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Forgotten Cartoon Legend #3 – Jose Jiminez
Caricatures of Hollywood celebrities have been common practice in animated cartoons since the silent era. And comedians authorizing their …
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Marc Craste Commercial For Lloyds TSB
Director/designer Marc Craste (JOJO IN THE STARS) has completed a new :60 CG spot for Lloyds TSB. Watch the commercial here (15mb). The …
Madonna In The ‘Who’s That Girl’ Titles
Below are the striking titles for the Madonna film Who’s That Girl (1987). The titles, which re-imagine Madonna as a Betty …
Forgotten Cartoon Legends #2: Muggy-Doo Boy Cat
I can’t explain MUGGY-DOO BOY CAT, but I feel compelled to acknowledge its existence.Animator Hal Seegar (1917-2005) had a prolific …
Norah Jones Video: Sinkin’ Soon
Is it just me or is there more innovative stop-motion work being produced today than at any time in recent memory? To follow-up on the …
Disney Memory Sticks
Disney has licensed several of their characters for use as USB Flash Memory Drives. Buffalo Technology will put these devices on sale …
Forgotten Cartoon Legends #1 – Superkatt
Between the years he directed Popeye, Superman and Stone Age cartoons for Fleischer & Famous Studios in the early 40s, and his story and …
News Round-Up
Since we’ve been down for several hours (changing servers), we have a lot to catch up on.• Yes it’s true. Dreamworks and Aardman have …
Oscar Nom For Recycled Life
I don’t know how I missed mentioning this last Tuesday, but it should be noted here that our good friends Mike Glad and Leslie Iwerks …
Primal Screen’s Sundance Openers
Atlanta-based Primal Screen has produced two preshow animation pieces – “Fireplay” and “Spark City” – for the 2007 Sundance Film …
Persepolis
“When my parents came to the studio, nobody breathed. Imagine you are drawing Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and suddenly a big mouse and …
Cars Kleenex In Iraq?
This may be the silliest observation ever posted on the Brew, but I was reading the paper today and I couldn’t help staring at this photo …
Meet Zombie Redenbacher
One more interesting fact about this spot: it was directed at Digital Domain by none other than David Fincher (FIGHT CLUB, SE7EN), who …
Animation Show Contest
Courtesy of our pals at The Animation Show we have four copies of the new dvd set of the ANIMATION SHOW Volumes 1 & 2 just out from …
The Disney Strike of 1941
Kip W has posted some amazing animation artifacts on Flickr: coverage of the 1941 Disney strike as reported in New York’s leftist daily …
Another Live-Action Show On Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim” line-up has ordered a pilot for yet another live-action project. This one is based on a series of online …
Iwao Takamoto (1925-2007)
We’ve just heard that Iwao Takamoto passed away today. Takamoto is best known for his design work at Hanna-Barbera during the 1960s. He …
Upcoming ASIFA-Hollywood Events
Next week, on Wednesday January 10th, if you are in L.A. and are a member of ASIFA, you can join me at Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank …
Cartoon Brew: Year in Review, Year Ahead
Jerry and I tend to view Cartoon Brew as both a complement and antidote to the mainstream media’s coverage of the art form. We aspire to …
Prescott Wright (1935-2006)
Karl Cohen (president of ASIFA-San Francisco) reports that Prescott Wright, a co-founder of the Ottawa International Animation Festival …
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