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Elbert Tuganov (1920-2007)
Pioneering Estonian animator Elbert Tuganov has passed away at age 87. Chris Robinson, author of Estonian Animation: Between Genius and …
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John Hubley’s Flat Hatting
We’ve debuted a new film on CartoonBrewFilms. It’s John Hubley’s Flat Hatting, a rare 1946 US Navy training film produced at UPA (at the …
Alone, Stinking & Unafraid: Screen Test Dummies
In this new edition of Alone, Stinking & Unafraid, Chris Robinson, the Artistic Director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, …
Alone, Stinking And Unafraid: Fallen Angels
Cartoon Brew’s Jerry and Amid are pleased to welcome our friend Chris Robinson and his new semi-regular column Alone Stinking and …
Forgotten Cartoon Legends #2: Muggy-Doo Boy Cat
I can’t explain MUGGY-DOO BOY CAT, but I feel compelled to acknowledge its existence.Animator Hal Seegar (1917-2005) had a prolific …
George Miller Has A Case of Foot-in-Mouth
HAPPY FEET director George Miller gives us a classic line, from a recent piece in the WASHINGTON POST: “I knew even the greatest …
FESTIVAL REPORT: 2D OR NOT 2D
Animator Nancy Beiman (of the Rochester Intitute of Technology) sent in this first hand report from 2D OR NOT 2D FESTIVAL held in Everett …
Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut
UPDATE (NOV. 25, 2010): If you came here via the Nostalgia Critic’s review, welcome to Cartoon Brew. Take a moment to browse around the …
CalArts at MoMA
“TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures” is an ambitious film program (curated by Josh Siegel) that aims to document the work of …
Yuri Norstein’s HERON AND CRANE (1974)
If you have an extra ten minutes to spare today, you can spend that time no better than watching the lyrical short HERON AND CRANE (1974) …
Good Lord!
Nobody does a better job of parodying “retro” styles of animation than J.J. Sedelmaier. He’s done it time and time again from his …
Toy Story 2 Requiem
This is a genius trailer mash-up of TOY STORY 2 and Darren Aronofsky’s gritty REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. (Click on the image above to watch the …
Happy 80th, Oscar Peterson
I couldn’t let this pass by without making some mention of it: here’s a belated happy birthday to legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, …
Not Tom Oreb
I’ve had a few people email me this morning asking me to check out this Tom Oreb artwork from Ward Kimball’s DISNEYLAND space episode …
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 …
Will the Real Jim Flora Please Stand Up
Here’s a SITE with examples of an artist doing a poor Jim Flora impersonation. Unfortunately, the artist is Jim Flora himself, and these …
Misplaced Honor
ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the three recipients for this year’s Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award and they are Don Bluth, …
“Polar Express” Nonsense
I haven’t liked what I’ve seen so far on THE POLAR EXPRESS, but I’m willing to give Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks the benefit of the …
Incredible Art
Just noticed that THE ART OF THE INCREDIBLES, which could be alternately titled “The Genius of Teddy Newton,” is now shipping at Amazon. …
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