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2006 Animation Predictions
Better late than never. Here are a few thoughts from your Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – about what might happen in animation …
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ONE MORE QUESTION
Sting (at right) is featuredin THE SWEATBOX (2002)In all the delirium over the wonderful Disney-Pixar news this week, one burning …
Disney/Pixar: Artists Speak
We asked yesterday evening for artists to send in their thoughts about the Disney/Pixar deal. Below are a select number of the responses …
Donald’s Family Tree
If you’ve ever wondered how Scrooge McDuck is related to Potcrack McDuck, or which of Donald Duck’s exs had an affair with Manuel …
Miyazaki Knows how to deal with Hollywood
Hayao Miyazaki offers a terrific new method for dealing with pesky Hollywood movie executives: threatening them with samurai swords. An …
Joe Ranft (1960-2005), RIP
This is really sad news. Joe Ranft, a major part of Pixar’s creative team, died in an auto accident yesterday, according to this post on …
READER REPORT: Disney @ Siggraph
Bill Robinson, an animation student at RIT, sent the Brew some thoughtful comments about Disney’s appearance at SIGGRAPH ’05. Here’s what …
Animation’s greatest executives
It’s time for my monthly “things could-be-so-much-better” post. When I complain about the state of the industry, friends frequently tell …
RICHARD FLEISCHER’S NEW BOOK
Coming in June will be the publication of Richard Fleischer’s new book, OUT OF THE INKWELL, Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution …
CARTOON REMAKES
Unlike Amid (see commentary below), I’m not against the idea of reviving classic cartoon characters. For me, it’s all about how they are …
Advertising Makes the Brew Go Round
Readers of Cartoon Brew may have noticed that in the past week we have introduced Google text ads on this website. We want to stress that …
1600 BROADWAY
The site of the Fleischer Studio during it’s heyday of the 1930s is about to come down. An apartment building will probably take its …
The 2D Expo: Flash Panel Wrap-up
I was planning to post a summary of the Flash & TV Animation panel that I moderated a few days ago at ASIFA-Hollywood’s 2D Expo, but …
Directing TV Animation Part 3
It’s rare in TV animation these days for the director to be in the same location as the animators. On Monster By Mistake, we were …
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