TV

Samurai Jack BGs

The show may put viewers to sleep but the artwork certainly doesn’t. Bill Wray has posted a gorgeous selection of backgrounds that he and …

Cartoon Culture

Spider Pig

Sure, The Simpsons Movie made over $70 million this weekend at the box office. But the big winner in all this is the estate of lyricist …

Events

Comic Con Finds

Strange stuff! Good things and scary things abound. Here are just a couple of my comic book finds from this year’s San Diego Comic Con …

Animators

R.I.P. Alexander Tatarski

I just got word that Alexander Tatarski, an internationally known and praised animator, has passed away. He died yesterday at age …

Books

At Meltdown

Went to Meltdown Comics tonight and found out that two weeks from now they will be having a three day exhibit and opening reception for …

BrewFilms

Update From The Dump

I’m still recovering from yesterday’s all-day shoot for CartoonBrewFilms first original podcast, Cartoon Dump. That’s comedianne Kathleen …

Animators

RIP, David Hilberman

ASIFA-San Francisco president Karl Cohen forwarded a note to let us know that UPA co-founder and one of the last of the truly great …

Illustration

Chris McD

Last week at Platform, Jerry and I both received a lot of compliments about our new CartoonBrew/CartoonBrewFilms promo piece. So I …

Feature Film

Here Comes Trouble…

Just in time to ruin your holiday, this poster has popped up on various movie sites this week. First Underdog, now this. It looks …

Events

Platform Snaps

I’ll share my thoughts on the Platform festival in a bit, but first, a few snaps from this past week. As you can probably tell from these …

Events

Report from Platform #1

Day one at Platform. Got into Portland around 2:30pm and was whisked to the very cool Ace Hotel. After a quick check in, I headed to a …

Events

Notes from Annecy

Another edition of Annecy has wrapped and the winners have been announced. The top short film prize, the Annecy Cristal, went to Suzie …

Events

COPENHAGEN: Kay Nielsen Exhibit

The GL. Holtegaard museum near Copenhagen has a Kay Nielsen exhibit on display until August 19. The show features over 120 drawings and …

Ideas/Commentary

The Bigger Picture

As an ex-theatrical film distributor myself, I’m always following trends in the industry as it evolves due to new technologies and …

Advertising

UPA-NY TV Spots Donated To MoMA

It was just a couple weeks ago that I was lamenting on the Cartoon Modern blog the unavailability of the UPA commercials. Today I have …

Internet/Blogs

Brew Radio on Wednesday

Brewmaster Jerry Beck will be broadcasting again, live on Shokus Internet Radio this Wednesday June 13th from 4pm to 6pm Pacific time …

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