Disney

Disney Gives Credit, 1932

As a follow-up to Amid’s post yesterday on Disney’s Pinocchio trade ad, David Lesjak (who runs two of the best Disneyana blogs on the …

Books

Let’s Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile

Apparently it’s the season for children’s books by animation artists. A couple weeks ago, we wrote about the new kids’ book by Tom …

Animators

George Pal in Hollywood

George Pal came to America in 1940 with a contract to make animated shorts for Paramount. His Madcap Models (later Puppetoons) were a …

Classic

The Warner Archive Collection

Starting today, Warner Bros. begins opening their film vaults by making hundreds of previously unavavilable movies available on DVD. For …

Iphone

MouthOff

Lots of interesting new animation-related iPhone apps are being released, and I’m going try and write about as many as I can on the Brew. …

Music Videos

SSSR

Hey, I really like these guys. Their work is strange – but fun. Back in August Amid linked to a United Airlines spot by the …

Shorts

Presto on iTunes

Heads-up, Pixar’s latest short Presto is now available on iTunes for $1.99. It’s currently the #1 selling short film download on Apple’s …

CGI

Horton Hears a Who! Comparison Reel

Blue Sky animator Jeff Gabor recently posted on his website a comparison reel from Horton Hears a Who! that shows his live-action …

Disney

The Salaries of Disney Execs

While Disney artists bring their imaginations to life through animation, Disney executives are living a lifestyle that animators can’t …

Shorts

The History of America by MK12

Kansas City-based motion graphics/design collective MK12 recently completed their long-awaited epic short The History of America. I, …

Animators

More about the Death of Paul Boyd

The CBC has a followup article about the tragic police shooting of Vancouver animator Paul Boyd, mentioned here yesterday. The article …

Books

Monday Morning Maurice

Not sure why I’ve never linked to this before but here is an illuminating 1991 interview with legendary animation background designer …

Cartoon Culture

Brew Radio: TODAY!

Here’s the reminder: yours truly, Jerry Beck, will appear on a live Internet radio chat today at 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific. I will be …

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