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A Very Blue Beard
There’s no use even attempting to explain this 1979 Russian animated short–A Very Blue Beard (below in two parts). Just enjoy it…or …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Rediscovering Irv Spector
Director Michael Sporn has recently been in touch with the son of animation legend Irv Spector. Spector worked as an animator, designer …
WIA NYC Animation Festival Returns For Third Year, Celebrating Animation And Community
On November 1, WIA NYC will showcase 28 animated films by emerging students and established independent filmmakers at SVA Theatre.
Oktapodi Online
The French CG student film Oktapodi has been winning all sorts of awards this year including the “Best Animation” prize at the Imagina …
“Space and the Woods” Music Video
Another recent music video to point out. This one is for the band Late of the Pier and their song “Space and the Woods.” The video is …
Irwin and Peppino
This could be one of the “Worst Cartoons Ever” if it WAS a cartoon! Just another insane old children’s record found by Mark Kausler on …
The Alchemy of Animation
Head’s up on Don Hahn’s new book The Alchemy of Animation, which will be available on October 7th. Hahn is, of course, the producer of …
Three Music Videos
Music videos are such a great place for experimentation with visual techniques and ideas. Here’s three that have caught my attention …
Coraline preview
Everything I see from Henry Selick’s new film Coraline looks terrific. Rotten Tomatoes is posting a new, different behind-the-scenes …
Cartoon Song
Someone made an unauthorized video for Cartoon Song by Chris Rice, a song intended as a parody but taken to heart by the Christian …
New United Airlines Animated Spots
United Airlines has unveiled five new animated spots for the Beijing Olympics. The commercial are elegant, visually-driven and beautiful …
Disney Magazine Illustrators
Kevin Kidney has posted a virtual gallery of rare images of original vintage publication art for Walt Disney’s Magazine, featuring art by …
B&F meet Freleng and Clampett
Once again, I’ve dug out a few embarrassing photos of myself which I thought I’d post online for posterity. In 1982, Will Friedwald and …
Animated Chicago by Joe Fournier
One of the newest, and most unexpected, outlets for original animation nowadays appears be newspaper websites. For the past year or so, …
Animated Features for Grown-Ups
FilmInFocus.com has a series of articles entitled “Adult Animation: A Look at How Cartoons Grew Up.” I wrote a piece for them about the …
Who Needs to Pitch?
LA Weekly has two articles this week profiling Amy Winfrey and her animated webseries Making Fiends and Stefan Bucher’s Daily Monster …
New Yorker Cartoon
(Published in The New Yorker August 4, 2008. Drawing by Michael Crawford.)
Bye Bye Toon Disney
The LA Times is reporting that the ten-year-old Toon Disney cable channel will be rebranded next February as Disney XD. The new format …
Gary Mooney 1930-2008
Bob Kurtz reports that veteran animator Gary Mooney passed away on Tuesday August 5th at age 78. The cause was cancer. Kurtz called …
Disney’s first channel
Once again John McElwee has an intriguing post about animation on his Greenbriar Picture Shows blog. This time he reminisces about the …
More Blair Rip-offs
Art Binninger contributes to our never ending parade of Preston Blair rip-offs. Says Art:”The set-up: last night I went over to a …
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