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John Lasseter in the NY Times
Yesterday’s New York Times featured an interview with John Lasseter and some interesting bits can be gleaned from the article. One thing …
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1960 US Navy spot by Bobe Cannon
After Robert “Bobe” Cannon (the genius director of Gerald McBoing Boing) left UPA around 1958, he began to do a lot of commercial …
2007 Animated Short Oscar Shortlist
Circulating amongst animators this week was the shortlist of possible Oscar nominees in the Animation Short Film category. The final …
GREAT TV ANIMATION: MINUSCULE
I wrote about the charming pilot for the TV series MINUSCULE back in September. MINUSCULE is a new CG series from France created by …
FOUR-LETTER FILM
This Friday, November 10, marks the opening of F*CK: A DOCUMENTARY, which examines the origin and uses of a certain word. Besides …
THE “COMPLETE” HARVEYTOONS
Okay, I admit it. I love Famous Studios cartoons. Perhaps at some point I’ll go on at length about why I like them so much (partially …
COMMENTARY: To Pitch Or Not To Pitch?
A few weeks ago, I commended New York animator Pat Smith for making this comment in an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE interview: “The …
PATRICK OWSLEY’S BLOG
Cartoonist Patrick Owsley has started a blog. He’s one of the rare few character merchandising artists who seem to be channeling the …
Ed Benedict (1912-2006), RIP
Earlier this evening I received word from Van Partible and David Sheldon that animation legend Ed Benedict passed away in his sleep this …
JITTERBUG FOLLIES (1939)
My name is Amid and I’m a YouTube addict. I can’t help it. There’s so much great animation being posted on that site and I’ve just got to …
Annecy 2006
I’m back. Thanks to Jerry for holding down the fort and keeping the Brew updated while I was having an awesome time in Marseille and …
FRENCH ANIMATION AT MOMA
Miayazki is the talk of several websites right now (due to his films being showcased this month on TCM), but another international …
Remembering Joe Ranft
Some really beautiful sentiments can be found on-line regarding Joe Ranft (1960-2005). Here’s a handful that stood out to me. The …
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 …
OSCAR NOMINEES
Here’s the raw list:Best animated feature film of the yearThe IncrediblesShark TaleShrek 2Best animated short filmBirthday Boy (An …
Book Plugs
BREW pal, New York cartoonist/animator Mark Newgarden, has written a new book which I’m very much looking forward to picking up when it’s …
The John Kricfalusi Interview, Part 1
An interesting thought occured to me as I was reading this intense exchange of cartoon ideologies between John Kricfalusi and …
THE GARFIELD MOVIE
For those of you who haven’t choked on your Scooby snacks yet – here’s the trailer for the forthcoming live action/CG GARFIELD THE MOVIE, …
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