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Disney/Pixar: Artists Speak

We asked yesterday evening for artists to send in their thoughts about the Disney/Pixar deal. Below are a select number of the responses …

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Cool Historical Finds

Animator/director Joel Brinkerhoff emailed me with a couple of his recent historical discoveries that he wanted to share. I thought they …

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WALLACE & GROMIT

Unless I’m mistaken, I’ve now seen every substantial theatrical animated feature of 2005 (except CHICKEN LITTLE). MADGASCAR, CORPSE BRIDE …

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READER REPORT: Disney @ Siggraph

Bill Robinson, an animation student at RIT, sent the Brew some thoughtful comments about Disney’s appearance at SIGGRAPH ’05. Here’s what …

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FRED & TED

Remember Beginner Books? The Random House series of books for kids initiated by Dr. Suess with THE CAT IN THE HAT and GREEN EGGS AND …

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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 …

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Nancy BEIMAN’S BLOG

I just stumbled upon animator Nancy Beiman’s new blog. Beiman, a very talented cartoonist, director & teacher – and former neighbor of …

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CALVIN & THE COLONEL

CALVIN AND THE COLONEL ran on ABC in primetime from October 3, 1961 through September 22, 1962. It was on Tuesday nights at 8:30. Today …

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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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SUPER BOWL ANIMATION

We here at Cartoon Brew have no interest in sports, and especially the Super Bowl. But we admit that the advertising created for the …

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Remembering J.P. Miller

Here at Cartoon Brew, we are pleased to present this exclusive remembrance of animation/illustration legend J.P. Miller, who recently …

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T.S. Sullivant and Andreas Deja

From an ARTICLE by Disney master animator Andreas Deja about 19th century illustrator/cartoonist T.S. Sullivant:Sullivant had a truly …

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JOHN PARR MILLER (1913-2004)

The NY TIMES posted this sad news today:John Parr Miller, an early animator for Walt Disney whose later art adorned best-selling …

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DC REPRINTS FOX & CROW!

Well not quite.The Fox and Crow, Flippity & Flop, Sugar & Spike, and Nutsy Squirrel are a few of the characters who get a page devoted to …

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DICK HUEMER MURALS SAVED!

Complain about the Annie awards all you want – Asifa-Hollywood is a great organization that does much good to promote and preserve the …

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Misplaced Honor

ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the three recipients for this year’s Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award and they are Don Bluth, …

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DICK HUEMER MURAL

Richard P. Huemer, son of Scrappy animator Dick Huemer, has an urgent request:A bit of Disney history is about to crumble under the …

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