Mary Louise Whitham Eastman, RIP
Michael Sporn reports the sad news that Mary Louise Whitham Eastman passed away last Wednesday, February 27th, at age 97. Eastman worked …
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George Lucas Is Opening An Illustration, Comic and Animation Art Museum [UPDATED]
George Lucas’s next big project is thrilling: a museum dedicated to the popular arts such as illustration, comics, film design and …
Level Up Your 2D Animation Like A Pro With Cartoon Animator
Cartoonist and animator Garry Pye shares quick and easy steps CTA users can take to up their 2d animation game.
What’s That Crazy Drawing, or How I Came To Know and Love Animation Smears
I didn’t really know about animation smears until college. It was a time when my passion for animation had just kicked into high gear, …
Artist of the Day: Geoff McFetridge
Geoff McFetridge creates images that land on billboards, skateboards, sneakers, wallpapers, and move on screens. Often his work features …
Watch Bill Plympton’s New Film Noir-Inspired “Simpsons” Couch Gag
Bill Plympton made a new Simpsons couch gag, titled “Film Noir,” that will premiere on this Sunday’s episode of the perennial TV series. …
“Beavis and Butt-head” Turned 20 Years Old Today
I wanted to take a moment and acknowledge that the TV series Beavis and Butt-head premiered twenty years ago today—March 8, 1993—on …
Artist of the Day: Elle Michalka
Elle Michalka is an artist from Texas who attended CalArts for a couple of years before leaving school to work in animation on …
“Jazz That Nobody Asked For” by Rune and Esben Fisker
Sometimes a little good, simple cartoon fun hits the spot. Danish brothers Rune and Esben Fisker (aka Benny Box) begin Jazz That Nobody …
Jonathan Djob Nkondo
Jonathan Djob Nkondo is the rare artist who excels as a draftsman, animator and designer of graphics. His sketchbook drawings and …
How Disney Bought Lucasfilm
Good long-read in Businessweek about how Disney bought the Star Wars franchise and Lucasfilm. The article is short on major revelations, …
Daniela Strijleva
Daniela Strijleva is a character art director for Pixar. Her blog is where you can find more of her personal projects like the …
Dallas Opera to Hold the World’s Largest Screening of “What’s Opera, Doc?”
After drawing a crowd of 15,000 attendees to Cowboys Stadium for a live simulcast of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, the Dallas Opera aims …
The Big Question: How To Make Money From Short Films
New perspectives and ideas on the age-old question.
Gina Thorstensen
Take a look at Gina Thorstensen’s work on her blog and website. She creates illustrations, puppets and animation with a variety of …
The Tactile, Physical Labor of Classic Cartoonmaking
Every step of animation production used to require physical exertion or interaction with a physical object. Not so anymore.
Regina Pessoa’s Flipbook Puts Other Flipbooks To Shame
Filmmaker Regina Pessoa (Tragic Story With Happy Ending) has put out a flipbook for her latest short Kali, the Little Vampire. This is …
Inside Spain’s Grangel Studio
Carlos Grangel has had a long career in animation, working on DreamWorks features from The Prince of Egypt through Kung Fu Panda, and …
CartoonBrew.com Hires Four New Writers
Cartoon Brew is expanding its editorial staff. Today we welcome four contributing writers to the website. The new contributors each …
Talking Cartoon Brew on the Frenzer Foreman Podcast
I have rarely—if ever—participated in any podcasts, which is why I have to point out that I recently put in an appearance on the …
Disney Releases “Planes” Trailer
The trailer announces “From above the world of Cars…Disney’s Planes.” Now that Disney owns Pixar, the calculated blending of brand …
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