Cartoon Dump on Tuesday Night
I’m just back from Ottawa and hung over from a week of watching great animation. Tomorrow night is the antidote: Cartoon Dump, our …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Highlights from Ottawa
I’ve been in Ottawa since Wednesday and it’s been wall-to-wall screenings, presentations and panels (not to mention parties, meetings and …
Janice Nadeau’s ‘Harvey’: A Boy Recalls The Spring Day When His World Turned Upside Down
It’s been a whirlwind year for Quebec animator Janice Nadeau since the premiere of her animated short Harvey at Clermont-Ferrand.
Rabbits Kin 2.0
Matthew Hunter and Jon Cooke have a terrific blog which I’ve linked to before, Miscel-Looney-ous, which regularly examines the odds and …
Truth in Advertising: Shrek the Musical
They said it so I don’t have to: a surprisingly accurate ad for the Broadway version of Shrek.
Igor Talkback
Amid and I are still in Ottawa immersed in animation. One film we haven’t seen is Igor, which opened all over the U.S. and Canada this …
Presto! Little Golden Book
Brew reader “George” has just informed me of the publication of a Presto! Little Golden Book. With art by Teddy Newton, George says “it’s …
Music Video by Emil Goodman
If Lotte Reiniger made trip-hop music videos in the 21st century, they might look something like this striking mixed-media silhouette …
Leon Schlesinger letter
Eric at Warnerart.com just acquired this interesting find: a letter from Looney Tunes producer Leon Schlesinger to an Air Force Colonel, …
RBC Blue Water Project by Convert and Jon Klassen
This excellent spot for the Royal Bank of Canada’s Blue Water Project is among those rare pieces of design-oriented animation in which an …
Speed Racer Gas and Go-Go-Go!
We may have a Felix Chevrolet dealer in Southern California, but Ben at the Japanese Nostalgic Car blog reports on a new chain of Speed …
Paddington Bear Marmite ads
A new series of British TV spots, featuring Paddington Bear for Marmite, are quite refreshing. They mimic the cartoon series from the …
A Political Cartoon by Joe Fournier
Apparently my last post about Sarah Palin wasn’t animated enough for some readers, so here is “Sarah Palin and the Bush Doctrine: An …
The State of NY Animated Features
There’s a great ASIFA-East panel coming up this Tuesday, September 23, in New York. It’s billed as a panel discussion on the state of NY …
Humor Panel At Ottawa Animation Festival
I’m moderating a panel at the Ottawa International Animation Festival this weekend. It’s called “Animation Makes Me Laugh: Ha!” and it’s …
Brad Bird Presents Dr. Zhivago
On Friday, October 3, Brad Bird will present a screening of David Lean’s Dr. Zhivago at the Skirball Cultural Center (2701 N. Sepulveda …
Friz Sketch
Animator Mike Kazaleh found this incredible Pink-Panther-meets-Bugs -Bunny sketch by Friz Freleng (click on thumbnail below to see full …
Love by Yoji Kuri
It’s a shame that Yoji Kuri’s animated shorts aren’t more widely available in the West, especially considering that Kuri is one of the …
Disney Lab Unveils Its Latest Genetically Engineered Stars
This just in from The Onion: (Thanks, Randall Kaplan)
Introducing Cartoon Brew TV
We’re excited to bring you something new today – Cartoon Brew TV. The new site is available by clicking on the CBTV logo above our main …
Cartoon Brew TV #1: Doxology by Michael Langan
We’re pleased to bring you our first episode, Michael Langan’s Doxology, a graduation film produced at Rhode Island School of Design. …
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