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Pandemic Pitching: Cartoon Forum Encourages Participants To Promote Shows On Their Masks
The future of pitching is...masks!
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Award-Winning 2D Animation Tips From The 2024 Cartoon Animator Contest
Learn nine pro techniques from 2024 Cartoon Animator contest winners to boost your 2D animation skills with creative rigs and smart motion tools.
Director Dave McKean Reflects On ‘MirrorMask’ At 20: ‘It’s A Strange Mix Of Elements’
“I wasn’t aiming for realism,” says "MirrorMask" director Dave McKean. “CG can go anywhere and be anything, [but] so much of it is just trying to be photoreal, and that seems a very narrow target."
Los Hermanos Calavera On Animating Wrestling’s Greatest Masked Luchador In ‘Rey Mysterio Vs. The Darkness’
The series debuted in Latin America earlier this month, and and English-language version is planned for 2024.
Animate The City: Animation, Cartoons, And Comics Return For Kilkenny Animated
"The town is getting back to its fun-filled self... hopefully we will see some old and new faces back in town!" says director Paul Young.
Cartoon Forum: 5 Promising European Series That Will Be Pitched
Europe's most important pitching platform for animated series returns on September 20–23. Here's some projects to look out for.
Artist RAE ‘Quarantines’ Himself Inside A Tex Avery Cartoon In This Brilliant Remix
A playful riff on the experience of quarantine that combines Tex Avery and street art.
After Broadcasters Pull Out Of In-Person Event, Cartoon Forum Pivots To Online
Hundreds of would-be attendees cancelled their participation in the past week leading the event to move online.
Gene Deitch, Cartoon Modernist Who Headed UPA New York And Terrytoons, Dies At 95
In the 1960s, he directed a series of infamous Tom & Jerry shorts while living in Eastern Europe.
Make A 2.5D Head Impossibly Easy: A Review of Cartoon Animator 4
An in-depth look at the useful new features packed into the latest version of the 2d animation studio software of Cartoon Animator 4, releasing in April.
From Short to Cartoon Network Series: How The CG-Animated ‘My Knight and Me’ Made It To TV
A European cg series "My Knight and Me" makes it to the U.S. shores via Cartoon Network.
Cartoonist Faces Up To 25 Years in Prison For Failed ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Lawsuit
The FBI alleges that a Massachusetts cartoonist falsely claimed that DreamWorks stole his characters and story for "Kung Fu Panda."
Cartoon Brew’s Last-Minute Animation Gift Guide
Ranging from the technical to the quirky to the essential, these holiday electives make great presents for animation pros and fans.
Jeff Hale, ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘Thank You Mask Man’ Animator, RIP
From "Muppet Babies" to "Heavy Metal," British animator and director Jeff Hale had an eclectic animation career.
Meet Joyce Pensato And Her Expressionist Remixes of Cartoon Icons
Joyce Pensato (b. 1941, Brooklyn NY) has been painting cartoon characters for years. She takes icons of cartoon art—Felix the Cat, Donald Duck, Batman—and renders them in smudgy charcoal and pastel or runny enamel paint. She works mostly in black and white, occasionally introducing silver and gold for contrast. Though her work seems grounded more in graffiti art, she actually draws from fine art history, from the likes of the Abstract Expressionists, and Philip Guston, who was also influenced by comics.
Tomorrow in Brooklyn: Help Sandy Victims By Watching Cartoons
Though the stories about Hurricane Sandy have dropped off the front page, there are tens of thousands victims who have been made homeless …
The Most Disturbing Cartoon-Related Image You’ll See Today
I’ve been super busy this week, but had to share this image of a Donald Duck brigade from 1930s Serbia. Who were the people under those …
Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Announce Highly-Anticipated Panel and Event Lineup for 2011 New York Comic Con
Cartoon Network and Adult Swim will host nine panels, two screenings and three autograph signings for fan-favorite series at New York …
Shout! Factory and FremantleMedia Bring Back 80s Cartoon Series “M.A.S.K.”
Shout! Factory and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced today a deal to bring the renowned classic animated series M.A.S.K. to the …
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 …
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