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SDCC ’09: The Animation Panels (Thursday and Friday)
Here is the first of Cartoon Brew’s guides to the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. These are only my recommended animation panels for Thursday …
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Van Citters’ Magoo’s Christmas Carol Book
Wow! If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself. Animation director Darrell Van Citters (Renegade Animation) has …
More News About the Network Formerly Known as Cartoon
Thurop Van Orman, the creator of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, posted an entry earlier this week on his deviantART page, in …
Goodbye London
London-based animator Murray John (check his very-cool reel) sent us his latest music video, created for musician Luke Jackson. below. …
Chew Chew Baby (1958)
There’s no debate that animator Irving Spector was, like John Dunn, an under appreciated cartoonist and storyman — working in animation …
Cartoon Brew TV: Top 5 Episodes
Cartoon Brew TV returns later this week with the exclusive online premiere of an animated short. We’re going to be presenting new films …
Dreamworks Animation: 2010 through 2012
Dreamworks Animation announced its release slate today. Here’s what’s coming up:• How to Train Your Dragon will be released on March …
Kung Fu Panda at Nick
I was, and still am, a huge fan of Dreamworks Kung Fu Panda. But the announcement today of the a new Nickelodeon TV series based on the …
Amid’s Animation Book Sale, Part II
I’m continuing the great animation book purge of 2009. Everything I posted earlier today is already sold, but I’ve just posted more cool …
Animators’ Comic Strips
Ger Apeldoorn has uncovered a real find. A set of obscure comic strips, created for a local California newspaper in 1950 (The Redwood …
Rodney (1956)
Last week Amid posted several Disney industrial films and got quite a nice reaction, so I thought I’d try posting another one – this one …
Cartoon Network promises more Live Action!
Yeah, I know… what else is new? Cartoon Network’s upcoming slate of programming was announced at the 2009 Upfront presentation …
Disney Limited!
I don’t keep up with the world of limited edition animation art – in fact, I’m not sure how large that market is anymore. Chris Jackson …
The Stubborn Cowboy (1967)
When Shamus Culhane took over the creative controls of the Paramount Animation Studio in 1966, he clearly understood the opportunity he …
The Electric Company (2009)
Hey You Guys! Following will be some shameless PBS promotion, but I say that more as a fan than as a corporate cog. By now, you have …
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” …
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 …
Academy Awards Talkback
The Oscar winners were announced tonight. The winner for BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM was Pixar’s WALL•E. For BEST ANIMATED SHORT, …
The Orphanage Shuts Down
Yesterday, Stu Maschwitz, the co-founder of San Francisco-based visual fx house The Orphanage, announced on his blog that they’re …
Disney Artists Write Home During WWII
During World War II, dozens of Disney artists were drafted into the US military. Today I’m sharing letters written by three of those …
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