.png){kind=logo}
That’s Entertainment!
Most people who appreciate animation also enjoy the ancient art of hand lettering and vintage advertising graphics. Thus, I bring your …
Search Results forall
Remembering The Other Joe Grant
The talented
REVIEW: MIND GAME
It’s not often that I get excited about an animated feature, particularly a Japanese animated feature, but I’m really eager to check out …
Paintings by Amanda Visell
Amanda Visell, co-founder of The Girls Productions (plugged earlier HERE), is part of a group art show that opens this Saturday, May 7, …
Loonatics Title No More?
Warner Bros. TV Animation continues to dig itself into a deeper and deeper hole of its own making with its LOONATICS fiasco. First, they …
FROSTY PENCIL TEST
Rick Goldschmidt has posted a set of rare stop-mo animation spots on his Rankin Bass website. We especially like the short 2-D FROSTY THE …
JANET KLEIN
If you are in Hollywood on Thursday night – and are looking for things to do – I highly recommend you spend an evening with Janet Klein …
TOOT WHISTLE PLUNK AND BOOM
There’s a great post about the classic Ward Kimball short TOOT WHISTLE PLUNK AND BOOM (1953) at the appropriately named Ward-O-Matic, the …
Raul Garcia’s The Tell-Tale Heart
Veteran feature animator Raul Garcia (ALADDIN, THE LION KING, POCAHONTAS and many others) has finished his personal short film, THE …
Monday Morning Inspiration: Dave Wasson
Check out Dave Wasson’s reel at the Acme Filmworks website. There’s a lot of good stuff on it, but best of all, the final item on the …
Some Kind of UFO Blah Blah
Serbian designer/animator Sinisa Sumina has created a really cool 30-second self-promotional piece that combines retro-imagery with a …
Eddie Friedman (1912-2005)
Bronwen Barry writes on Animation Nation: I have to post this sad note on the passing of my dear,dear friend (and, at one time, bowling …
A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS
As Amid is mired in deadline hell (see below) and I’m in the midst of a move (for the next three weeks), updating Cartoon Brew may be a …
50s animation design book update
If you have called or emailed me in the past couple months and have not received a response, please accept my apologies. I have been …
Brad Bird @ The San Francisco Film Festival
Brew correspondant Steve Segal sends us a link to a San Francisco Chronicle article about Brad Bird, recently speaking at the San …
Loonatics: A lesson in mediocrity
How pathetic are the execs at Warner Bros. Animation? They’ve junked the original LOONATICS designs and made new ones because an …
Koji Morimoto Short
I have no idea what this film is about, but I sure enjoyed all the inventive cartoon movement in it. It’s a music video of sorts (sounds …
Bob Gardiner 1951-2005
From the San Francico Chronicle:James Robbins “Bob” Gardiner – Passed away April 21, 2005, in Grass Valley, California, where he resided …
MYRON & SID
Brew correspondents Juan Alfonso and Jed Martinez went to the American Royal Arts Gallery in Fort Lauderdale FL, yesterday to celebrate …
900 of 928