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Bill Littlejohn (1914-2010)
Word has just reached us that veteran animator Bill Littlejohn passed away in his sleep last night. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in …
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June Foray’s Birthday
It’s becoming an annual tradition around here, one I hope we celebrate for the next fifty years. Before the day is over, we want to say …
CBTV Student Fest 7: Always, Only, Ever
By Barbara Benas. A love letter—Fordy spends a night drinking in despair over his ex-girlfriend.
CBTV Student Fest 6: Slim Picking Fat Chances
By David de Rooij and Jelle Brunt. Slim is a saloon owner who suddenly faces competition when a bigger, better saloon opens up.
“My Dog Tulip” opening in New York
Paul Fierlinger’s animated feature My Dog Tulip opens an exclusive two-week run on September 1st at the Film Forum in New York. It opens …
CBTV Student Fest: Pdingpdoong
We’re going to India for this weeks’ episode of the Cartoon Brew TV Student Animation Festival. Pdingpdoong is directed by Krishna …
CBTV Student Fest 5: Pdingpdoong
By Krishna Chandran A. Nair, Manasi Parikh, Nupur Mukherjee, and Chewang Lepcha. Two playful and naughty schoolboys have a unique perspective on life.
Illusionist Producer Threatens Animator who Worked on Film
Bob Last, producer of Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist, sent a threatening email to one of the animators who worked on the movie because …
Arrested: Disney and Bluth Animator Jeffrey Varab
Jeff Varab, a veteran character animator with credits on The Fox and the Hound, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Balto, Mulan and Titan A.E., was …
CBTV Student Fest #3: Artichoke Hearts by Kazimir Iskander
By Kazimir Iskander. The story of a Angus Grant, a cranky middle-aged divorcee and Teehan Delko, his spirited, 10-year-old neighbor, cast away from the world on a lonely island in the American Midwest.
Don Graham’s “Composing Pictures” is Reprinted
I don’t know how this news passed me by, but Don Graham’s classic book about composition called Composing Pictures is back in print for …
NBC Peacock ID by Nathan Love
Nathan Love created this uncommonly appealing NBC station ID in collaboration with NBC ArtWorks, the on-air graphics department of the …
Job Offer of the Week: Make 500 Shorts in 90 Days
I don’t know if this is a real offer, but it’s a classic. Somebody wants twenty-five hours, yes, HOURS, of animation produced in two to …
CBTV Student Fest #3: August by Matthias Hoegg
Unwanted visitors disturb the tranquility of a campsite at the height of summer. While mayhem breaks out on the lawn, a group of ants makes brave new discoveries in the grass.
Cartoon Brew version 3.0
Welcome to the updated Cartoon Brew. This was an important redesign for us. We wanted to make the site more useful for regular readers …
Interview with John Canemaker about Two Guys Named Joe
John Canemaker’s eagerly anticipated book, Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant & Joe Ranft, will arrive in stores …
Jerry @ Comic Con 2010
The San Diego Comic Con has posted its daily schedules – and if you are going to the Con and want to see me you’ll have ample …
Matt Williames on Working at Disney
If you read just one blog post this week, make sure it’s this one by animator Matt Williames describing his experience working on …
Happy Hour by Maxime Paccalet
This is an incredible short. Happy Hour (Café allongé), produced by Paris based Kaw Animation, directed by Maxime Paccalet, is what …
“Your Love Is My Drug” Inserts by Lizzi Akana
Lizzi Akana created these Peter Max-ish inserts for the Ke$ha music video “Your Love Is My Drug.” Here’s a Quicktime link to the entire …
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