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Times Up! What are your favorite Looney Tunes?
The Looney Balloons above remind me that today is the deadline for you to contribute your personal lists of favorite Warner Bros. …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Steve Martin in Disneyland Dream
A postscript to my post last week on the Library of Congress selection of the home movie Disneyland Dream to the National Film …
Tokyo International Film Festival’s Animation Lineup Aims To Bring Creators And Audiences Together
Tokyo’s animation program pairs international premieres and original anime with discussions on creative careers and opportunities for women directors.
What Tex Avery And Frank Zappa Both Knew About Making Great Entertainment
Want to understand why entertaining cartoons are all but impossible to produce nowadays? You can have the answer in just two short …
New Music Video by Dax Norman
One-man creative powerhouse Dax Norman, whose short film The Last Temptation of Crust we featured in episode 4 of Cartoon Brew TV, …
Disney’s Secret of the Magic Gourd
If you believed Roadside Romeo was Disney’s oddest co-production; or if you thought Disney couldn’t sink any lower than producing the …
Essential Visual Music: Rare Classics
The UCLA Film and Television Archive and the Center for Visual Music (CVM) are presenting a program of rarely screened 16mm and 35mm …
That Guy With The Glasses reviews Nicktoons
And let me also take the opportunity to plug this book.
Animation Trends: 3-D Papercraft/Cut-out Animation
Recently three-dimensional paper sculpture/cut-out/origami has exploded as a major trend across multiple disciplines including animation, …
Winter Song
Songwriters Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson released an animated video for their holiday single Winter Song. The animation was …
Animation Month on Shokus Radio
It’s “Animation Month” for Stu’s Show on Shokus Internet Radio. The current voice of Porky Pig, Bob Bergen, kicks off things with an …
Pixar’s Jim Capobianco Offers Advice on Short Filmmaking
Jim Capobianco, Pixar story artist and director of the short Your Friend the Rat, is nearing the end of production on Leonardo, a …
Sexy Disney “Fine Art”
These pieces (of art) were spotted on display aboard a recent Disney Cruise, for a very high priced auction by the Park West gallery. …
It All Started Here!
Here’s a restored 1936 Fleischer Studios drawing wedge (click photo above to see larger image). It’s made of wood and fitted with …
The LA Times on the Future of Animation Production
The Mass Animation project headed by former Sony Pictures Animation exec Yair Landau continues to receive press, most recently in an …
The Velveteen Rabbit Trailer
Thought of the moment: someday in a more enlightened future there will exist a court of law where we can bring to justice the people …
1970s Cracked Magazine accurately predicted 2009
This post is slightly OT, as I am discussing print cartoons, not animated cartoons. I received several old issues of Cracked Magazine …
2009 Animation Book Preview
While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished …
Dreamworks to broadcast 3D MvA trailer
Leave it to Jeffery. No stone is left unturned in promoting a Dreamworks animated feature. Now comes word that the studio will telecast a …
Your Chance to Make The Ultimate Music Video
I have a feeling that 2009 is going to be an awesome year. The new year is only three days old and already amazing opportunities are …
Disturbing Kids Cartoons
Too violent, too scary, too depressing and no longer suitable for kids! On Tuesday January 13th, at 8pm I’m returning to the Silent Movie …
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