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Why Is It So Difficult to Make Cute Cartoon Characters?
Audiences can instantly recognize a cute cartoon character when they see one, but why are memorable cute characters so difficult to create?
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Reel FX Begins Promoting Its First Feature “Free Birds”
Reel FX and Relativity Media are sparing no expense when it comes to promoting Free Birds, Reel FX’s first animated feature which will be …
RIP: Edward Levitt, 96, Disney Background Painter and Cartoon Modern Designer
Edward Levitt, an unsung hero of the Golden Age of animation, has died. He was 96. Levitt died on Tuesday, April 2, in Palmdale, …
Cartoon Brew Launches New Animation Oscar Tracker
Our new Animation Oscar Tracker is the industry's first and only resource devoted to year-round coverage of contending films.
How Old Were These Animation Directors When They Made Their First Film?
“Animation is a young man’s game,” Chuck Jones once said. There’s no question that animation is a labor-intensive art that requires mass …
“The Croods” Opens In First Place With $43.6 Million
DreamWorks’ The Croods opened in first place at the U.S. box office with $43.6 million. That is almost the exact same opening as Chris …
Cartoon Brew is Nine Years Old Today
Our first official post went up on Cartoon Brew on March 15, 2004 which makes the site 9 years old today. Happy birthday to us! Much …
Disney Is Producing New Mickey Mouse Shorts and Premiered the First One Today [UPDATED]
Disney unveiled a new Mickey Mouse short today called Croissant de Triomphe, that can be viewed HERE. It is one of 19 new shorts that …
The Tactile, Physical Labor of Classic Cartoonmaking
Every step of animation production used to require physical exertion or interaction with a physical object. Not so anymore.
CartoonBrew.com Hires Four New Writers
Cartoon Brew is expanding its editorial staff. Today we welcome four contributing writers to the website. The new contributors each …
Brenda Chapman Becomes First Woman to Win Feature Animation Oscar [UPDATED]
A writer couldn’t have scripted a more Hollywood ending to the saga of Brenda Chapman, Pixar’s first female director. It was over two …
Official Press Release About the Ownership Change in Cartoon Brew
Author and historian Amid Amidi becomes sole managing owner of Cartoon Brew.
Henry Selick is Reviving “The Shadow King”; Synopsis and First Artwork Released
Six months after Disney pulled the plug on Henry Selick’s film The Shadow King, Selick wants to revive production on the film. He is …
First Look: “Steven Universe” by Rebecca Sugar
Cartoon Network has unveiled a poster for "Steven Universe", the new animated series by Rebecca Sugar.
FIRST IMAGE: Sylvain Chomet’s “Swing Popa Swing”
Take a look at the first image from Sylvain Chomet's upcoming prequel to his film The Triplets of Belleville.
See What Famous Cartoon Voices Looked Like In Real Life [UPDATED]
Cartoon voice acting from the Golden Age of theatrical and TV animation (1930s to 1960s) was almost uniformly excellent.
Amid’s Most Popular Cartoon Brew Stories of 2012
Lots of wonderful, crazy, and frustrating things happened in the animation world last year, and we covered most of it on Cartoon Brew.
Meet the First (Stone Age) Animators
The human desire to animate drawings may stretch further back (much further back) than a couple hundred years.
More Cartoons for Victory!
A preview of Steve Stanchfield's latest four-star collection of rare animated films from World War II.
First Artwork Released for Disney’s Next Feature “Frozen”
Earlier this week, Disney released the first piece of concept art from their 2013 animated feature Frozen, directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck.
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