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Introducing Harry McCracken
We’d like to welcome our new Guest Brewer – Harry McCracken – one of the most knowledgeable cartoon connoisseurs around. We’ve always …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Every Cartoonist Counts
Two and a half hours. That’s how long it took me to cast an early vote on Friday afternoon. Let’s put it this way: the wait was so long …
Artists Behind ‘Frozen,’ ‘Corpse Bride,’ And ‘Up’ Teach Character Design In New Course From The Creators U
Five leading designers share practical exercises, drawing demonstrations, and lessons from creating characters like Ellie and Sadness.
JACKY’S WACKY WORLD
Scott Shaw informs us:On Thursday, November 4th, the multi-talented Jack Mendelsohn — creator of the classic Oddball comic strip, comic …
“Polar Express” Nonsense
I haven’t liked what I’ve seen so far on THE POLAR EXPRESS, but I’m willing to give Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks the benefit of the …
Brad Bird Interview
There’s an insightful interview with Brad Bird at AnimationTrip.com. Here’s Brad talking about creating personality through …
ASIFA INCREDIBLES SCREENING
I hope you are a member of ASIFA-Hollywood. If so, you are getting an invitation in the mail to see THE INCREDIBLES, free, opening day, …
Remembering Frank Thomas
Tom Sito has written a very nice remembrance of Disney legend Frank Thomas and what his passing means to the animation community. It is …
BILL LIEBOWITZ (1941-2004)
The Los Angeles comics and animation scene lost a big man today – Bill Liebowitz, owner of Golden Apple Comics passed away this morning …
DON BLUTH: AUTHOR
Insert your own wise-ass comment here.
Meet Chris Harding
Meet my new favorite animation artist of the moment: Chris Harding. I’d never heard of him until yesterday when I ran across his name on …
More on Product Placement In Cartoons
A couple Brew readers wrote in to correct some of my recent sloppy reportage. In this ITEM posted on paid product placements in …
A Great Day In Iceland
The Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – would like to thank Ken Pontac for being our “Guest Brewer” the last couple months and …
ANIMATION ART
Today is the official publication date of the new book ANIMATION ART which I participated in as a writer and General Editor.The book is a …
Japanese Doing It RIght
On his excellent blog AniPages Daily, Ben Ettinger discusses a show that airs on NHK (“Japan’s PBS,” as he puts it) called DIGITAL …
ANIMATION PANEL
My pals Tom Sito, Roger Shulman and Heather Kenyon are appearing on a panel together on Wednesday night, for the Learning Annex in L.A., …
Men Need Not Apply
An inappropriate response to this book: “Remember the good old days when they were content just to be ink-and-paint girls?” Read more …
Incredibles Review
Last night, I walked into the theater hopeful but prepared for disappointment. After waiting for THE INCREDIBLES for what has seemed like …
HELP WANTED!
Two years ago I helped Kit Parker Films and VCI Entertainment put out a dvd compilation of Max Fleischer Color Classics, under the title
Monday Inspiration
Currently up for auction, a painting by Ward Kimball with gorgeous color and design. (Thanks, Shane)
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