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An Online Animation Festival
A British internet magazine, The First Post, is hosting the first online animation festival on its site. What does that mean? It …
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Holiday Gift Ideas: Thunderbean Animation Classics
Steve Stanchfield is one of the unsung angels out there who does the important work finding and restoring lost pieces of our animation …
UPA VP Hated Terrytoons
Several years ago, when Playhouse Pictures closed its Hollywood office, cartoonist Mike Kazaleh purchased some old files being sold off …
10K Comments on the Brew!
We reached a milestone earlier in October that I think is worth mentioning: 10,000 reader comments on Cartoon Brew. We only launched …
More on the Schulz Book
There’s a lot more reaction appearing online to David Michaelis’ new book Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography. In the Wall Street Journal, …
Patrick Smith Show in NY
New York animator Patrick Smith, who has also created numerous public art installations throughout the years, is making a major entry …
Aurora In The UK
After Annecy and Platform, I figured I’d had my fill of animation festivals for the year, but I’m rethinking that stance after hearing …
Spilled Oil
Here’s a nice environmentally-themed complement to the Koji Yamamura piece posted on the Brew yesterday. Spilled Oil is a new hand-drawn …
Popeye Song Folio
One of the best pieces of Fleischer Popeye memoribilia ever created was a 32 page compilation of sheet music, the Popeye Song Folio, …
San Diego Comic Con: Animation Programming
They’ve just posted the complete schedule of programming for the San Diego Comic Con, July 26-29. Below I’ve extracted the animation …
Platform Snaps
I’ll share my thoughts on the Platform festival in a bit, but first, a few snaps from this past week. As you can probably tell from these …
Report from Platform #4
This is my last report from the Platform Fest in Portland, the last time you’ll see my mug here for a long while. That’s me on the left …
Fleischer/Famous lettering
One of my guilty pleasures, when watching Paramount cartoons from the mid-1930s through the late 1940s, is admiring the incredible …
Lots of Lou
Lou Romano (The Incredibles, Powerpuff Girls) recently had his own personal drawing jam where he made dozens of sketches and then painted …
This Tuesday in LA: I Am 8-Bit
I Am 8-Bit, the yearly artistic celebration of retro-video games, returns tomorrow night, April 17, to Gallery 1988 (7020 Melrose Ave, …
Platform Selections Announced
Yesterday the Platform International Animation Festival announced their competition selections for films and installations. Film …
Famous Balloon Movies
An independent director (who asked to remain nameless, but often works for Disney), did these sequences a few years ago for an overseas …
Elbert Tuganov (1920-2007)
Pioneering Estonian animator Elbert Tuganov has passed away at age 87. Chris Robinson, author of Estonian Animation: Between Genius and …
New Anime at the Egyptian
Roughly a month from now, on Saturday March 31st, the American Cinematheque and The Japan Foundation are presenting a double bill of two …
American Dog or London Adventure?
Jim Hill blogged today about how Disney is revamping story of American Dog, now that Chris Sanders has been let go. Hill reports …
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