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San Diego: Bill Presing
Pixar storyboard artist and Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher co-creator Bill Presing will debut his new “cute cartoon girl” book Bookplate …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
San Diego: JJ Villard
JJ Villard, who set the animation world ablaze a few years back with his amazing student films and then somehow ended up working at …
SVA’s Computer Arts Community Shines At SIGGRAPH 2025
SVA’s MFA Computer Arts program made a strong impact at SIGGRAPH 2025, with student volunteers, alumni, and faculty contributing throughout the conference.
San Diego: The Art of Andy
The Art of Andy is a 120-page book of artwork by longtime character designer Andy Suriano (Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls and Star Wars: …
San Diego: Depth Charge
It looks like Katzenberg’s mania for 3-D is rubbing off on his artists. DreamWorks animator Donnachada Daly has created a new art book …
Zurich29
Zurich29 is a Paris-based motion graphics studio founded in 2005 by Philippe Constantinesco and Dorian Gourg. They caught my attention …
Eric Goldberg book signing
If you miss Eric Goldberg’s signing at the San Diego Comic Con Thursday Friday – at Stuart Ng’s booth (Booths #5012 and #5022) between …
San Diego: PictureBox
If you haven’t heard, Brooklyn-based publisher PictureBox is putting out some of the most innovative and interesting comic and art books …
1939 Disney memo warns of “gross language”
Rummaging through my archives last night, I came across this inter-office memo (click thumbnail below to see full size) distributed …
Leon Schlesinger’s Obituary
Leon Schlesinger died on Christmas Day, 1949.
A Celebration of Ollie
Disney exec Howard Green informs us that there will be an official Life Celebration for Ollie at the El Capitan Theatre on Tuesday …
How To Make A Looney Tune, 1956
To answer the many inquires they received at the time, Warner Bros. produced a three page pamphlet, in comic strip style, to explain the …
Cartoon Dump is one year old
It’s the one year anniversary of Cartoon Dump, our monthly live comedy and cartoons showcase in Hollywood. As a special anniversary show …
The Animation Soundtrack
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Normand Roger on The Animation Soundtrack, on Sunday, August 10, at 7:30 …
Bakshi Chat at Comic Con
The ASIFA-Hollywood panel with Ralph Bakshi will be a particular highlight at the Comic Con next week. The blurb for this event posted …
Is this supposed to be funny?
Oh, I get it – the operative word here is “cartoons”, and the joke is that the current political situation is a different “cartoon” from …
New Miyazaki film
Hayao Miyazaki’s latest feature, Ponyo On The Cliff, opened yesterday in Japan. It’s one of his gentler films, more along the lines of My …
Presto Director Speaks
Spline Doctors, the animation education blog run by Pixar animators, offers up a new audio interview with Doug Sweetland, longtime Pixar …
The Old Family Toothbrush
There is still a lot of research to be done in documenting the silent era of animation. Leonard Maltin reports, on his Movie Crazy blog, …
Frank and Ollie at SIGGRAPH
Animation Mentor is hosting a tribute to the life, work and inspiration of Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston at SIGGRAPH 2008. Animation …
Coke’s “East Meets West” by Smith & Foulkes
I don’t think I’ve ever been able to exactly pinpoint what it is that I so enjoy about the directing duo Smith & Foulkes (repped by Nexus …
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