Brice Mack, RIP
Animation Magazine reports that background painter Brice Mack passed away on January 2 at the age of 90. His backgrounds appeared in …
Animation Magazine reports that background painter Brice Mack passed away on January 2 at the age of 90. His backgrounds appeared in …
Nothing hits the spot after a hard’s day work like seeing a few good Preston Blair swipes. Reader John Luciano writes, “I never get tired …
Do you hate the pedestrian state of storytelling in today’s animated features? Probably not as much as Paul Dini does. Dini, best known …
The nominees for the 80th annual Academy Awards were announced this morning: Best Animated Feature • Persepolis …
If you are anywhere–and I mean anywhere–in the DC area on February 15 and 16, then mark your calendars for the American premiere of …
Last August Jerry wrote about one of the newest animation fads sweeping through Japan: a crude, borderline inept, series of animated …
While Disney artists bring their imaginations to life through animation, Disney executives are living a lifestyle that animators can’t …
If I had a Sony PSP (or played video games for that matter), I’d be looking forward to the February release of Patapon, a visually …
A recently published panel cartoon by Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry. (Thanks, Steve Segal)
Animator Dan Meth is hosting his second annual Drinking and Drawing event in both New York City and Portland Oregon next Wednesday (Amid …
There are certain details of animation history that have always bothered me. For example, how did Tex Avery, arguably the greatest …
I’m way overdue in posting, plugging and praising these two fine publications. In this day and age of blogs and dedicated websites, …
Serving as an appropriate complement to this earlier piece on Cartoon Brew, animation legend Gene Deitch has written a piece for …
We are happy to announce that Cartoon Brew is now accepting ads from third-party advertisers (in other words, you) in our right-hand …
Folks in and around the Bay Area should make a point to check out the “The Art and Flair of Mary Blair” exhibition which continues at the …
The Chicago Spire, a building designed by superstar architect Santiago Calatrava, is poised to become North America’s tallest …
Is anyone surprised that Persepolis wasn’t nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar? No foreign animated film submitted by its …
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced their nominees for outstanding achievement today: ANIMATED …
Earlier this month, I linked to illustrator Steve Brodner’s podcast series “The Naked Campaign” which offers his views on various …
A few random notes on the French animated feature Persepolis: • Upon winning the best animated feature prize from the NY …