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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Here’s an old photo of me in 1964 (age 9) under our pathetic aluminum Christmas tree, all dressed up and proud of my favorite Chiristmas …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
MIYAZAKI’S 28-TON CLOCK
Studio Ghibli presented an early Christmas gift to Tokyo’s Nippon Television Network on Wednesday. A huge mechanical clock, designed by …
The Making Of Natalia Mirzoyan’s ‘Winter In March,’ An Oscar-Qualified Short Telling A Personal Story Of Resistance
‘Winter in March’ is a handcrafted film that uses soft materials to explore difficult, often painful subjects following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
SEASONS GREETINGS
(Thanks, Tom Bertino)
2007 Animated Short Oscar Shortlist
Circulating amongst animators this week was the shortlist of possible Oscar nominees in the Animation Short Film category. The final …
THE 50 GREATEST CARTOONS
Here’s a Christmas treat from the bloggers at CityRag. They found the Wikipedia list, taken from my 1994 book, of The 50 Greatest …
Walt Disney Goes To War
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has posted an amazing 1942 LIFE magazine article about the Disney Studios during WWII. Lots of …
Top 50 Music Videos of 2006
DoCopenhagen has compiled a list of their top 50 music videos of 2006 with a YouTube link to each video. Plenty of animation throughout. …
Good Deal Alert: Adult Swim Shows On Sale
No idea how long this is going to last but Amazon is offering a major discount (70% off) on dvd sets of various Adult Swim series. The …
An Unexpected CG Animator
Can you guess who this quote is from: I have a number of figures that are caricatures of me with an extra-big nose and a longer chin, …
How To Make An Animated Feature
You won’t find a funnier commentary about the pathetic creative state of American animated features than this short called OUTSIDE THE …
More Kaj Pindal
Following our mix-up about Kaj Pindal, we received an email from Michael Carter, Pindal’s producer and partner on the new animated series …
Restoring Santa and Rudolph
The boys and girls at one of my favorite stop-motion studios, Screen Novelties, were recently assigned an unlikely task: restoring the …
BILL AND SUE KROYER’S ARROW
Right after the production of FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST (1992), Bill and Sue Kroyer attempted to produce a noir-ish action-adventure …
Zagreb Film
What happens when a bunch of young animation artists are given their own animation studio and assigned to create hundreds of animated …
Call for Help: Warner Bros. Cartoon History
French animation history Didier Ghez, publisher of the indispensable WALT’S PEOPLE interview series, has started working on a new book …
BARRIER’S BACK!
Michael Barrier returned to his blog yesterday with a lengthy review of Neal Gabler’s WALT DISNEY. Barrier’s been putting the finishing …
Kaj Pindal Alive and Well
photo by Fatkat Animation Studios Earlier today, I ran an item about Kaj Pindal’s passing, but as many have emailed, he is, in fact, …
SUGAR, SUGAR
The Archie Show was one of the biggest hit TV cartoons of the late 60s/early 70s. And the Archie Comics company has been pretty good …
DISNEY TREASURES
Today’s the day the annual “wave” of Disney Treasures come out. Leonard Maltin produces these compilations, and discusses the contents of …
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