Animators

Elbert Tuganov (1920-2007)

Pioneering Estonian animator Elbert Tuganov has passed away at age 87. Chris Robinson, author of Estonian Animation: Between Genius and …

TV

REVIEW: El Tigre (Nickelodeon)

My introduction to Jorge Gutierrez’s work was at the 1999 CalArts Producers’ Show. It was a screening of his CG short Carmelo. If I …

Disney

New Peter Pan DVD Ruined?

I haven’t seen the new Peter Pan 2-Disc Platinum Edition, but according to the prolific UK animation director Oscar Grillo, the dvd is a …

Events

Annecy 2007 Selections

The official competition selections have been announced for the world’s longest-running animation festival, the Annecy International …

Books

Halas & Batchelor Cartoons

Though mentioned on the Brew back in May, I just stumbled upon a copy of Halas & Batchelor Cartoons today, at my local Barnes and …

Books

The Magazine Cartoons of Hank Ketcham

This post at Drawn! about Hank Ketcham’s comic work reminded me of an upcoming book that I can hardly wait for—Where’s …

Books

Three Trees Make a Forest Contest

Ok, as promised in the post about the book last Friday, we’re giving away two copies of the book Three Trees Make a Forest, courtesy of …

Books

Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life

Man, I can’t wait for this one! Ammo Books is getting ready to release what could become one of the must-have books of recent times: a …

Books

Three Trees Make a Forest

In fall 2005, two story artists at Pixar—Ronnie del Carmen and Enrico Casarosa—joined forces with Japanese …

Books

New Cover For Animation Art

Three years ago, I – and twenty-three colleagues of mine – put together an illustrated animation …

Old Brew

Persepolis

“When my parents came to the studio, nobody breathed. Imagine you are drawing Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and suddenly a big mouse and …

Old Brew

Upcoming Ratatouille Books

In addition to THE ART OF RATATOUILLE, there’s a couple other books based on Pixar’s upcoming RATATOUILLE that are worth mentioning here. …

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