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TONIGHT: Cartoons, Cake and Jerry’s Birthday
Tonight is my monthly cartoon screening at the CineFamily / Silent Movie Theatre so I’ll be spending my birthday doing exactly what I …
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Mouk Trailer
Mary Blair, Richard Scarry, Fyodor Khitruk’s Winnie the Pooh, and anime-styled cuteness are all mashed together in this colorful trailer …
Disney String Basses
Disney artists recently designed five Disney-themed string basses for a charity auction. The pieces look pretty slick. They’ll be …
Vanity Fair on Disney’s Ink-and-Paint Girls
Patricia Zohn writes about Disney’s ink-and-paint girls in this month’s Vanity Fair. She started researching the topic after speaking to …
Lifestyles of Animation Executives: Al Kahn and Jeffrey Katzenberg
I’ve often heard people complain that there’s no money to be made in the animation business. That’s not exactly true. It’s just that the …
The Sunday Funnies (2/7/10)
Eek! By Scott Nickel (2/3/10), Boffo by Joe Martin (2/3/10), and Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard (2/6/10). (Thanks, Jim Lahue, John …
The Annie Winners: UP, Futurama, Penguins and Prep
The 37th Annual Annie Awards were given out tonight at Royce Hall on the UCLA Campus. The winners included:Best Animated Feature Up …
John Stanley
I’ve always been aware of John Stanley, the comic book writer and artist best known for his classic Little Lulu stories (drawn by Irving …
Super Bowl Sunday
All you need to know in 14 seconds…
Sweetworld
Here’s the reel from London-based boutique animation studio Sweetworld. Founded in 2006 by Yasmeen Ismail and Sandra Salter, the studio …
Te Wei (1915-2010)
The master of Chinese animation, Te Wei (Sheng Tewei), has passed away at age 95. Te Wei, a pioneering animator and cartoonist, was …
Instinkt by Mustafa Kandaz
This animated short was made with post-it notes and markers for Dutch channel RVU. They asked several animators to illustrate and …
The Little Cloud – a Filmstrip
I did a post about Cathedral Films back in 2007 when we found a connection between this religious film strip producer and Bill Hanna and …
Virus Attack
Cartoon Network may be trying to attract teens through live-action, but never fear – they haven’t left animation completely behind. …
Graeme Hawkins
One of the most fulfilling aspects of blogging on Cartoon Brew is every so often discovering the young filmmaker who loves to experiment …
Trunk Train
Zé Brandão, who runs Copa Studio in Rio de Janeiro, sent me this cute TV series pilot he made as a co-production with two Brazilian …
Bill Plympton and Pat Smith Argue About Pink Elephants
Scribble Junkies, the new commentary blog by animators Bill Plympton and Pat Smith, is heating up. Yesterday, Bill posted about why he …
HOW-TO: Big Pants Mouse Comic
Gabe Swarr, an animation director at Nick by day, is the creator of the Big Pants Mouse comic strip which appears weekly at …
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