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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 …
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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 …
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.
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. …
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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 …
Rexona Skin Care Spots
Effective paper doll concept and fine execution in this series of South American ads for Rexona Skin Care. One of the spots can be viewed …
THIS WEEKEND IN NYC: MoCCA Art Festival
The MoCCA Art Festival is coming up this weekend in Manhattan. I’ve heard only good things about the event; it’s been described to me as …
Iron Panda Thunder
This is an honest, if not particularly funny, bit from the MTV Movie Awards about the desperation in Hollywood for finding new and unique …
MTV Wants Animators For Reality Show
Animation contests are not a popular subject around the Brew, but this one sounds intriguing enough to mention. MTV is currently …
Panda-monium
Nothing is going to deter me from going to see a film about wacky animals who engage in martial arts, not even this video from the Kung …
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