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A Letter from Ward Kimball
Animator and director Will Finn has posted a letter that he received from Ward Kimball in 1973 packed with sage words about becoming an …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Disney Feature’s New Name
Disney’s ad this year in the Annecy animation festival program book announced a new name for their feature animation division. They’ve …
SVA’s Computer Arts Community Shines At SIGGRAPH 2025
SVA’s MFA Computer Arts program made a strong impact at SIGGRAPH 2025, with student volunteers, alumni, and faculty contributing throughout the conference.
The Bigger Picture
As an ex-theatrical film distributor myself, I’m always following trends in the industry as it evolves due to new technologies and …
Michael Sporn @ ASIFA-East
Heads up, New Yorkers. Michael Sporn will be discussing his short films at an ASIFA-East gathering tomorrow night at 7pm, at the School …
Paramount Shorts 1934
Here’s a killer item on ebay. If I could afford it, I’d buy this. Since I can’t I might as well post it here and maybe one of our …
Magic Moving Images
I was going to post about Collin Ord’s forthcoming book Magic Moving Images: Animated Optical Illusions, but he’s posted a (silent) video …
Disney In Deutschland
For those of you who were disturbed by our post of Bimbo in Israel, here’s the flip side of the coin. Currently playing in San …
Variety: Ratatouille Rave Review
Variety has posted the first trade review of Ratatouille – and it’s a rave. “After the superhero spoof of “The Incredibles” and the …
Weather Man
Soundac was the Miami Florida animation studio that did commercials, station IDs, and most famously, the first color cartoon for TV …
Goodbye Toucan Sam
An era has ended. Kellogg’s has announced it will no longer market its sugared cereals to children. Kellogg’s also said it would stop …
Go see “Surf’s Up”
Last night Asifa-Hollywood had a screening of Surf’s Up and I moderated an enjoyable Q&A with Ash Brannon and several key members of the …
The Horrors
This a bit disturbing – but I like it. A new music video from UK punk bank The Horrors, She’s The New Thing, Directed by Corin Hardy.
Eddie studies Clampett Inbetweens
Is anyone employed in the U.S. as an “inbetweener” anymore? Has the computer taken that over, too? Our pal Eddie Fitzgerald has …
Way Out Junk
Eye candy and ear wax. Tony from Way Out Junk has amassed a treasure trove of obscure, offbeat children’s records, mainly from the …
Bimbo in Israel
Not sure if Max Fleischer would approve. Bimboim’s Trip to the Western Wall has screened in New York, and film festivals in Belgium …
Vending Machine Red!
In Japan, Coca Cola has started airing a set of non sequitur comedy skits starring a giant Coke Machine wandering around Tokyo. …
Rick & Steve
What hath South Park wrought? Rick & Steve debuts on the Logo cable channel July 10th. A sneak preview clip is posted here.
Columbia’s Barney Google
One of the “Holy Grails” amongst us cartoon historians is the series of four Barney Google cartoons produced in Technicolor by Columbia …
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