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Mighty Mouse dvd update
I just got an advance copy of the Ralph Bakshi Mighty Mouse The New Adventures complete series DVD — and it turned out a lot better than …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Avatar talkback
I saw James Cameron’s Avatar last night and I feel a talkback post here would be appropriate. Did I like the film? Yes, very much so. …
The Making Of Natalia Mirzoyan’s ‘Winter In March,’ An Oscar-Qualified Short Telling A Personal Story Of Resistance
‘Winter in March’ is a handcrafted film that uses soft materials to explore difficult, often painful subjects following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
‘Alma’ by Rodrigo Blaas
For a limited time during the holidays, Rodrigo Blaas has made his spooky CG short Alma available for viewing online. Blaas is an …
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Panic Attack
According to this BBC report, Fede Alvarez uploaded his short film Ataque de Panico! (Panic Attack!) to YouTube last month, on November …
Single-Sentence Films
Lit mag Electric Literature has been commissioning indie animators to create short animated pieces based on single sentences from short …
The Expanding Use of Animation in Architecture
Nate Berg writes in The Architect’s Newspaper about the expanding use of animation in architectural practice, both in presentations for …
Those Crazy Caltech Animators
While killing time at the airport magazine stand, I found this oblivious error in an article about The Simpsons vs. …
Cats and Dogs 2
More CG/live action hybrid features are expected in 2010… such as this:
Up meets Gran Torino
USC film student Daniel Johnson noticed a few similarities between Pixar’s Up and Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino. So he recut Up’s trailer …
Shrek Forever After teaser trailer
(Thanks, Iain Robbins)
Ghibli’s next film: The Borrowers
Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli has announced its next animated film, an adaptation of Mary Norton’s 1952 classic kid’s book, The …
Roy E. Disney R.I.P.
The Walt Disney Company announced today that Roy Disney has passed away. Click here for LA Times obit. Roy did his father and uncle …
Awards Season
Within the last few days, many of the Hollywood award associations and motion picture critics have selected their best-of picks for 2009. …
Don’t Be a Jerk (It’s Christmas)
To put us in the holiday mood, how about this fan-made music video for Tom Kenny & Andy Paley’s Don’t Be A Jerk (It’s Christmas), from …
Run Hamster Run
No one knows where hand drawn animation is headed – but one outlet seems to be thriving: mobile video games. Here’s another for the list …
Cal Arts Experimental Animation Thesis Show
The graduating Experimental Animation MFA class at Cal Arts has informed us about their thesis show, going on all this week on the …
Epic Misney
When Disney’s acquisition of Marvel first became news we did a post inviting artists to show off their best visions of the merger. Now, …
“The Story of Weston Woods”
I’ve been watching Weston Woods productions all my life and I never really realized it – and you probably haven’t either. I don’t know …
My Dog Tulip gets a U.S. distributor
As previously noted here, good U.S. distribution for an independent animated feature is very tricky thing to acquire. Nina Paley went the …
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