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IN THE EARLY 1980S, CARDON WALKER JR. AND I produced the "Disney Family Album" series for The Disney Channel. It was one of the very first series funded by the Channel, and the first to get any kind of critical acclaim thanks to our nomination for a Cable Ace Award for Best Documentary Series. But we had an even bigger ambition, and that was to land the Great White Whale of Disney myths, the life story of Walt himself.
Loïc Locatelli Kournwsky is a comic book artist who works in Lyon, France. Loïc also creates illustrations and storyboards.
Do you realize it’s been over a decade before Spongebob Squarepants aired “Bubble Buddy?” That’s all I could think of as Steven Universe started this week. With that Spongebob still imprinted in my mind (booboo keys…) and Steven’s history of having minimal acquaintances, I assumed he too would be making poppable companions. I couldn’t have been further from the truth. There were earthquakes, a couple of new characters, and a budding romance.
"Space Dandy", the eagerly-awaited anime series from the creative team behind "Cowboy Bebop," will debut on Adult Swim's Toonami block in January 2014.
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner took to his Twitter account yesterday (yes, he has a Twitter account) to proclaim the Disney short "Get a Horse!" as the best film of the year.
Seven animated features lead the nominations for ASIFA-Hollywood's 41st Annie Awards.
For those of you still feeling sedentary after the holidays or just looking for some weekend inspiration, listen to these two interviews with Lotte Reiniger and Rebecca Sugar. They each have accomplished an important first in animation: Lotte Reiniger was the first woman to direct an animated feature, and Rebecca Sugar was the first solo woman creator of a TV series at Cartoon Network. These milestones are separated by 87 years, which says a lot about both how far animation has come and how far it still has to go.
It's Frozen week on Cartoon Brew's Artist of the Day, and so we continue to feature artists who worked on Disney's latest feature. Bill Schwab works as a character designer and visual development artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. On "Frozen" he is credited as supervising the character design work.
This week we continue looking at some of the talented artists whose efforts made possible the new Disney feature "Frozen." Brittney Lee is credited on the film as a visual development artist.
Remember last week when I was peeved about the lack of father-son time going on in Beach City and how “Light Canon” would’ve been a …
When the server enters the drawing room of the Crosby Hotel, Kirk DeMicco’s eyes begin to dance, “Mini desserts are coming! Many, many mini desserts!” Both DeMicco ("Racing Stripes," "Space Chimps") and Chris Sanders ("Lilo & Stitch," "How to Train Your Dragon") are in New York to take part in a presentation on the making of "The Croods," the animated film that they directed for Dreamworks earlier this year, which went on to gross nearly $600 million worldwide.
While the limited animation of "The Simpsons" is no match for the lush rubbery beauty of 1930s Disney theatrical shorts, the show's opening couch gag this week is a fair homage to the extraordinary creative spirit of classic Hollywood animation.
How does one follow up an Oscar nomination for best animated short? Stop motion director PES, who was nominated this year for Fresh …
If you happen to find yourself in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, you'd be wise to attend the lecture "The Work and Genius of Animation Wizard Bruno Bozzetto."
Earlier this month, Dallas-headquartered Reel FX released their first animated feature Free Birds. Over its first three weekends in …
When I went to the guide this week I thought my pain meds had really done a number, but nope—there was only one new Steven Universe …
FXX, Fox’s new youth-oriented cable spinoff of FX, has picked up cable rights to The Simpsons. The major significance of the deal is that …
A fun online find: early theater and movie advertisements drawn by Disney animation legend Milt Kahl.
In this visual essay, animation director Darrell van Citters traces the lineage of Jay Ward Productions' most famous characters and explains the contributions of different animation artists.
When life handed Liz Miele some lemons, she decided to make lemonade. It’s what pushed her into stand-up comedy 11 years ago and what …