Ideas/Commentary

Animating From Behind Bars

Superjail is an animated series set in the cooler, but Brew reader Dominic Bisignano points out that there’s a non-profit organization …

Books

The Colored Cartoon

I just got a copy of Christopher Lehman’s latest book, The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films. …

Flash

Superjail

Seemingly the funniest and cartooniest animated projects nowadays are set in jails. There’s the Japanese CG series Usavich, which was …

Music Videos

Paniks Music Video

A little creativity goes a long way, which is why this hand-drawn music video created by Nadia Barkate, Marion Cruza and Eider Gutierrez …

Feature Film

Pixar, Pixar, Pixar

A few items of note from the Pixar universe: * Pixar story supervisor Ronnie del Carmen writes about the celebration at the studio …

Disney

Hattie Noel as Hyacinth Hippo

This post got deleted during our troublesome server upgrade last week so I’ll try it again. As a followup to a post earlier this month, …

Anime

1930’s wartime Japanese cartoon

David Gerstein and Cole Johnson found this delightfully primitive 1934 Japanese cartoon about a war in 1936(?). Clearly inspired by …

Animators

Roy Jenkins’ Good-Girl Art

Brew reader Andy Kinyon writes in with a query:Over ten years ago I was given two drawings. I guess youd call them pin-up cartoon girls. …

Site News

Cartoon Brew Server Upgrade

After some record-breaking days of traffic last week, we’ve decided to take the next big step and upgrade Cartoon Brew to its own …

Shorts

Gisele Kerozene

Our recent posts about Stop, Look and Listen reminded Brew reader Kermyt Anderson of another pixilation film he saw a few years ago about …

TV

Pedro and Frankensheep

The Brothers McLeod have recently completed a series of shorts called Pedro and Frankensheep for Children’s BBC (CBBC) …

Classic

WANTED: This Book

Animator Mark Kausler found this cover image online. Anyone got a copy?

Classic

Walt’s Kansas City

2719Hyperion.com has a fascinating post identifying the locations of Walt Disney’s childhood homes and workplaces in Kansas City, Missouri.

Classic

WB Academy Award Animation Collection

I’ve neglected to acknowledge the release this week of Warner Bros. Academy Award Animation Collection. It came out last Tuesday and it’s …

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