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Tonight: Tom Sito at UCLA

Tonight at UCLA, Tom Sito will be discussing and signing his new book DRAWING THE LINE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE ANIMATION UNIONS FROM …

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AZUR AND ASMAR

The latest film from director Michel Ocelot (Kirikou) called Azur et Asmar will open in France next Wednesday, October 25th. Looks like a …

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THE NIGHTMARE IN 3-D

The other night I had a chance to screen the 3-D version of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. All things considered, the folks …

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The First Machinima Hit?

Machinima is a CG animation technique that uses real-time, 3D gaming engines for its imagery source as opposed to traditional CG software …

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3 Trees & 3 Flowers in November

The must-see LA art show of the fall season has been anounced. “3 Trees and 3 Flowers” opens November 4 at the Gallery Nucleus (30 West …

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Amid’s Notes from Ottawa 2006

The 2006 edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival marked my fourth straight year that I’ve attended the festival. Instead …

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POLAR PLAYMATES

Three nice cels from Polar Playmates (1946) are currently up for sale on ebay.Polar Playmates, directed by former Disney animator Howard …

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RIK MAKI AT MELTDOWN

After the 3-D cartoons at the Egyptian tomorrow afternoon, I recommend bopping over to Meltdown Comics at 7522 Sunset Blvd. where, from …

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3-D CARTOON FESTIVAL

I’m telling you for the last time! Tomorrow afternoon, Saturday September 16th at 3:30pm, a once in a lifetime screening of all six …

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Fall ’06 Animation Reading

I just realized that I never did an announcement here on the Brew to let everybody know that my book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN …

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Hans Bacher’s AFTER MIDNIGHT

Over the past couple months, Hans Bacher (production designer, MULAN) has been posting some absolutely stunning concept art for a short …

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NIGHTMARE IN 3-D

You may have already heard that Disney is re-releasing Tim Burton’s THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS on October 20th in Disney Digital 3-D …

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Disney/Dahl Gremlins Are Here

We mentioned this quite a while back and now it’s finally available: the Dark Horse re-release of Disney’s ultra-rare 1943 children’s …

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VIETNAM ERA ANIMATION

Coming up later this year from McFarland & Company Publishers is a new book which examines 1960s cartoons from the perspective of the …

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PINK PANTHER SESAME STREET SPOT

Here is eight seconds of DePatie Freleng animation I was unaware of when I wrote my Pink Panther book. Thanks to Nic Kramer for …

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