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Paul Scheurich at Comic-Con

Speaking of prints, the image above is a vintage lithograph that I picked up in San Diego (click on it for a larger version). The company …

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THE LOOKING BOX

Here’s some fresh talent. Two young Dutch animators, Joost van den Bosch and Erik Verkerk (Ka-Ching Cartoons), have posted a test section …

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UPA’S TELL TALE HEART

I guess there is no escaping the fact that it’s UPA week here at CARTOON BREW and on Amid’s CARTOON MODERN (Mike Sporn’s Splog has even …

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FREE JIMMY

SLIPP JIMMY FRI (FREE JIMMY) is Norway’s first CG animated feature, and also the country’s most expensive film production to date, with a …

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War Photographer

Cold Hard Flash liked this music video.Drawn liked this music video.And now it’s my turn to like it. “War Photographer” is a Flash …

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LA Film Fest Animation Screenings

Tom Knott writes to let us know that there’s a lot of interesting and rare animation programs happening this month during the Los Angeles …

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MADAGASCAR

Dreamworks Animation’s MADAGASCAR is heading for a wonderful $40 million dollar plus opening weekend box office gross (ranking either #2 …

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Further Beauty-full Thoughts

If you read my last post, you’ll know I’ve been thinking a lot about Sleeping Beauty. So much so that I asked the guys where they stand …

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NEW MACY’S BALLOONS

Disney’s Chicken Littlegetting inflatedThere is nothing more American, and commercial, than the good ol’ Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. …

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PIGTALE

Brew pal Ovi Nedelcu’s new comic PIGTALE debuts on January 12, 2005. Ovi has worked as a character designer/visual development artist on …

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BLUM BLUM

Every so often I see a piece of animation that completely knocks me out, a gem that I never even knew existed. This past weekend I saw …

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FRANK THOMAS (1912-2004)

Frank Thomas, the second-to-last surviving member of Disney’s “Nine Old Men” group of supervising animators, passed away on September 8, …

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Lucasfilm in Asia

Leave it to George Lucas to attempt putting an artistic spin on outsourcing. About his newly formed Lucasfilm animation facility in …

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JOHN K. ANIMATION FESTIVAL

More details to come, but here’s an early heads up: On September 7th and 8th at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, John K. will appear in …

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Books You Can’t Have Yet

Here’s three books that I’ll definitely be buying (or perhaps stealing) when they’re released later this year. ANIMATION NOW!: A visual …

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SCREENINGS: KAUSLER & McCARTNEY

A reminder that this Saturday March 27th at 3pm, at the AFI in Hollywood, animator Mark Kausler will host a screening that will premiere …

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