Ideas/Commentary

“Turmoil in the Toy Box” Revisited

Author Phil Phillips spent the 1980s warning parents about the occult forces in children's TV animation. While his notoriety has passed, fear of the messages in cartoons still exists today.


2015 Award Season Tracker

Cartoon Brew will regularly update this page with information about the contenders for various end-of-year animation awards, including …

Animators

Harald Siepermann (1962-2013)

A visual development artist who had contributed to films like Mulan, Tarzan, Brother Bear, and Treasure Planet, has passed away at age 50.

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Call For Entries: GRAPHIC 2012

Sydney Opera House announced the return of the GRAPHIC global animation competition, held as part of the GRAPHIC festival of …

Animators

My Friend, Ronald Searle

[Editor’s Note: In memory of Ronald Searle’s passing, we present this tribute by Matt Jones. Besides working as a story artist at Pixar, …

Books

2012 Animation Book Preview

The future of animation books, like the rest of the publishing industry, isn’t rosy. Page counts and print runs are shrinking, and …

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