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Remembering Vincent Cafarelli
This video offers a look at the memorial celebration for New York animation legend Vincent Cafarelli that took place on Friday, January …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Why Cartoon Brew Opposes PIPA and SOPA
You may have noticed that a lot of websites have gone “dark” today, most notably Wikipedia and Tumblr. There’s grave concern throughout …
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.
Donald Duck @ Threadless
Threadless has teamed with Disney to create a contest to design a Donald Duck T-shirt. Normally I wouldn’t plug such a commercial …
The Latest Developments in Motion Capture
Michael Bay, Jon Favreau, Ray Liotta, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel all participate in this Funny or Die video about the latest developments …
Nominations Announced for the Orange British Academy Film Award in 2012
[Editor’s Note: For the list of nominees in all categories, visit BAFTA’s Website.] Animated Film The Adventures of TinTin: The …
Nelvana Enterprises Appoints Andrew Kerr as Head of Consumer Products
Toronto, Canada — Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Enterprises announced the appointment of respected industry veteran Andrew Kerr to …
“You’re A Creep, Charlie Brown!”
Animator Rob Yulfo edited this collection of Peanuts clips set to Vega Choir’s cover of Radiohead’s Creep. This sums it all up.
“Satori” by Abhilasha Dewan
Satori is another recent Sheridan thesis film that has popped up online. Along with yesterday’s A Good Wife, the film offers a glimpse of …
Learn 2D FX Animation for 85 Cents a Day
2D special effects animators are a breed apart. Their work is extremely detail-oriented and demands an incredibly high level of …
Flea & Fly in “City Troubles” by Fernando Miller
Longtime readers of this blog know I have a “thing” for retro-style cartoons – i.e. new animated shorts that faithfully mimic a past era …
New trailer for Nick Cross’s One-Man Feature “Black Sunrise”
The new year brings a new trailer for the Nick Cross feature Black Sunrise. Nick tells us he has ten minutes completed. Every new image …
How Cartoon Brew Spawned Bronies
One of Cartoon Brew’s most popular archived posts is my October 19, 2010 commentary about the end of creator-driven animation. The post, …
“A Good Wife” by W. Scott Forbes
The story of A Good Wife is fairly well summarized by its ironic title. What remains is a tribute to mid-century modern aesthetics and an …
Rising Artist: Paul Cabon
It’s rare to browse through someone’s on-line animation videos and enjoy everything they’ve produced. That’s the happy feeling I …
“The Adventures of Tintin” Wins Golden Globe
Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Movies’ The Adventures of Tintin won the Best Animated Feature prize at tonight’s Golden Globe ceremony in …
Animated Fragments #15
Welcome to the first 2012 installment of Cartoon Brew’s “Animated Fragments.” Covering the animation world used to be a lot easier five …
“The Prophet”
Yesterday, Deadline Hollywood posted about Salma Hayek’s Ventanarosa Productions signing animation director Roger Allers (Lion King) to …
“A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol”
I do believe there is such a thing as over-art directing a piece of animation to the point where the message becomes buried within the …
“Lion King” Director Roger Allers Signs On For Gibran’s “The Prophet” Animated Feature
Deadline.com is reporting that director Roger Allers (The Lion King) has been tapped to write and direct a animated feature version of …
TV Cartoon Explains Politics to Kids
This 1961 episode of Tales of the Wizard of Oz harkens back to a time when animation writers didn’t speak down to kids. It’s a perfect …
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