Animators

A plug for Mo Willems

One person who doesn’t need a plug on Cartoon Brew is Mo Willems. Successful animator turned popular children’s book author, Willems now …

Disney

The Milt Kahl event

Last night’s Milt Kahl tribute at the Motion Picture Academy was a huge (though a bit long) success – if you got into the theater. …

Business

Adobe vs Toon Boom

There’s a war brewing in the animation software world and Cartoon Brew is right in the thick of it. In fact, I only became aware of the …

Events

The AFI Fest

The 2008 AFI Fest starts on Friday (Oct. 31st) and runs through November 9th at several venues (but mainly at the Arclight Hollywood) in …

Events

Academy posts Animation highlights

If you couldn’t make it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills this year for their record number of …

Events

Animation Attack! in Atlanta

As part of the Atlanta Underground Film Festival, ASIFA-Atlanta will be presenting Animation Attack!. The three-screening series takes …

Classic

Looney Tunes Vol. 6 Bonus Materials

A few weeks ago it was announced that Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 6 (on sale October 21st) would be the last Golden Collection. …

Events

Annecy Countdown

One half of Cartoon Brew, namely me, will be attending the world’s largest animation festival next week. If you’re going too, drop a …

Events

KRAZY!

Got a postcard from Marv Newland today. He wrote:The Vancouver Art Gallery is launching a large scale exhibit on May 16th, to run until …

Books

The Art of Pixar’s Short Films

A while back I mentioned briefly on this site that I had been offered an opportunity to write a book for Pixar, and today I thought I’d …

Animators

Brad Bird Interviews

Brad Bird has done a couple radio interviews in the past week which are worth a listen. The first interview refers to him as “Big Bird” …

Anime

Studio 4C’s Genius Party

If you are anywhere–and I mean anywhere–in the DC area on February 15 and 16, then mark your calendars for the American premiere of …

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