Disney Artist Documentaries
WOW – this totally made my morning! Sheridan student Alan Cook has been posting on YouTube the Disney “Family Album” TV shows. Each of …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut
UPDATE (NOV. 25, 2010): If you came here via the Nostalgia Critic’s review, welcome to Cartoon Brew. Take a moment to browse around the …
Artists Of Any Skill Level Can Create Professional Quality Animation With Cartoon Animator 5.2’s Motion Pilot
CTA dev Garry Pye and his 15-year-old daughter Maddison demonstrate how easy creating animation is with CTA 5.2.
Two New Books
Two great new books, mentioned prevously on this site, have finally been published and both are a lot better than I imagined – and highly …
Lou Bunin and Jiri Trnka Articles
Animation director Mike Sporn is always posting inspiring items on his Splog, among them, these two rare magazine articles about stop …
2D Back at Disney?
Rhett Wickham at LaughingPlace.com has a positive report about what’s happening at Disney Feature Animation and how John Lasseter is …
FREE CARTOONS
Today only, Classic Media is offering up a bunch of cartoons for free viewing on Google Video. Episodes of Roger Ramjet, Jay Ward’s Rocky …
LA TIMES ON ASIFA ARCHIVE
Nice bit of publicity in today’s L.A. Times: a full page article for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Pictured in the piece (and …
JITTERBUG FOLLIES (1939)
My name is Amid and I’m a YouTube addict. I can’t help it. There’s so much great animation being posted on that site and I’ve just got to …
DISNEY’S LITTLE MATCHGIRL
Several days ago Amid posted some harsh reactions to Disney’s new 2-D short, The Little Matchgirl, screened at Annecy. I saw the film a …
Cartoon Modern Update
A couple brief notes on my soon-to-be-released book CARTOON MODERN. If you’re a member of the media and would like to receive a …
Disney Storybook Show at Gallery 1988
Gallery 1988 on Melrose Ave. has an interesting show currently on display called “The Storybook Series: Winnie the Pooh.” Here’s the …
CARS Box Office Vs. Earlier Pixar Films
A lot of folks are keeping close tabs on the box office gross of Pixar’s CARS. If you’re one of those people, then you’ll probably dig …
KEN HULTGREN BOOK
For those of you who have gotten your fill of the original Preston Blair Animation book, Clay Croker has posted pages from an even rarer …
A note to the ladies out there
Just thought you’d like to know… Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen, as …
More Great Animation on YouTube
Here’s a couple more rare animated shorts that were recently added to YouTube. The first, FLYING MAN (1962), was helmed by YELLOW …
JIM FLORA INSPIRATION
Art by Jim Flora is being posted by guest blogger Irwin Chusid this week on Leif Peng’s Today’s Inspiration blog. Chusid, author/editor …
Eddie Fitzgerald’s First Animation Job
Cartoonist Eddie Fitzgerald tells a hilarious story on his blog about his first animation job in 1979 at Filmation and his experiences …
RIK MAKI AT VAN EATON GALLERIES
Rik Maki began his career as a baseball pitcher in the minor leagues for seven years before trading in his wooden bat for a wooden …
Hans Bacher’s Book and LITTLE MATCHGIRL
Hans Bacher (art director of MULAN) has posted on his blog some tantalizing page spreads from his forthcoming instructional book, …
Monday Morning Inspiration: MUNRO and ERSATZ
Animation fan Kenny Bullard has recently been posting some terrific, difficult-to-find independent animation on YouTube, including Will …
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