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THINKING ANIMATION PANEL
If you’ve got 45 minutes to spare, you might enjoy this panel I was on last week at the Disney studio. It was set up by animators Angie …
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ANIMATED FEATURES BY SOLO ARTISTS
With several big budget funny animal epics opening almost weekly, 2006 may well go down as the year of CG feature burnout. But 2006 may …
PATRICK OWSLEY’S BLOG
Cartoonist Patrick Owsley has started a blog. He’s one of the rare few character merchandising artists who seem to be channeling the …
ED BENEDICT
The Associated Press posted an obit by John Rogers for Ed Benedict last night, and it’s been picked up by USA Today, ABC News, San …
Virgil Widrich’s FAST FILM (2003)
FAST FILM (2003) by Virgil Widrich is one of those films that reminds me why I love animation in the first place: it’s a medium in which …
Why Did Fox Bury Mike Judge’s IDIOCRACY?
One of the biggest film mysteries of 2006 still remains unanswered: Why did Fox bury the release of IDIOCRACY, the new live-action film …
THE LITTLE PUPPET BOY
Johannes Nyholm is a fascinating visual artist, animator and filmmaker from Sweden. He’s currently working on a stop motion serial, and …
Miyazaki and Son
If anybody is in need of some tough love from Dr. Phil, it’s probably Hayao Miyazaki and his eldest son Goro. This Reuters article about …
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 …
Amid in Ottawa, Eh?
Tomorrow I’m off to the yearly North American gathering of the animation tribe, otherwise known as the Ottawa International Animation …
More On Bernie Wolf (1911-2006)
Yesterday we posted an obit for Berny Wolf (1911-2006). Here’s links to other people talking about Berny’s life and work: Mark Evanier, …
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 …
Sony Animation in LA TIMES
With the upcoming release of OPEN SEASON, all eyes are on Sony and whether its CG feature animation division will be a hit or a flop. The …
Uli Meyer on Art Babbitt
Director/animator Uli Meyer sent in the following personal story after I posted the link to the NY TIMES story about Art Babbitt’s second …
Ed Benedict (1912-2006), RIP
Earlier this evening I received word from Van Partible and David Sheldon that animation legend Ed Benedict passed away in his sleep this …
THE ANIMATED FILMS THAT GOT AWAY
For those of you in Los Angeles who can’t make it up to Ottawa this year, the American Cinematheque has an alternative for you. UNSHOWN …
All About Charlie (Charles) Byrne
We get letters. From Stacey Byrne-GibbsMy father, who is now 89 years old had two brothers (Tom and Charles / Charlie) who were both …
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 …
Nicholas Gurewitch’s Perry Bible Fellowship
If you spend time online, chances are you’ve already run across PERRY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP by Nicholas Gurewitch. The comic is hard to …
8-Bit Opera
Whoever thought Salome’s “Dance of the Seven Veils” done in 8-bit graphics would be laugh-out-loud funny? Christian Zagler’s SALOME IN …
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