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Live-Action Year Without A Santa Claus
From the “What Were They Thinking Department”: NBC has produced a live-action remake of the 1970s Rankin/Bass holiday special THE YEAR …
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Genndy Tartakovsky’s Nicorette Commercial
This Nicorette commercial is the first spot I’ve seen directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (DEXTER’S LAB, SAMURAI JACK) since he became …
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.
Shawn Marion: NBA Star and Cartoon Fan
According to the NEW YORK TIMES, Phoenix Suns forward Shawn Marion loves cartoons and has a collection of thousands of animation dvds. I …
Cartoon Characters and Merchandising
Independent animator (and former syndicated newspaper cartoonist) Chris Harding has a thought-provoking rant on his blog about the perils …
Trippy Commercial by Hans Fischerkoesen
I pointed to some surreal French animated commercials last week, but they don’t come close to this mid-century theatrical spot by German …
SITO AT THE BARN
Attention all Angelenos: Tom Sito, Disney animator, former president of the Animation Guild, and now author of Drawing the Line: The …
THE LIVING ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Animation director Matt Ferguson (Harold Rosenbaum Chartered Accountant and Grossology for Nelvana) has, over the past week, been posting …
Brew Holiday Gift Guide: Stuart Ng Books
The fifth in a series of holiday gift-giving suggestions from your pals at Cartoon Brew. This one is only for folks in southern …
Hardly a Miracle
What happens when a nutty evangelical homebuilder decides to become the next Walt Disney, and hires a bunch of ex-Disney animators to …
Amazing 1950s French Commercials
Here’s a series of ten beautiful animated spots produced in France during the 1950s. It’s inspiring how these commercials take full …
Platform Animation Festival
We’ve needed a good animation festival here in the US for the long time and we may finally be getting it in the form of the Platform …
A DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY
What are you doing on Pearl Harbor Day?This Thursday (tomorrow, Dec. 7th) John Canemaker will be in Hollywood, hosting a program to …
Learn How To Paint H-B Backgrounds
Art Lozzi, a background painter on the early Hanna-Barbera TV cartoons, has written a great little tutorial on his background painting …
SCARY POPPINS
Somebody recut Disney’s MARY POPPINS into a horror film. A cheap laugh but it works.
Happy Birthday, Walt!
Today is Walt Disney’s 105th birthday!As good a reason as any to celebrate.
Preston Blair Swipes: Policeman
What’s one of our favorite recurring topics here at Cartoon Brew? Of course, it’s the “Preston Blair swipe,” which is when an …
HILARIOUS SNOWMAN SPOOF
Brew reader Arthur writes about this funny and well done commercial spoof of the classic British holiday special THE SNOWMAN: To promote …
NY TIMES on New Disney Shorts
Yesterday’s NEW YORK TIMES had an article by Charles Solomon about Disney’s new plan to produce animated short. The article states that …
ANNIE AWARD NOMINEES
The nominees for the 34th Annual Annie Awards have been announced. The complete list is posted here. Here’s a sampling of some of the …
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