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AMERICAN DOG

If this is what computer animation means at Disney, then I wish they’d made the switch years earlier. The new pieces of art shown at …

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MOON AND SON Screening in LA

THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION, the well-received 28-minute animated short by famed animation historian John Canemaker, …

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PARAMOUNT CARTOONS

Asifa-Hollywood’s screening this month is for the real die-hards. I’ll be showing about a dozen 1940s-50s Paramount cartoons in 35mm …

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Bill Plympton Loves Mind Game

Masaaki Yuasa’s MIND GAME (mentioned on the Brew yesterday) has received a thumbs-up from none other than Bill Plympton. He concurs with …

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Oh Yeah! Blogs

Anybody can start one blog. Been there, done that. But it takes some fortitude to launch thirty-nine blogs. That’s right, thirty-nine …

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SD CON: Floyd Norman

Animation legend Floyd Norman’s new book HOW THE GRINCH STOLE DISNEY debuts in San Diego this week. In this third volume of gag drawings, …

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SD Con: It’s the Cat

Throughout next week, I’ll be doing some plugs for animation-related products and events at the upcoming Comic-Con International San …

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Le Building

LE BUILDING is a minute-and-a-half film that was used as an opening for the 2005 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The film …

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Shadow Puppets on Nick

Who would have thought: Michel Gagné and Nickelodeon? Michel has been contracted by Nick to produce eleven short animated pieces …

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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 …

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Bobe Cannon

Robert “Bobe” Cannon (1909-1964) is somebody we don’t talk about nearly often enough on Cartoon Brew. I write about Cannon in greater …

Ward Kimball

Tips from Ward Kimball

I was re-reading the Ward Kimball section in John Canemaker’s masterful WALT DISNEY’S NINE OLD MEN AND THE ART OF ANIMATION and ran …

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Gene Hazelton, R.I.P.

Animation designer/comic strip artist Gene Hazelton passed away last Wednesday at age 85. For a thoughtful account of Gene’s work, see …

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Book Review: the ARt of robots

The only thing I enjoy more than plugging the work of animation artists is plugging my own work, so with that in mind, let me direct you …

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John Hubley’s Navy Films

After posts about Flora, Blair and Kimball, how could I resist posting about another cartoon design genius, John Hubley (1914-1977), the …

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“Brew Recommends” Updated

The animation blogging community is growing in leaps and bounds, and we’ve updated our “Brew Recommends” links section (in the right-hand …

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GRIZZLY GOLFER

Tee Bosustow is tweaking his UPA website again. It’s worth dropping by for the temporary animated main page featuring original Art Babbit …

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Must-Read Brad Bird Interview

Mike Barrier has posted the full text of his interview with Brad Bird on his website MichaelBarrier.com and it’s a highly recommended …

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JJ Villard Show in LA

Recent CalArts grad J.J. Villard is having his first LA solo exhibition at Cirrus Gallery (542 S. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013). …

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New Animation Books

Here’s some animation and cartoon-related books coming out in the next few months… Heard any good Mark Twain quotes lately? CHUCK …

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