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FINAL NOTICE: Cartoon Brew TV’s Student Animation Festival
Last notice: Just three days left to submit to Cartoon Brew TV’s Student Animation Festival. Click HERE for rules and submission details.
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Fixed Fluid Fragmented by Michel Gagné
Trailer for Fixed Fluid Fragmented How do you do something new when you’ve already made your own animated shorts, worked on features …
Artists Behind ‘Frozen,’ ‘Corpse Bride,’ And ‘Up’ Teach Character Design In New Course From The Creators U
Five leading designers share practical exercises, drawing demonstrations, and lessons from creating characters like Ellie and Sadness.
Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool
I really love this bizarre retro-ish mixed media music video for the British indie band Editors, directed by the Lennox Brothers (Lee & …
Time Magazine’s Top Ten Controversial Cartoons
In the wake of the latest South Park uproar, Time Magazine has posted a Top Ten list of cartoon controversies. Number #2 on their …
South Park backlash inspires Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
As most of you know by now, last week’s episode of South Park was censored by Comedy Central over fears the show might stoke violent …
Vintage Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear Ad from Japan
Everybody’s already seen this one, but did you know the Japanese also made Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear toys. Take note: this is how you do viral …
Dan DeCarlo’s Jetta
Another day, another great book from Craig Yoe. His latest is a collection of Dan DeCarlo’s futuristic teenage comic books from 1952, …
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Sony Picks Up Chomet’s Illusionist
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist for North American distribution. They’re planning a US release …
Monday Morning Inspiration
Beautiful cartoon covers from 1930s Vanity Fair. Courtesy of illustrator Stephen Kroninger whose blog is filled with inspiring cartoon …
The Difference Between Two Drawings
There is a huge difference between the two Flintstones drawings above, and not just superficial stylistic differences. Animator Will Finn …
UCLA Archive animation screening: From Inkwell to Desktop
Heads up on another screening I’m involved with next month in L.A.: From Inkwell to Desktop: A Selection of Early Hand Drawn and Digital …
The Sunday Funnies (4/25/10)
This week, from the top: Mother Goose and Grimm (4/25 and 4/22) by Mike Peters; Baby Blues (4/21) by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott; …
Beautiful Grim
Leif Jeffers, an animator at DreamWorks, wrote in to tell us of an auction that went live on ebay today. It’s called Beautiful Grim. Here …
Cartoon Brew TV: Pump Trouble by Gene Deitch
It’s time for another episode in our special film series “The Modern Art of Gene Deitch.” This week, we’re presenting Pump Trouble, an …
Cartoon Brew TV #23: Pump Trouble (1954)
Our special series “The Modern Art of Gene Deitch” continues this week with Pump Trouble.
The Magic of Mary Blair
No one admires the work of Mary, Lee and Preston Blair more than we do. Now Mary’s nieces, Maggie and Jeanne, have just sent word of …
Growing Up As A Cartoon Fan in Australia
Cat Piano co-director Eddie White, who is also an owner of Adelaide-based People’s Republic of Animation, is writing a series of blog …
Monday: Cartoon Dump w/Patton Oswalt
As many of you know, every month (on the fourth Monday evening) I co-produce a live comedy/cartoon show, Cartoon Dump, at the Steve Allen …
Avery in N.Y. / Sita in L.A.
Two plugs, two cities: New York, N.Y. TEX AVERY CARTOONS at MoMA. I think this is in conjunction with the massive must-see Tim …
Major Chuck Jones Exhibit Coming to Los Angeles
Cleanse thine eyes, brave animation lover. As if anticipating the eyesore that was unveiled yesterday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts …
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