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Anybody who’s somebody in animation has been Barrier’d at one point or another, and I’m pleased to report that my latest book project, …
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Holiday Gift Ideas: Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings
Over the years, Craig Yoe has put together some of my favorite compilations of classic cartooning (Weird But True Toon Factoids, the Arf …
Tokyo International Film Festival’s Animation Lineup Aims To Bring Creators And Audiences Together
Tokyo’s animation program pairs international premieres and original anime with discussions on creative careers and opportunities for women directors.
Celebri-Ducks
Just when you thought the era of ugly Popeye merchandise was over… In a universe of bad ideas, we may have winner! Or this may be …
Annie Awards
I’m getting an award! The Annie Award nominations were announced this morning. The big news is that the juried awards are going to …
Animation History Round-Up #5
The animation history round-ups have become one of my favorite types of posts to do on Cartoon Brew. It is always eye-opening to see the …
9 Most Racist Disney Characters
I’m not sure how long this has been posted, but I just found out that Cracked Magazine.com has listed what they believe are the 9 most …
Creature Discomforts
Aardman Animation is using their incredible talents to create a series of TV spots to highlight the problems faced by people with …
Weekend Reading: Nick Cross Interview
Ottawa-based animator/director dynamo Nick Cross talks to Chris Robinson about his career in this article in Guerilla magazine. He …
New Flip
Check out the Christmas issue of Flip. This month features stuff to buy from FLIP artists, and articles by Nancy Beiman, Signe Baumane, …
How To Draw Funny Pictures
Bill Stewart of Frantic Films posted a precious family heirloom on flickr: Treasure Chest’s Hobby Craft – Points on Cartooning and How To …
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The Pixar Story Hollywood Screening
We’ve plugged Leslie Iwerks’ new Pixar documentary on the Brew many times before. It’s a must see. I want to alert the Los Angeles area …
Reminder: Hanna Barbera Book Signing
Join me this Saturday, December 1st at 1pm, at the Van Eaton Gallery where I’ll be signing my new book The Hanna Barbera Treasury. The …
Who Invented Motion Capture?
San Francisco commercial director Carl Willat has the shocking and hilarious answer. (Thanks, Karl Cohen)
New Line’s First Animated Film?
UPI is reporting that for “the first time in its 40-year history, New Line will release an animated feature”. That’s not quite true. …
Christmas Nerds
Three nerds turn a nativity scene into a roleplaying battleground. Matt Burnett and Ben Levin spent a year animating this …
Virgin America’s Flight Safety Film
Virgin America’s cool in-flight Safety Film has popped up on You Tube. This piece alone would sway me toward using the upscale, low-cost …
Tack’s Cartoon Tips
Daily Show associate producer Dave Blog posted a flickr set scanned from an old cartooning manual he picked up at an estate …
“Lollipop” by Bonzom
The music video “Lollipop” for musician Mika is a joyful if somewhat overproduced Seventies graphic pastiche. It is the promising debut …
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