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Listen to Lotte Reiniger and Rebecca Sugar Discuss Animation

For those of you still feeling sedentary after the holidays or just looking for some weekend inspiration, listen to these two interviews with Lotte Reiniger and Rebecca Sugar. They each have accomplished an important first in animation: Lotte Reiniger was the first woman to direct an animated feature, and Rebecca Sugar was the first solo woman creator of a TV series at Cartoon Network. These milestones are separated by 87 years, which says a lot about both how far animation has come and how far it still has to go.

By C. Edwards |

Talkback

“Frozen” Talkback

"Frozen," Disney's 53rd animated feature, directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, opens this week. What did you think of it?

By Amid Amidi |

Bill Schwab
Artist of the Day

Artist of the Day: Bill Schwab

It's Frozen week on Cartoon Brew's Artist of the Day, and so we continue to feature artists who worked on Disney's latest feature. Bill Schwab works as a character designer and visual development artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. On "Frozen" he is credited as supervising the character design work.

By Chris McDonnell |

Brittney Lee
Artist of the Day

Artist of the Day: Brittney Lee

This week we continue looking at some of the talented artists whose efforts made possible the new Disney feature "Frozen." Brittney Lee is credited on the film as a visual development artist.

By Chris McDonnell |

Paul Briggs
Artist of the Day

Artist of the Day: Paul Briggs

Our Artist of the Day feature is extra-cool this week because we're focusing on artists who contributed to Disney's new film Frozen, which expands nationwide this week.

By Chris McDonnell |

TV

The Powerpuff Girls Turn 15

It's hard to believe that Craig McCracken's "Powerpuff Girls" turn fifteen years old this month. When the series premiered on Cartoon Network on November 18, 1998, it was the highest rated premiere in the network's history at the time.

By Amid Amidi |

April Liu
Artist of the Day

Artist of the Day: April Liu

April Liu is a second year animation student at CalArts. Her blog is a mixture of personal and school work with drawings and animated studies from projects in progress, such as a short about a fellow with a sprout growing from the top of his head.

By Chris McDonnell |

Award Season Focus

“Croods” Directors Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders on Making An Ensemble Film

When the server enters the drawing room of the Crosby Hotel, Kirk DeMicco’s eyes begin to dance, “Mini desserts are coming! Many, many mini desserts!” Both DeMicco ("Racing Stripes," "Space Chimps") and Chris Sanders ("Lilo & Stitch," "How to Train Your Dragon") are in New York to take part in a presentation on the making of "The Croods," the animated film that they directed for Dreamworks earlier this year, which went on to gross nearly $600 million worldwide.

By C. Edwards |

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