COYOTE CATCHES ROAD RUNNER
Scenes We’d Like To See Dept. Our thanks to Brew reader Steve Austin who sent in this incredible drawing by Chuck Jones.Sorry for the …
Scenes We’d Like To See Dept. Our thanks to Brew reader Steve Austin who sent in this incredible drawing by Chuck Jones.Sorry for the …
For Christmas of 1949, Walt Disney received a miniature ride-on steam locomotive from Santa, as seen in the first Disney TV special, One …
Can you guess who the scientist on the left is? Steven MacLeod has the answer on his blog, and it may surprise you.
What are you doing on Pearl Harbor Day?This Thursday (tomorrow, Dec. 7th) John Canemaker will be in Hollywood, hosting a program to …
It’s been a Ralph Hulett kind of week around here. First it was his Christmas cards, now here’s a link to ONE GOT FAT, a bizarre …
While Eyvind Earle is the best known of the Disney artists who illustrated Christmas cards, a number of other Disney artists had …
The Esurance animated commercials – produced by Ghostbot and Wild Brain – look great, but are they good at selling car insurance? Ad …
I love when newspaper comic strips do crossovers and this weeks continuity of GASOLINE ALLEY is a particular treat. Walt Wallet visits …
Mike Matei has posted onto YouTube an incredible late-1930s newsreel that shows how cartoons were produced at the Fleischer Studio in …
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive’s Steve Worth has posted a collection of beautifully drawn pencil and Prismacolor storyboards …
A few weeks ago, I commended New York animator Pat Smith for making this comment in an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE interview: “The …
With several big budget funny animal epics opening almost weekly, 2006 may well go down as the year of CG feature burnout. But 2006 may …
The LA TIMES published a piece today by Josh Friedman with this mind-bogglingly ignorant sentence about animation: [OPEN SEASON], based …
Sony Pictures Animation’s first CG feature OPEN SEASON opened in the #1 slot last weekend albeit with a weak $23 million (estimated) from …
An early plug for my monthly movie gig with Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys. As always, the live musical program will be preceded by a …
The 2006 edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival marked my fourth straight year that I’ve attended the festival. Instead …
So much to do at the Ottawa festival, and no time to blog.I am delighted to meet so many people who read Cartoon Brew up here. I’ve made …
Like the Famous Studios cartoons which inspired (and ultimately dominated) them, Harvey Comics has gotten little attention (or respect) …
In 1938, after Disney’s first feature SNOW WHITE was a bona fide success, Walt held a huge crew party for his artists at a place called …
Tonight, I’m showing cartoons at the Janet Klein show at the Steve Allen Theatre. Join us in Hollywood at 8pm!Tomorrow night, Friday …