CGI

Homunculus by Sam Stephens

An animated short directed by Sam Stephens from Humble’s in-house directing collaborative Hydra. The film combines photography of …

Comics

Harvey Comics Treasury

Between 2007 and 2009, Leslie Cabarga and I had the privilege of assembling five volumes of classic Harvey Comics reprints for Dark Horse …

Bad Ideas

Craigslist Job Offer of the Day

Are you a 2D animator? Today’s your lucky day! Somebody on Craigslist wants to hire you for a “very special project.” All they need you …

Shorts

“Skhizein” by Jeremy Clapin

Jeremy Clapin’s Skhizein, a poignant short that grows on me every time I see it, is now available for online viewing. It’s also available …

Experimental

Yarn and Lucky

Here are two non-narrative pieces that are quite pleasing to the eye. Adam Avilla and Tony Benna have joined forces to “try our might at …

CGI

An update on Freaky Flickers

Remember this? Last year we posted a link for a new animated film called Freaky Flickers. Recently, Brew reader Joshua Bell …

Ideas/Commentary

10 for Best Picture

It was announced yesterday that the Academy will now nominate ten films for Best Picture. From their press release:For more than a decade …

Events

LONDON: An Evening with Ian Emes

Awesome event coming up in London next Thursday, June 25: a retrospective of the work of British animation director Ian Emes, who created …

Events

Cartoons at the Academy

I previously posted about the Academy’s upcoming Monday night series of 1939 Oscar nominees (May 18th through August 3rd). With each film …

Feature Film

The Secret of Kells

The Secret of Kells is a largely hand-drawn 2-D animated feature that is garnering a lot of good buzz from people who have seen it, such …

Animators

Ray Aragon, 1926-2009

Animation artist Ray Aragon passed away on Sunday, March 15, at the age of 83. He had been in poor health in recent months. Aragon was …

Comics

The Harvey Girls

Going on sale sometime within the next month is the fifth volume (our last, for now) of my and Leslie Cabarga’s Harvey Comics Classics …

Shorts

In The Nicotine (1961)

SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Paramount Cartoons can be Hazardous to Your (Mental) Health. We’re ending our series of “dark, domestic” …

Classic

The Plot Sickens (1961)

Man, those guys at Famous must have really hated their wives. By popular demand, I am posting the 1961 Modern Madcap cartoon, The Plot …

Classic

Harry Happy (1963)

I got such a good reaction to the previous 1960s Paramount cartoon that I posted last week, I couldn’t resist torturing you with …

3-D

The 3-D Onslaught

Coraline was the first time I’d seen a film in 3-D in a very long time, and while I enjoyed the film immensely, the 3-D technology was a …

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