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This week’s GRIMMY
A fun week of strips at Mike Peter’s Mother Goose and Grimm.
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Oswald Rabbit tees
Lucky Brand Jeans is producing cool Oswald the Lucky Rabbit t-shirts for adult men and women. It’s only been 80 years in coming. Gray and …
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.
Animation Show Vol. 3 CONTEST #2
The fourth edition of The Animation Show opens tomorrow in Los Angeles (The Nuart), Boston (Kendall Square), Washington DC (E Street …
Popeye Vol. 3
Good news: Popeye Vol. 3 goes on sale September 30th. Will contain all the rest of the black and white Popeye cartoons including all the …
Kung Fu Panda credit sequence
The awesome 2-D end credit sequence from Kung Fu Panda has been posted by Shine Studios in high quality Quicktime. Shine produced this …
Animation Show Vol. 3 CONTEST!
Rabbit by Run Wrake, City Paradise by Gaelle Denis, Everything Will Be Okay by Don Hertzfeldt, Guide Dog and Shuteye Hotel by Bill …
Interactive Animated Wall Projections
“Chase” is an art project from 2005 that I only heard about recently. In it, animated cartoon characters participate in a never-ending …
Live Action/CG “Smurfs” film
What hath Alvin and the Chipmunks wrought? It’s being widely reported today that Sony is co-financing a live action/CG Smurfs feature …
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Speaking of Chuck Jones, as we were yesterday, here is his infamous 1969 TV special based on Walt Kelly’s classic comic strip Pogo. …
Stay Awake in concert
Hal Willner’s 1988 Disney tribute CD, Stay Awake, is going live. Stay Awake: the Official 20th Anniversary Concert will take place at …
Will Finn Analyzes Chuck Jones
Animator and director Will Finn recently watched the entire Warner Bros. output of Chuck Jones and has composed a thoughtful blog post …
Animation Show contest
The fourth edition of The Animation Show continues it’s rollout across the United States with openings in Los Angeles (The Nuart), Boston …
Three Books Worth A Look
Here are three cartoon and film-related books that aren’t on my bookshelf but will be soon. The Adventures of Herge: Creator of …
Flip The Frog coloring book
Chris Lopez has posted all the pages of a vintage Flip The Frog Coloring Book on his ComicCrazy blog. The beautiful artwork for this rare …
Awards Night at the Insectarium
My “uncle” in New Orleans, Wayne Daigrepont, has just checked out the new Audubon Insectarium (“the first major attraction to open after …
Quick Draw artist
My friend Fred Patten owns this original Quick Draw McGraw painting (click on it above, or here, for enlarged image) created for a frame …
Demystifying Motion Capture
“Performance Capture technology is here to stay!” Or so says the Visual Effects Society who will be holding a seminar on motion …
Annecy Countdown
One half of Cartoon Brew, namely me, will be attending the world’s largest animation festival next week. If you’re going too, drop a …
Kung Fu Panda Talkback
Dreamworks Kung Fu Panda opens today. I’ve seen it twice now and I think it’s a great film. It works on all levels – humor, action, …
Trailer for Richard Williams DVD Masterclass
Below is the pencil test to the trailer of Richard Williams’ Animator’s Survival Kit dvd lecture series. More details to be posted soon …
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