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An Interview with Platform’s Irene Kotlarz
The Oregonian offers an interesting interview with Platform Animation Festival director Irene Kotlarz. She offers some bold thoughts in …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
All About Arnold Stang
New York freeform radio station WFMU has one of the best blogs devoted to alternative pop culture and strange music. Today’s post by …
Artists Behind ‘Frozen,’ ‘Corpse Bride,’ And ‘Up’ Teach Character Design In New Course From The Creators U
Five leading designers share practical exercises, drawing demonstrations, and lessons from creating characters like Ellie and Sadness.
Ratatouille Triumphant
Brad Bird at last night’s world premiere of Ratatouille at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The best film of the summer will be …
Notes from Annecy
Another edition of Annecy has wrapped and the winners have been announced. The top short film prize, the Annecy Cristal, went to Suzie …
The 3 Minnies: Sota, Tonka and Ha-Ha
This week on Cartoon Brew Films, we are happy to present another rare animated film long considered lost: The 3 Minnies: Sota, Tonka and …
Amid@Platform
I’m still recovering from Annecy but the Platform Festival is coming up in Portland in a few days and it promises to be another intense …
Kirikou to Become Stage Musical
Variety is reporting that the Michel Ocelot’s animated film Kirikou and the Sorceress is set to make the transition to a stage musical …
First Hitler, now Mussolini
How many facists does it take to create a classic cartoon character? A play we posted about earlier concerning a fictional meeting …
Drinking and Drawing @ Platform
Cartoonists going to the Platform International Animation Festival in Portland next week will be invited to be part of an experimental …
MONTREAL: Frédéric Back Exhibit
Montreal folks have been getting some awesome animation exhibits lately. Philip Street writes about one that he saw recently: Brew …
COPENHAGEN: Kay Nielsen Exhibit
The GL. Holtegaard museum near Copenhagen has a Kay Nielsen exhibit on display until August 19. The show features over 120 drawings and …
New George of the Jungle in Flash
Here’s a sneak peek at some finished footage from the new Flash animated George Of the Jungle, in production by Studio B in Vancouver for …
Lou Romano’s New Yorker Cover
Congrats to Lou Romano who painted the cover for this week’s New Yorker. Various illustrators who work in animation, like Peter de …
New Gobelins Shorts
The latest batch of six student shorts from the French animation school Gobelins have been posted online HERE. All these films debuted on …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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