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The Best Animation Books of 2009
Here are my picks for the best animation books of 2009. The Colors of Mary Blair –A catalog for an exhibition that happened …
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How to Make $55,000 by Giving Away A Film
Filmmaker Nina Paley explains in the Wall Street Journal how she’s earned $55,000 from her animated feature Sita Sings the Blues by …
Book Review: South of the Border with Disney
The Three Caballeros will always hold a place in my heart. As a child of the 1960s and early 70s, at a time when my class mates were …
Fruitless Efforts
We’ve highlighted the talented filmmakers at MAKE, the animation studio out of Minneapolis Minnesota, before. And as long as they keep …
Luxo sues Pixar/Disney
Poetic justice – or inevitable? The Los Angeles Times reports that the Norwegian lamp maker is suing over non contractual uses of its …
SDCC ’09: The Animation Panels (Thursday and Friday)
Here is the first of Cartoon Brew’s guides to the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. These are only my recommended animation panels for Thursday …
An Exclusive Excerpt from Friends, Fans and Followers
Fans, Friends and Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age may be this year’s must-read book for anybody …
We Swear, It’s Not A Gimmick
To paraphrase a well-worn saying, With employees like these, who needs enemies? The DreamWorks employees interviewed in last weekend’s NY …
Dance Stars of American Animation
New Yorkers, here’s a heads-up on a free program this week at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. …
The 3-D Onslaught
Coraline was the first time I’d seen a film in 3-D in a very long time, and while I enjoyed the film immensely, the 3-D technology was a …
2009 Animation Book Preview
While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished …
Adobe vs Toon Boom
There’s a war brewing in the animation software world and Cartoon Brew is right in the thick of it. In fact, I only became aware of the …
Raggedy Ann pencil test
Sorry this is a bit hard to see, but it’s an early pencil test of Tissa David’s “Candy Hearts” sequence from Richard Williams Raggedy Ann …
Highlights from Ottawa
I’ve been in Ottawa since Wednesday and it’s been wall-to-wall screenings, presentations and panels (not to mention parties, meetings and …
Bedrock City
Bedrock City, the kitschy little theme park in Custer, South Dakota, was created in 1966 by a coalition of local concrete makers. …
Three Books Worth A Look
Here are three cartoon and film-related books that aren’t on my bookshelf but will be soon. The Adventures of Herge: Creator of …
The Art of Pixar’s Short Films
A while back I mentioned briefly on this site that I had been offered an opportunity to write a book for Pixar, and today I thought I’d …
Visions of Frank dvd
Visions of Frank is a dvd that came out last year collecting eight animated shorts by Japanese animators, all based on Jim Woodring’s …
New Book by Chris Robinson
Chris Robinson’s Canadian Animation: Looking for A Place to Happen is one more to add to the list of animation books I’m looking forward …
Holiday Gift Guide: Times Square Spectacular
Times Square Spectacular: Lighting Up Broadway by Darcy Tell, traces the story of the famous Times Square advertising signs, as seen in …
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