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Superjail! Premieres This Sunday
Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim has turned out one of its most entertaining and graphically ambitious series to date and its name is …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Cartoon Spooktacular
On Tuesday October 21st I’ll be screening a selection of spooky, kooky, strange and creepy Halloween related animated cartoons at the …
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.
The Disney Version of Sarah Palin
This is a follow-up to our popular story “Sarah Palin’s Awfulness Equals Disney’s”. As it turns out, Matt Damon was right: it is like a …
UPDATE: Chris Sanders Still Crood and Directing Dragon
The Seward Street blog, run by a DreamWorks animator, notes that Chris Sanders is no longer directing Crood Awakening at DreamWorks and …
“SFW–XXX” for Diesel
I have no idea what it’s advertising and the idea is not exactly original, but this Diesel online viral titled “SFW–XXX” is silly and …
The History of the NBC Peacock
Mike Clark runs a website devoted to the history of Tampa’s Channel 13 (WTVT, a former CBS affiliate, now a Fox station). The site has …
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater
There are multiple copies of Disney’s 2007 Goofy short How to Hook Up Your Home Theater floating around on YouTube. Read Jerry Beck’s …
Analyzing the Animation of Seth MacFarlane
A former Family Guy fan, Kyle Evans, has come to the conclusion that Seth MacFarlane is a “talentless writer” who “doesn’t have a clue …
President Obama’s First Day by Ted Rall and David Essman
Animator David Essman posted this piece he animated on the Cartoon Brew Facebook group. The humorously animated film pokes fun at …
Light-Paint Piano Player by Ryan Cashman
Ever since the animated short Pika Pika by Takeshi Nagata and Kazue Monno, there’s been a slew of light-animation both in the advertising …
Uh-Oh! Disney Princess Spaghettios?
Eat your heart out, Andy Warhol! I saw this ad (click thumbnail below) in the Sunday newspaper coupon section (yes, I clip coupons). I …
Video Cartoonizer
Why draw when you can filter? Release your inner Richard Linklater with the Video Cartoonizer.”Upload a personal home movie, hit a few …
Cartoon Brew TV: The Pumpkin of Nyefar
We’re excited to present episode 2 of Cartoon Brew TV. It is the short film The Pumpkin of Nyefar directed by Tod Polson and Mark …
Cartoon Brew TV #2: The Pumpkin of Nyefar by Tod Polson and Mark Oftedal
The Pumpkin of Nyefar (2004) is a short directed by Tod Polson (El Tigre, Another Froggy Evening, Poochini) and Mark Oftedal. The story …
Cartoon Dump on Tuesday Night
I’m just back from Ottawa and hung over from a week of watching great animation. Tomorrow night is the antidote: Cartoon Dump, our …
Highlights from Ottawa
I’ve been in Ottawa since Wednesday and it’s been wall-to-wall screenings, presentations and panels (not to mention parties, meetings and …
Rabbits Kin 2.0
Matthew Hunter and Jon Cooke have a terrific blog which I’ve linked to before, Miscel-Looney-ous, which regularly examines the odds and …
Truth in Advertising: Shrek the Musical
They said it so I don’t have to: a surprisingly accurate ad for the Broadway version of Shrek.
Igor Talkback
Amid and I are still in Ottawa immersed in animation. One film we haven’t seen is Igor, which opened all over the U.S. and Canada this …
Presto! Little Golden Book
Brew reader “George” has just informed me of the publication of a Presto! Little Golden Book. With art by Teddy Newton, George says “it’s …
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