An interview with Walt Disney
For your weekend pleasure, here’s a terrific interview with Walt Disney circa 1963, conducted by Fletcher Markle. Markle, who had just …
For your weekend pleasure, here’s a terrific interview with Walt Disney circa 1963, conducted by Fletcher Markle. Markle, who had just …
This music video by Japanese artist Kondoh Akino (gallery website in English) constantly surprised me with its playful use of the human …
Every year, US households and businesses throw out 251 million tons of trash and our second biggest export to China is trash! Good …
Animator Elliot Cowan recently posted the following animation on YouTube featuring his characters Boxhead and Roundhead. The short uses …
Well made retro-cartoons are always welcome here. Steve Loter (Kim Possible, Ren & Stimpy) directed this sweet video off Tally Hall’s …
Disney hasn’t figured out every way to merchandise their brand… but they’re coming very close! Check this out: Now you can …
Following up on the piece about the 3D papercraft/cut-out trend, here are two new works that are more-or-less from that school of …
Last week’s post about Frank Zappa, Tex Avery and the place of executives generated a lot of feedback, including this email from Bruno …
A new site launches today: CartoonMojo.com. It’s a video sharing site in the YouTube mold that focuses exclusively on animated shorts. In …
If you believed Roadside Romeo was Disney’s oddest co-production; or if you thought Disney couldn’t sink any lower than producing the …
Recently three-dimensional paper sculpture/cut-out/origami has exploded as a major trend across multiple disciplines including animation, …
Songwriters Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson released an animated video for their holiday single Winter Song. The animation was …
This Russian music video dates back to 1994. It’s infectious energy makes it the perfect post-holiday pick-me-up. Directed by Slava …
Did you know that legendary animation director Len Glasser is also a prolific fine artist. This video shows examples of his metal …
Like Me, Only Better is a film that made us laugh in Annecy last spring, and then made us laugh even harder when we saw it again in …
I saw Compost a few months back and was really pleased to discover that it’s online. It’s a beautiful piece of work. Husband-and-wife …
Several animators have expanded beyond simply publishing their own sketchbooks and have moved up into creating personal illustrated …
Favorites of 2008? Cartoon Brew co-editor Amid certainly chose several that could have/would have made the top of my list. However, upon …
There’s a war brewing in the animation software world and Cartoon Brew is right in the thick of it. In fact, I only became aware of the …
This is the time of year that news and media organizations begin the avalanche of annual “best of” lists and the like. The thought of …