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Animation Block Party ’08
Brooklyn’s homegrown cartoon festival Animation Block Party will return for its fifth edition from July 25-27. Over 100 animated shorts …
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Rooftop Films Signal Film by Fran Krause
Fran Krause created the signal film for this year’s Rooftop Films screening series. It’s animated nicely in Flash.
Cartoon Brew on Facebook
We’re delighted to report that the Cartoon Brew Facebook community recently surpassed 500 600 700(!) members. In the few months that it’s …
Endangered Species by Tony White
Endangered Species by Tony White (Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook) is so insidery that it’s doubtful it’ll ever find a mainstream …
Tezuka Shorts on iTunes
While browsing iTunes yesterday, I noticed that they’ve licensed many of the independent shorts produced by Japanese cartooning legend …
Wall•E and Christianity
Wall•E director Andrew Stanton talks with Christianity Today about some of the Genesis-related themes he incorporated into the …
Interview with JibJab’s Gregg Spiridellis
Below is a short but insightful interview with JibJab co-founder Gregg Spiridellis about some of the recent business plans for their …
Marketing Wall•E and Kung Fu Panda
The Movie Marketing Madness blog offers interesting in-depth analyses of the marketing campaigns supporting the recent animated features …
The Clockmaking Monkey (1938)
Here’s a rare treat: El Mono Relojero (The Clockmaking Monkey – Argentina, 1938) is only surviving film by the creator of the first …
Bedrock City
Bedrock City, the kitschy little theme park in Custer, South Dakota, was created in 1966 by a coalition of local concrete makers. …
Presto and Glago’s Guest
Was privileged to see two new CG shorts last week: Disney Animation’s Glago’s Guest and Pixar’s Presto. Both films couldn’t be more …
George Carlin, RIP
Comedian George Carlin has died at 71. Below is the 1985 short Drawing on My Mind, written and narrated by Carlin and directed by the …
Grant Orchard’s Paintballing
There’s minimalist animation and then there’s Grant Orchard’s work. His short Park Foot Ball (mentioned on the Brew back in 2006 is a …
The Business of Stereoscopic 3-D Films
Stereoscopic 3-D filmmaking is either the latest film fad or the future of theatrical animation. For those who know their film history, …
Sleeping Beauty at the Academy
A newly restored, digitally remastered version of Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959) will be presented on Friday, July 18, at 7:30 pm …
Presto looks good
This preview clip ran on Saturday night after Monsters, Inc. (Thanks, Aldon Spears)
Annecy ’08 Winners
The prizes for the 2008 Annecy Animation Festival were announced last Saturday. The top prize for short film, The Annecy Cristal, went to …
The Influence of Ralph Bakshi
The latest issue of Arthur Magazine has an article by illustrator Arik Roper who recounts his personal memories of discovering the …
Pre-Code wrap-up
Mark Kausler blogged about the Pre-Code Cartoon show I presented at the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles last Tuesday. It was a smash …
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