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The Tale of Despereaux Trailer
Here is the trailer for Universal’s CG adaptation of the children’s book The Tales of Despereaux. Sam Fell (Flushed Away) is directing, …
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Bedrock City
Bedrock City, the kitschy little theme park in Custer, South Dakota, was created in 1966 by a coalition of local concrete makers. …
The Golden Years of Annecy
John and Faith Hubley in Annecy Cima Balser, the wife of animation director Bob Balser, has written a fantastic piece for AWN about …
Presto and Glago’s Guest
Was privileged to see two new CG shorts last week: Disney Animation’s Glago’s Guest and Pixar’s Presto. Both films couldn’t be more …
Vintage Cartoon Trade Ads
Once again John McElwee, over at his Greenbriar Picture Shows blog, is waxing nostalgic about classic theatrical cartoons. McElwee also …
Bakshi party photos
Steve Worth posts many worthwhile things on the Asifa Hollywood Animation Archive website, including Mary Blair paintings and Ren & …
Annecy Countdown
One half of Cartoon Brew, namely me, will be attending the world’s largest animation festival next week. If you’re going too, drop a …
Summer Flip
Steve Moore’s summer edition of Flip is now online. In it, Dave Pruiksma discusses the Fleischer Gulliver’s Travels and PD Famous …
Disney’s Tinkerbell
Disney’s upcoming direct-to-video Tinkerbell series has just released its first trailer – and it’s feeling less like classic Disney and …
Disney Animators Vs. Producers
This video from 1980 is not what you think. It’s a game of volleyball played between the Disney execs and animation artists of the time, …
THIS MONDAY IN NYC: Hubleys at MoMA
If there’s one CAN’T MISS animation program in New York this summer, it’s the screening coming up this Monday, June 2, at MoMA: “A …
Jerry’s Schedule
I’ve got a busy month ahead, and if you’re in the Los Angeles area you can share it with me: • Tuesday May 27th: Join Frank …
Forces Of Good
Forces of Good is a fun blog that I would plug even if its writer Stefan Blitz didn’t just post an interview with me. Blitz has also …
Inspired by Cartoon Brew
One of the most rewarding parts of running Cartoon Brew is hearing from artists who are inspired by the items that we post here. Here are …
Bakshi in NY Mag
A short but fun interview with Ralph Bakshi appeared in last week’s New York magazine. I particularly enjoyed this exchange between the …
Jazz in Early Theatrical Animation
(click for full-sized chart) Designer Allister Roberts recently created a chart documenting the use of jazz in animated shorts between …
Speed Racer and Me
As I admitted in a post below, I’ve always been a fan of the original 60s anime of Speed Racer. One of my proudest moments came in the …
Speed Racer Goes Crazy
The Wachowski Brothers Speed Racer movie opens this week. I hope the new film is as much fun as the video below. In it, Speed Racer goes …
Big Pecker’s
As a follow up to my Major Woody post (below), Steve Moore submitted this outrageous example of potential trademark infringement from …
Walt and El Grupo
Karl Cohen (president of ASIFA-San Francisco) just sent us his first impressions of Walt and El Grupo the new film by Ted Thomas, which I …
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