OH!
Tonight, March 2nd at 8pm, Janet Klein and the Parlor Boys celebrate the release of their 5th album, entitled: “Oh!” So, if you have yet …
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Calling All Graphic Designers
Ok folks, something a bit different. We’re looking to redesign the CartoonBrew logo. It’s been up for two years, and we think it’s high …
Ibermedia Next Backs 14 New Tech And Open Source Animation Projects
Ibermedia Next, an initiative organized by the Ibermedia Program, has announced the results of its call for animated projects that …
Musker and Clements Return To Disney
O-Meon.com is reporting that veteran Disney directing duo John Musker and Ron Clements (THE LITTLE MERMAID, ALADDIN) are returning to …
Toy Story 2 Requiem
This is a genius trailer mash-up of TOY STORY 2 and Darren Aronofsky’s gritty REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. (Click on the image above to watch the …
OSWALD STENCILS ON EBAY
A super-cool and incredibly rare 1928 Oswald The Lucky Rabbit Stencil Set sold on ebay today for $1525. Click here for photo gallery of …
CARTOONS AT UCLA
Heads up for those in Los Angeles area. On Friday (3/3, 7:30pm) the UCLA Film & Television Archive is running a tribute to Comic Art …
Cartoons for Victory!
I rarely buy dvds, but one of the few that I’m planning to get is the forthcoming GOLDEN AGE OF CARTOONS: CARTOONS FOR VICTORY!. I saw a …
HARRY VISITS PIXAR
Our pal Harry McCracken goes inside Pixar and tells us about it on HARRY-GO-ROUND.
An Apple For The Mouse
An article in BARRON’S is suggesting that Apple may eventually purchase Disney, sending up stock futures by 6%. I think there’s a good …
A Blair A Day…
It’s Mary Blair Week!Guess where?
John Canemaker in the NY TIMES
Yesterday’s NY TIMES (use BugMeNot to bypass registration) had a piece by Charles Solomon about John Canemaker’s Oscar-nominated short …
Tachiguishi Retsuden
TACHIGUISHI RETSUDEN is an upcoming Japanese animated film by Mamoru Oshii (GHOST IN THE SHELL) and Production IG. It is yet another …
Doogal Tanks
Well, that didn’t take long. Congrats to our friends at the Weinstein Company for releasing the first CGI bomb of 2006, DOOGAL. The film …
WIRED ON SCANNER DARKLY
Good article on the CG rotoscope technique used in WAKING LIFE and challenges in making the forthcoming A SCANNER DARKLY in the latest …
PLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE
Hans Perk of A. Film A/S in Denmark sent us these drawings (below) and storyboard images (above) from unfinished Disney production #2428, …
Classic Cartoon Video Podcasts
Michael Barrier posted an article excerpt on his site from yesterday’s WALL STREET JOURNAL that said the Vintage ToonCast, which is an …
Don Knotts, RIP
Don Knotts has passed away. He’ll always be remembered as Barney Fife and Raph Furley, though Knotts also had a lot of animation to his …
A CAR-TUNE PORTRAIT
One of the hot things emerging on several cartoon blogs lately is the detailed deconstruction of classic animated features and shorts. By …
The New Yorker Cover That Wasn’t
This story is more about illustration than cartoons, but Bill Joyce is a familiar face in animation nowadays. He was the production …
THE LITTLE SHORT SIGHTED SNAKE
A new childrens short, The Little Short Sighted Snake, produced in Estonia and designed by Benjamin Bocquelet (of London’s uber-talented …
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