Iwao Draws Fred
Here’s a short video of Iwao Takamoto drawing a famous Hanna-Barbera character not designed by him. The video was posted by background …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Girls Drawin Girls
Girl animation artists drawing girls. Cool. It’s a new book, it’s a gallery show, it’s an event on January 20th at Pehr Space in Los …
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.
The Golden Age Of Anime
Forget Astro Boy! Digital Meme has announced an upcoming release of a new DVD collection of vintage Japanese anime that predates Tezuka’s …
Pixar Animators’ Roundtable
What happens when five Pixar animators get together to talk animation? The results are in this Spline Doctors podcast. The participating …
China and India’s Animation Boom
The animation industries in North America and Europe may be healthy, but the numbers presented in this newspaper article from Chinese …
Save The Treasures
Who’d ever have thought that CHIP AND DALE (1947) would be a more obscure Disney short than DER FEUHRER’S FACE (1943)? Or that THE TRIAL …
Casper Comics
Leslie Cabarga and I are conspiring to get you to be friendly to Casper – his comics that is!I’ve made no secret of my love for the …
Another Live-Action Show On Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim” line-up has ordered a pilot for yet another live-action project. This one is based on a series of online …
Music At The El Cap
Starting tonight, The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood is running a sing-a-long revival of MARY POPPINS for the rest of the month. The El …
Soapy Waters
Stripper’s Guide, a blog dedicated to newspaper comic strips, yesterday posted samples of George Stallings’ little-known comic-strip …
Adventure Time
If you couldn’t make it to the ASIFA-Hollywood screening of Frederator’s new Random Cartoons last night, here’s some good news. They’ve …
Steve Krantz (1923-2007)
We should note that producer Steve Krantz passed away last Thursday in Los Angeles from complications of pneumonia. He was 83.Krantz is …
Peter Kleinow (1934-2007)
Another of the old guard of animation, Pete Kleinow, has passed away. He was both a stop motion animator (with Art Clokey), and a renown …
Upcoming Ratatouille Books
In addition to THE ART OF RATATOUILLE, there’s a couple other books based on Pixar’s upcoming RATATOUILLE that are worth mentioning here. …
Philbert (1963)
In 2005 Warner Bros. released, as bonus material on
Remembering Iwao Takamoto (1925-2007)
With Iwao Takamoto’s passing, I thought it would be an appropriate time to share this interview I conducted with him in January 1999. It …
Iwao Takamoto (1925-2007)
We’ve just heard that Iwao Takamoto passed away today. Takamoto is best known for his design work at Hanna-Barbera during the 1960s. He …
The Re-Animated Ryan Larkin
Ryan Larkin, Canadian animation legend-turned-panhandler, who was the subject of Chris Landreth’s Oscar-winning short RYAN, is creating …
Why Kyle Baker Won’t Do Animation Pilots
Comic book and animation artist Kyle Baker was recently interviewed in Mike Manley’s excellent DRAW! magazine, and Mark Mayerson posted …
Cartoon Modern In NY Times and Print Mag
My book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION is starting the new year with a bang. Today’s NY TIMES BOOK REVIEW has a …
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