Books

Spongebob Little Golden Book

Regular Brew readers are aware that I collect old Little Golden Books relating to animation and have frequently mentioned my admiration …

Animators

Bob Peterson Talks Dogs and Dug

Bob Peterson, the co-director of UP and voice of Dug, is interviewed by Glenn Close about his affection for dogs. He offers some good …

Site News

David Scheve Caricature Contest

David Scheve’s lawyers at The Deep Archives sent us a DMCA takedown notice today demanding our webhost Webintellects remove the photo of …

Pixar

For the Birds Controversy

The Internet which is always looking for a good controversy is trying to stir one up over a Pixar short. Lineboil.com pointed out a …

Events

UP wins Golden Globe

“Animation is not just for kids. It is also for adults who take drugs.” And there you go. That’s how Hollywood perceives us. Paul …

CGI

Avatar, The Animated Film That Wasn’t

I was thinking today, If Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel has enough animation in it to be eligible for Best Animated Oscar, and A …

Disney

New Still from Disney’s Rapunzel

A new image from Disney’s Rapunzel. Click on it for the full image. If the goal was to fit every color, texture, and pattern known to …

CGI

‘Alma’ by Rodrigo Blaas

For a limited time during the holidays, Rodrigo Blaas has made his spooky CG short Alma available for viewing online. Blaas is an …

Pixar

Up meets Gran Torino

USC film student Daniel Johnson noticed a few similarities between Pixar’s Up and Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino. So he recut Up’s trailer …

Cartoon Culture

Awards Season

Within the last few days, many of the Hollywood award associations and motion picture critics have selected their best-of picks for 2009. …

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