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DISNEY’S ABC’S OF HAND TOOLS
In 1946, long before it owned the ABC Television Network or created alphabet spelling books for children, Disney made an industrial film …
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Stylistic Evolution in Crayon Shin-chan
My favorite anime critic, Ben Ettinger, recently wrote a piece about the long-running Japanese animated series CRAYON SHIN-CHAN and how …
MEET JUNE FORAY AND COREY BURTON
On Wednesday, May 17th, Van Eaton Galleries will host a benefit for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archives: The Art of Voice Acting for …
CARS AND CARTOON BREW
What does CARTOON BREW have in common with Disney/Pixar’s CARS?Give up?? The answer is the lettering in both of our logos was designed by …
Not-Quite-Animation Books
A roundup of recent non-animation books that have caught my attention: I don’t know how Lane Smith does it, but every one of his …
Disney At War
Cartoon Brew reader Chris Olson, who sent in the fantastic ‘making of’ Pinocchio article a few weeks back, recently sent over a couple …
OLI’S CHANCE
OLI’S CHANCE is a new German short that I discovered on character designer Harald Siepermann’s blog. The film can be viewed HERE (Windows …
Animation Blast 9 Update
Good news folks. ANIMATION BLAST 9 will be (finally) headed to the printer this Friday. I’m spending all this week doing final edits and …
Pierre Bernard takes on Cartoon Network
Graphic designer Pierre Bernard has a regular segment on LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN where he rants about things that annoy him. Last …
TWEETY STORYBOARD
Our friends at the Van Eaton Galleries have just sold the complete storyboard to the classic 1949 Merrie Melodies cartoon BAD OL’ PUTTY …
LOONEY TUNES CARDS – MYSTERY SOLVED!
Mystery solved! Rich LaPierre, at Hallmark Cards, is the artist/designer of the new Looney Tunes greeting cards I’ve been raving about. …
MAYERSON ON ANIMATION
BOOKMARK ALERT: Animator and cartoon historian (not to mention a friend of mine for over 30 years) Mark Mayerson has started a blog. And …
PRESTON BLAIR’S ANIMATION BOOK
You know it. You have it. You’ve studied it from cover to cover. Preston Blair’s ANIMATION is the book on character animation basics. …
Happy Cinco De Mayo!
We received a lot of positive feedback when we did “Jazz Cartoon Friday” so here’s another themed collection of cartoons. Today is, of …
DreamWorks to be bought out?
Worthwhile read: A couple days ago, the LA TIMES published an ARTICLE about the possibility of currently independent DreamWorks Animation …
JANET KLEIN
If you are in Hollywood tonight – I highly recommend you spend an evening with Janet Klein And Her Parlor Boys. I’ll be there with my …
MORE NEW LOONEY ART
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck may be gone from the Cartoon Network, but we seem to be in the midst of a new “golden age” of Looney Tunes …
BABY BUGGY BUNNY (1954) = LITTLE MAN (2006)
I had a theory years ago… the greatest generator of modern Hollywood movie ideas must be the plot synopsis sections of Leonard Maltin’s …
FOX TROT ON CARTOON NETWORK
Today’s FOXTROT comic strip, by Bill Amend, sums it all up. Earlier coverage of Cartoon Network’s decision to begin producing …
Shorts by Igor Kovalyov
Ukranian-born Igor Kovalyov has had a bit of a dual-career in animation, working both as an independent filmmaker and in the mainstream …
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