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Artist of the Day: Magic Sweater
The artist known as Magic Sweater lives in Melbourne, Australia. His illustration revels in its pop culture roots and his stylistic …
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How Old Were These Animation Directors When They Made Their First Film?
“Animation is a young man’s game,” Chuck Jones once said. There’s no question that animation is a labor-intensive art that requires mass …
What is the Biggest Animation Project on Kickstarter Right Now?
The answer may surprise you.
Harvey Kurtzman Retrospective Coming To New York
Book publisher Denis Kitchen forwarded exciting news this morning: “The Art of Harvey Kurtzman”, a comprehensive retrospective of MAD …
Book Review: “Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story”
There's no question Spumco changed the face of television animation. Love it or hate it, this book explains how that came to be.
CTN ANIMATION EXPO 2012: Jerry’s Panels
The 2012 CTN Expo in Burbank California is next week – and I’ll be there. Cartoon Brew will have a table on the exhibit floor and that’s …
Four Fantastic New Books: On McKimson, Gottfredson, Henson and Wreck-It Ralph!
To recap: this season has already brought two must-have books – J.B. Kaufman’s Snow White history, The Fairest One Of All and Charles …
Rebecca Sugar Is Cartoon Network’s First Solo Woman Show Creator
I don’t know how I missed this press release, but last month, Cartoon Network announced that they will produce two new series: Peter …
Report: Animators Are Raising Big Money On Kickstarter
When television creators Dan Harmon (Community) and Dino Stamatopoulos (Moral Orel) — partners in Los Angeles production company …
Animation Month In Review: June
The animation world never slows down and neither do we. Here are a few of the items we covered on Cartoon Brew last month: We saw …
Toronto Animation Fest Unveils 2012 Lineup
Toronto, ON — Tickets for the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI), celebrating the best of animation arts from around …
“Cartoons Kick Ass”
Somebody recently posted (in four parts) the entire British Channel 4 TV program Cartoons Kick Ass. This special was taped in 2000 and as …
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 …
Why There Isn’t a Spumco Coffeetable Book: My Personal Story
I occasionally receive emails asking something along the lines of, “Whatever happened to that John Kricfalusi/Spumco coffeetable book you …
Ward Kimball: A Biography
I’m sure that after all my incessant musings and ramblings about this guy, some readers have already figured out that something’s up. So …
Happy 20th Anniversary, Ren & Stimpy!
On this day, twenty years ago–August 11, 1991–Nickelodeon debuted The Ren and Stimpy Show, and animation hasn’t been the same ever …
New Brew Revue
Spent the weekend going over some new book acquisitions (and one DVD) and surprise! most were pretty good – and a couple were really …
T-Shirt Day
Too many cool t-shirts have come my way recently, here’s a few worth noting: Photographer Vincent Gonzales has a very small line …
Gallery on Baum Sells Cartoon Art Forgeries?
Tony Greco, who run Pittsburgh’s The Gallery on Baum, has had a tough year. First, there was a lengthy exposé in the Pittsburgh Post …
The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation
The Hub, a network owned partly by toy company Hasbro, launched a little over a week ago with new animated series including Strawberry …
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