also, …
Karl Cohen On THE INCREDIBLES
Animation historian and ASIFA-San Francisco prez Karl Cohen saw THE INCREDIBLES yesterday. Here’s what he thinks of it: Brad Bird is …
LOONEY TUNES VOLUME 2
I saw a check disc a few weeks ago, but tonight I got a physical copy of the finished product in my hot little hands. The
THANK GOD FOR PIXAR
From the current issue of TIME Magazine:”Brad and I were in the first year of the character-animation program,” recalls Lasseter, “and we …
Alfred J. Kwak
I had the pleasure of meeting Harald Siepermann at Annecy earlier this year. He’s another one of those incredible animation talents whose …
Cheap Laffs
Miniature babies in celluloid peanuts, whoopee cushions and vibrating eyes. Cartoonist Mark Newgarden will be speaking about these …
Saturday Morning Stroll
Saturday, July 31, 2004_________________________ Even though I’ve been here eighteen days (Christ, is that all? It seems like a …
A Little Abstraction
It’s not often that a trailer for an abstract/non-narrative animated short interests me enough to want to write about it, but the trailer …
INCREDIBLES WRAP PARTY Reports
Here’s a few journal comments from various Pixarians who attended THE INCREDIBLES wrap party a couple weeks ago: RotoMonkey.org: “The …
Reykjavik Gourmet
Thursday, July 29, 2004_________________________ The alert reader will once again notice that six days have passed since my last entry. …
Monday Inspiration
A model sheet from the “All the Cats Join In” sequence of Disney’s MAKE MINE MUSIC (1946). Drawings are likely by Freddie Moore. (click …
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