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Dedini, Arriola and Ketcham Speak
Here’s the best thing I’ve found online this week: a three-part video interview from 2001 with all-star cartoonists living in Carmel, …
Craig Yoe’s ARF
MODERN ARF (Fantagraphics) is one of the most inspiring collections of cartoon artwork I’ve run across in a long time. I bought the book …
2006 Animation Predictions
Better late than never. Here are a few thoughts from your Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – about what might happen in animation …
FRENCH ANIMATION AT MOMA
Miayazki is the talk of several websites right now (due to his films being showcased this month on TCM), but another international …
Blast 9: The Saga Continues
Last October I proudly announced that I had started working full-time on the oft-delayed ANIMATION BLAST #9. Well, that lasted a good …
Merry Christmas!
A little bit of holiday Oreb that I posted at the CARTOON MODERN blog. Full image and story HERE. Happy holidays to all our readers.
Charles McElmurry (1921-2005)
We’ve just learned that animation designer Charles McElmurry passed away on December 5th.McElmurry began at Disney in 1940 but was soon …
Help design the cover of my book
I’m still working on my Chronicle book CARTOON MODERN, which is all about 1950s animation design. Right now, my editor, the design folks …
CANEMAKER ON BOTH COASTS
John Canemaker will give lectures and screenings in both New York and Los Angeles to celebrate the revised edition of his book
TCM TO SCREEN MIYAZAKI
ICv2.com is reporting that Turner Classic Movies will be running nine Miyazaki films in January 2006. This is the package of Studio …
Swindle and Esopus
It’s always exciting to see animated films and animation artists receive recognition in mainstream art publications. Achieving this type …
50s Design Book and Blast #9 Update
Here’s a quick update on the two biggest projects that I’m dealing with at the moment. First, the latest on the Chronicle book. It’s now …
Devin Crane Art Show in LA
Devin Crane, currently a vis dev artist at DreamWorks Feature Animation, is having a one-man show at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight (7020 …
NY Trip Report: 50s Design, New Books and Mind Game
Thanks to Jerry who’s been holding down the Brew fort while I was away in New York City. I was out there working on the design and layout …
Unsung Heros of Animation
I can count all the great books about modern independent animation on one hand…hell, probably on one finger, because there simply …
I AM 8-BIT: THE BOOK
Chronicle Books is going to be making a lot of people happy in April 2006. Not only is my 50s design book coming out then, but my friend …
AMERICAN DOG
If this is what computer animation means at Disney, then I wish they’d made the switch years earlier. The new pieces of art shown at …
Pixar at MOMA
A few days ago, I mentioned a couple books that Chronicle Books will be publishing this winter in honor of Pixar’s twentieth anniversary. …
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