“Hobo Love Mojo” by Eric Leppo
UCLA student Eric Leppo’s Hobo Love Mojo will make you go WTF. Or it’ll turn you on. We’re hoping for the former.
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Two Tiger Toons
Two sweet student films each involving tigers. Both completely different, both fine examples of character animation. First up, Taylor …
Artists Of Any Skill Level Can Create Professional Quality Animation With Cartoon Animator 5.2’s Motion Pilot
CTA dev Garry Pye and his 15-year-old daughter Maddison demonstrate how easy creating animation is with CTA 5.2.
Mary Blair, Fred Moore and Some Other Dude
Here’s a rare image of a couple of Disney greats who are rarely seen together: Mary Blair and Fred Moore. It’s at a wrap party for Three …
ASIFA-East Announces Animation Festival Winners
Last night, ASIFA-East held their 42nd annual Animation Festival. The Best in Show prize went to Andy Kennedy’s Accumulonimbus, which we …
Audiences Refuse to be Hoodwinked Again
How bad was the opening of Mike Disa’s Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil? It made Simon Wells’s Mars Needs Moms look like a Hollywood …
Walter Lantz Christmas Cards
Animation collector Martin Almeyra sent me another intriguing set of historical pieces from his archives to share with our readers: …
Obama Releases His Animated Birth Video
Tonight at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, President Barack Obama released his birth video, which turned out to be an …
DreamWorks Artist Accused of Shooting Puppy, Hammering it to Death
Young Song, a surfacer who has worked at DreamWorks Animation since 2003, is being accused of climbing into a neighbor’s yard and …
“Hoodwinked Too!” talkback
Hoodwinked Too: Hood Versus Evil opened yesterday. I’ll check it out myself at a matinee later this week. In the meantime, The Hollywood …
Disney’s “Understanding Stresses and Strains” (1968)
Disney-nerds like me want to see everything the studio ever made, particularly all the animated films done while the nine old men were …
Chuck Jones “Crawford”
About a year ago animator Kurtis Findlay asked if Brew readers would be interested in a book collecting Chuck Jones’ short-lived Crawford …
Worst. Disney. Pin. Ever!
Lookit what I found at the Disney Store at the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard: The one and only piece of Disney merchandise …
Jerry Events: The Next Few Days
Here’s a massive plug/checklist for my numerous public activities during the next week. If you live in L.A. come one, come all! …
Six Point Harness Exec John Andrews Launches 6 Point Media
Led by CEO Brendan Burch, Six Point Harness announced today that Executive Producer John Andrews has joined them to form a new venture …
Chinese Animated Series “The Bosco and Zoe Show” Coming To America via Pacific Dragon Holdings
Bosco and Zoe are quickly moving from the toy fair to the TV: Pacific Dragon Holdings, Inc. has recently acquired the rights to the …
DreamWorks Animation Partners with Gaylord Hotels For Unique Branded Rooms
Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET) and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) today unveiled a strategic alliance to expand Gaylord …
“Don’t Scare The Hare” titles
You don’t see animated opening titles on live action TV series these days, much less on a game show. With that in mind we present the …
“El Clasico” by Richard Swarbrick
Despite my distain for Robert Zemeckis’ mo-cap monstrosities – I believe live action can be effectively used to create great animated …
Anime “No Longer Human” Wins Platinum Grand Prize at 2011 Future Film Festival
No Longer Human won the Platinum Grand Prize at the 2011 Future Film Festival! The jury made up of the comic and fantasy film expert …
Walt Disney Animation Studios to Participate in Annecy Festival
After the great success of the first edition, Annecy 2011 and YouTube are proud to announce the participation of the Walt Disney …
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