Toy Fair and WonderCon reports
Lili Chin has a report on Toy Fair in New York City and Ronnie del Carmen writes about WonderCon in San Francisco. Good reading and pics.
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Klasky Csupo Drawing LEssons
Looks like Christopher Hart may have some new competition. Behold, animation and drawing lessons from Klasky Csupo. What’s next – singing …
Praxinos’ Odyssey, A New 2D Animation Tool Powered By Unreal Engine, Is Out Now
Praxinos manager and co-founder Elodie Moog joined us for a brief Q&A about the software.
Hack My Robots Book
Amazon has enabled the “Search Inside This Book” feature on my recently published book, THE ART OF ROBOTS, and because a handful of names …
JJ Villard Show in LA
Recent CalArts grad J.J. Villard is having his first LA solo exhibition at Cirrus Gallery (542 S. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013). …
David Stone Martin Lives ON
Tom Neely, director of BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A JOB?, wrote in about yesterday’s post, which included the Bird cover by David Stone …
Drawings that swing
This has nothing to do with animation, but everything to do with good drawing and design. It’s a Japanese website that has an extensive …
Frédéric Back
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will be holding it’s 9th Annual Marc Davis Lecture on Animation Wednesday March 23rd at …
Ottawa 05 Preview
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (September 21-25, 2005) has issued a call for entries for its 2005 edition. Entry forms are …
Animators All Wet
Check out the recent diary entries by MGM animator Irv Spence…apparently in February 1944 it was raining like crazy in Los …
Bob Boyle’s Wubblog
Here’s another production blog called THE WUBBLOG. Bob Boyle explains it all: After seeing your post about the production blog of Nick …
Blogging Persephone’s Production
Nick Cross, an incredibly talented Canadian artist who worked on REN & STIMPY: ADULT PARTY CARTOON, has started his own plog (or …
A SCANNER DARKLY
Submitted for your approval: the trailer for A SCANNER DARKLY
Monday Morning Inspiration
Here’s a work by Bay Area animation veteran Charlie Canfield called HIDE & SEEK. Download it HERE (23mb). It’s a light minute-and-a-half …
Tonight: Plympton at the Nuart
One more time. Tonight at 7:30pm at the Nuart Theater (11272 Santa Monica Boulevard) is another screening of the new 2005 ANIMATION SHOW …
ADVERTISING & INDUSTRIALS
Brew reader Bob Foster found a trio of dvds that compile the best of the industrial and advertising films produced between the 1930s & …
You Go Girl!
As if LOONATICS wasn’t enough, Eddie Mort of MUCHA LUCHA! fame has the lowdown on yet another new WB animation project called LOONATEENS!
Tonight…Hertzfeldt at the Nuart
Just a reminder…tonight, at the Nuart Theater (11272 Santa Monica Boulevard) is the premiere of THE ANIMATION SHOW. I’ll be moderating …
Animation Show Contest #3
We’re giving away our final limited edition ANIMATION SHOW poster today. Here’s a very easy Hertzfeldt-related question: “Which of Don …
CARTOON REMAKES
Unlike Amid (see commentary below), I’m not against the idea of reviving classic cartoon characters. For me, it’s all about how they are …
Animation Show Contest #2
We’re giving away another limited edition ANIMATION SHOW poster featuring the terrific painting by Tim Biskup. Tonight’s question is …
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