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Hellboy at Film Roman

It was announced earlier this week that Film Roman will be producing a hand-drawn HELLBOY direct-to-DVD feature and TV series. The show’s …

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KIMBA THE WHITE LION

Next Thursday, November 10th, ASIFA-Hollywood is staging a tribute to the pioneering anime series KIMBA THE WHITE LION at the Glendale …

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Welcome to Cartoon Modern

Today I’m launching a new blog, Cartoon Modern, dedicated solely to 1950s animation design. It is a supplement to my forthcoming book of …

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CANEMAKER ON BOTH COASTS

John Canemaker will give lectures and screenings in both New York and Los Angeles to celebrate the revised edition of his book

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Uh Oh…

A negative review of CHICKEN LITTLE in today’s

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Is there a doctor in the house?

Six animators at Pixar have banded together to start a (well titled) blog named Spline Doctors. Besides animating, all these guys teach …

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Swindle and Esopus

It’s always exciting to see animated films and animation artists receive recognition in mainstream art publications. Achieving this type …

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POPEYE PANCHINKO

Reader Aaron Neathery sends in this observation:I saw this on Ebay and had to share. I really, really don’t understand Pachinko, but the …

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Trusted Computing

Here at Cartoon Brew, our general focus on entertainment-related animation makes it easy to forget that animation is a sophisticated …

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Hurricane Relief For Artists

We know that a lot of animation exec types read this site so here’s a message for you folks. Following the destruction of Hurricane …

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WOMEN DO ANIMATE

WOMEN DO ANIMATE – and they are apparently doing it very well in Australia.Marian Quigley interviews ten Australian animators’ in her new …

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Unsung Heros of Animation

I can count all the great books about modern independent animation on one hand…hell, probably on one finger, because there simply …

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SUPER SATURDAY CLUB

ABC’s Saturday morning cartoon line-up in 1969 must represent the pinnacle of low budget, cheapjack, crap-tacular TV cartoon production. …

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Animation Blog Season

The summer of 2005 will go down as the animation artist’s blog renaissance. Artist blogs have been cropping up at an unbelievable rate …

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CINECON & JANET KLEIN

This’ll be slightly off-topic. I’m plugging my whereabouts the next five days. Tomorrow night I will be in two places at once. First I’ll …

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Hopeless Pictures

I hadn’t heard of the new animated series, HOPELESS PICTURES, which premiered last Friday on IFC. After watching (or more appropriately, …

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Brief Note from Amid

If you’ve emailed me anytime in the past few weeks, chances are you haven’t received a response. Crazy book deadlines will do that. I’m …

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