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Waltz with Bashir, An Animated War Documentary
While DreamWorks debuted its umpteenth cookie-cutter ‘hip’ animal comedy, Kung Fu Panda, at the Cannes Film Festival this past week, it’s …
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Upcoming Chronicle Books
I received the Fall/Winter 2008 Chronicle Books catalog yesterday, and there are a few animation-related books that should be of interest …
Inside SVA’s 3D Animation Program: Clubs, Studio Tours, And Industry Access
See how SVA’s 3D Animation and Visual Effects program uses studio tours, student clubs, and portfolio reviews to prepare artists for careers.
Forces Of Good
Forces of Good is a fun blog that I would plug even if its writer Stefan Blitz didn’t just post an interview with me. Blitz has also …
Wall-E Builders
Talk about dedicated cartoon buffs. There’s a group of Pixar fanatics who are spending months building their own life-size replicas of …
Chomet’s Illusionist footage to debut at Cannes
(click for full-size image) The Hollywood Reporter notes that the first footage from Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist will debut this …
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Inside UPA Update
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update on my latest book Inside UPA but there’s a couple important reasons to write about it now. …
The Disney Girls
I’m fascinated by the continually emerging stories of women who worked in creative positions at Disney during its Golden Age. Women …
Woodies with Walter Lantz
Back before Walter Lantz created Woody Woodpecker, he liked to draw ‘woodies’ of a different kind. Animator Marc Deckter offers an …
Remembering Joe Grant
Today is Joe Grant’s 100th birthday (or the 100th anniversary of his birth). Howard Green sent us these pix with a note, “He passed away …
Bolt Character Designs
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, but unfortunately, none of those words are appropriate for printing on this blog. Even …
Orderly Confusion by Rob Bohn
I saw a lot of films that I enjoyed last week at the SVA student animation show. One of my favorites was Rob Bohn’s Orderly Confusion, a …
Fox Launches Inkubator Shorts Program
This Variety article explains how 20th Century Fox TV and Fox Broadcasting Co. are launching Fox Inkubator, a new inititative designed to …
Portishead Videos by Nick Uff
Nick Uff’s new videos for Portishead songs “The Rip” and “We Carry On” are two of my favorite pieces of animation so far this year. This …
Analyzing the Greatest Game of Baseball Ever
Forget the Cubs vs. Indians. This is the big game!
Southwest Airlines watches Kids TV
The illustration above appears in the latest issue of Southwest Airlines inflight Spirit Magazine. This month the magazine has a fun …
VOICST Music Video by Fons Schiedon
Dutch director and animator Fons Schiedon, previously featured on Cartoon Brew and quickly becoming a favorite director of mine, just …
The Lure of Live-Action
Does the fact that cartoon channels like Cartoon Network and Teletoon are no longer interested in airing animation have any relation to …
Unpaid Stars of the Movies
This 1930 article from Popular Mechanics magazine (below) tries to explain the process of recording sound for animated cartoons in …
Inspired by Cartoon Brew
One of the most rewarding parts of running Cartoon Brew is hearing from artists who are inspired by the items that we post here. Here are …
The Making of a “Wall-E” Picture Book
Illustrator Ben Butcher has done an interview with Grain Edit about his illustration process on Lots of Bots, a graphically-striking …
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