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2008 Brew Holiday Gift Guide #1
Several animators have expanded beyond simply publishing their own sketchbooks and have moved up into creating personal illustrated …
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Cartoon Brew 2008 Favorites: Jerry’s Picks
Favorites of 2008? Cartoon Brew co-editor Amid certainly chose several that could have/would have made the top of my list. However, upon …
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 …
Cartoon Brew 2008 Favorites: Amid’s Picks
This is the time of year that news and media organizations begin the avalanche of annual “best of” lists and the like. The thought of …
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 …
A Century of Stop-Motion Animation
Has anybody gotten their hands on this book yet? A Century of Stop-Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman is co-authored by animation …
Woody Woodpecker Favorites
If you are reading this blog and didn’t purchase Volume 1 of Woody Woodpecker and Friends last year… well shame on you! You still can …
Ward Kimball Headstand
Among the discoveries in the newly available Life Magazine photo archives is this headstand by Ward Kimball during one of his steamups in …
Cartoon Brew TV #11: The Shoebox (De Kijkdoos)
The Shoebox is a graduation film created at the Art Academy in Rotterdam by Joost van den Bosch and Erik Verkerk, better known as …
Bolt Doesn’t Strike Lightning
I’m no expert on the box office, but when Disney’s CG “blockbuster” Bolt opens with less than the studio’s throwaway live-action film …
Tendlar-Post Promotional Comic Book
It’s comic book time on Cartoon Brew. I recently acquired a rare 16 page promotional comic book for Kinney Shoe Stores produced by …
Sonic Unleashed
This is the first six minutes from the new video game, Sonic Unleashed. (This video is in Japanese; the good stuff starts at the …
BOOK REVIEW: The Art of Disney’s Bolt
I received a complimentary copy of the The Art of Bolt in the mail recently. I’m going to ignore the fact that it wasn’t intended for me …
Notes on Bolt
Saw Bolt yesterday. Before the screening they gave everyone a promotional deck of playing cards featuring development artwork from the …
Pablo Valbuena’s Wall Animation
Animation is such a ubiquitous part of our contemporary lives that it can no longer be confined to mere screen projection. It …
Sleeping Beauty: Blu-Ray Doesn’t Mean Better
The Blu-Ray release of Sleeping Beauty has generated a lot of attention, not only from the media, but also from animation fans who have …
CONTEST #3: The Art Of Madagascar
Yep, those are sketches of Baby Melman, designed by Craig Kellman, and featured in my brand new book, The Art of Madagascar, Back 2 …
Peanuts Animated Comics
Warner Bros. Motion Comics division has created new series of Peanuts Animated Comics to bring a group of Charles Schulz comic strips to …
Popeye DVD Vol. 3
On sale tomorrow is Popeye Vol. 3. This 2-disc set features the classic wartime cartoons (banned from TV for several decades) with Popeye …
The Big Contest next week
The Presidential sweepstakes isn’t the only big contest being held next week. Cartoon Brew will hold several contests next week with …
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