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Interview: Chris Dainty and Super Star Tap
As the iPhone user base continues to expand, smaller animation studios and indie animators are discovering a promising new distribution …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Poezenklaas! by Victoria Cook
Sing along: Hey Poezenklaas you are the best With your Poezen paws and your big red vest Gotta big kitty face and a big big …
Award-Winning 2D Animation Tips From The 2024 Cartoon Animator Contest
Learn nine pro techniques from 2024 Cartoon Animator contest winners to boost your 2D animation skills with creative rigs and smart motion tools.
2009 Brew Holiday Gift Guide #1: Richard Wiliams Masterclass
This review is long overdue – by a year in fact – and I hope Richard Williams and Mo Sutton can forgive me for the delay. They sent me a …
The Sunday Funnies 12/6/09
Our weekly roundup of classic animation references in comic strips and editorial cartoons. This week we have two relating the White House …
Mayor Accuses Obama of Blocking Charlie Brown X-Mas Cartoon
Russell Wiseman, the mayor of Arlington, Tennessee, is fuming because he believes that Obama deliberately timed his speech about the war …
Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair Coming to iPhone
EA is porting Don Bluth’s classic arcade game Dragon’s Lair onto iPhone and iPod Touch. Release date is listed on EA’s webisite as …
The TV Show
I absolutely love this music video from director Sugimoto Kousuke: (Thanks, Carlo Guillot)
Toon Funeral Home
Illustrator Joe Fournier spotted this worrisome sign in Illinois. [Insert your Cartoon Network jokes here.]
More Magoo Book Signings
Animator and now author Darrell Van Citters will appear at events in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland to celebrate and sign his …
Travisty’s Beard
Say what you will about Shrek, Bee Movie or Shark Tale, the artists at Dreamworks (north and south) themselves are terrific. Now comes …
The Waif of Persephone by Nick Cross
Nick Cross finally put his 2007 short, The Waif of Persephone, online. We highly recommend supporting the filmmaker by purchasing the DVD …
DiCaprio as Jack Frost
DreamWorks announced today that Leonardo DiCaprio will make his animated feature film debut when he heads the cast of The Guardians. …
Meet Dilworth!
The Oscar nominated animator and creator of Cartoon Network’s Courage the Cowardly Dog will present the best of his films and other …
TONIGHT: Pixar Shorts on ABC Family
Tonight on ABC Family, a two-hour presentation of almost all of the Pixar shorts produced to date. It’s the first time that most of the …
Tele-tactics
Back around 1975-1977 there was a 3rd-rate non-union animation studio in New York that many of my friends worked for. It was called …
Chinese CGI Reconstruction of Tiger Woods Crash
Every news organizations has reported the Tiger Woods car crash by now, but only the Chinese have recreated the event with glorious CGI …
Annie Award Nominees 2009
ASIFA-Hollywood announced its nominees for the 2009 Annie Awards this morning. For Best Animated Feature, Sony’s Cloudy With a Chance …
Don Bluth and the Importance of Knowing Your Animation Heritage
Jeremy Hopkins attended the CTN Expo a couple weeks ago, and he’s posting videos from the event on his website XSheet.net. He currently …
A Year with Three Stop-Motion Oscar Noms?
After I did this interview with Canada’s National Post about trends in feature animation, I got to thinking about whether there might be …
Idiots at the Helm
Fox has announced that they are developing a primetime animated series with actor Matthew McConaughey based on his brother’s life. The …
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