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Bill Littlejohn (1914-2010)
Word has just reached us that veteran animator Bill Littlejohn passed away in his sleep last night. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in …
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Arrested: Disney and Bluth Animator Jeffrey Varab
Jeff Varab, a veteran character animator with credits on The Fox and the Hound, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Balto, Mulan and Titan A.E., was …
Meet 17-year-old animator, Eric Goldberg
Doug Post of Woodbury University saves everything and recently found this article in a newsletter he used to get as a child. It’s a …
Cartoon Brew TV #25: Depth Study (1957)
By Gene Deitch. A 1957 sales film for CBS Television directed by Ray Favata at Terrytoons with exemplary design by Cliff Roberts.
Variety Attempts to Identify Future Cartoon Talent
Last Thursday, Variety published a list called “Tomorrow’s toon talent: 10 animators poised to become household names” and it was an …
A Lost Fleischer Cartoon
I have friends in the stock footage business. They buy large libraries of old 16mm movies by the ton (usually home movies, travelogues …
Animators Are God?
New Yorkers can enjoy plenty of animation goodness this summer thanks to the Observatory, an arts and event space in Brooklyn (543 Union …
Saturday, Sunday and Monday in LA: UPA, Silent Disney and Cartoon Dump
Saturday, May 22nd: UPA Tribute and fundraiser – 5:00 to 9:30 pm at Woodbury University’s 250 seat Fletcher Jones Auditorium. A Ragtime …
MAD Cartoons coming to Adult Swim
Pssst… I just found out Cartoon Network will be announcing a new animated MAD show at their upfront presentations tomorrow in New York …
Dressing Up As Classic Disney Animators
Trevor Hutchison and Shane McCarthy were invited to a Disney-themed costume party recently, and instead of dressing up as a cartoon …
Warner Bros. Animators ID
Cartoon Research continues…. Earlier this week we posted about a vintage Leon Schlesinger studio program for a Christmas play …
Cartoon Brew TV #22: Howdy Doody and His Magic Hat (1953)
By Gene Deitch. A classic and, until now, lost UPA short from 1953.
Cartoon Brew is Six Years Old
Cartoon Brew launched six years ago today. We’re not doing a whole lot to celebrate–unless eating raisins counts as a celebration–but …
James Cameron: “I’m not interested in being an animator”
In last week’s LA Times, James Cameron continued to assert his position that Avatar isn’t animation, though at least he’s acknowledging …
Lost UPA Cartoon: Howdy Doody and his Magic Hat
Gene Deitch has written this plea before, but he’s not ready to give up hope. The first cartoon he ever directed – for UPA no less – is …
Cartoon Brew TV #21: Together!
We’ve got a new short on Cartoon Brew TV today: Together! (2009) directed by David Sheahan. This was a thesis film created at Pratt …
Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
For the sake of film history, I’ll occasionally seek out odd bits of animation contained in obscure Hollywood movies and post them here – …
Cartoon Brew TV #22: Disney’s The Princess and the Frog
This week on Cartoon Brew TV, we offer an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip, courtesy of the Walt Disney Company, from their forthcoming …
Cartoon Network loses gamble
The LA Times has a huge front page story in it’s Business section today, reporting on Cartoon Network’s recent programming gamble on live …
Cartoon Brew TV #21: “Singles” by Rebecca Sugar
When I first discovered Rebecca Sugar’s drawings, I was perplexed by her work yet dazzled by her drawing chops. She impressed again with …
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