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A Christmas Carol Opens Today
Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol opens today to a chorus of negative reviews and a rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A particularly …
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Seventy Years On…
Here’s something the great Art Babbitt uttered in 1941. “I look forward to the day when real artists who are more than craftsmen, who …
Jonathan Demme To Make An Animated Feature
The book cover illustration above by Rachell Sumpter is responsible for one of the more intriguing animated feature announcements I’ve …
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Astro Boy‘s Abysmal Opening, and Imagi’s Sinking Ship
Imagi, an animation studio that thought it could compete with the big boys, has suffered a major blow after the abysmal opening of Astro …
Classic Cartoon Mural in Montreal
After the stress of judging the Ottawa International Animation Festival (more about that soon), I decided to unwind for a few days in the …
3 Dog Band by Paul Rudish
Worth checking out: a hi-res version of the Cartoonstitute short 3 Dog Band directed by Paul Rudish (Dexter’s Lab, Star Wars: Clone …
The Mad Magazine TV Special (1974)
I admit it, this one has me stumped. Don Martin, Antonio Prohias, Al Jafee, Mort Drucker and Dave Berg – adapted to animation! How did I …
The Creative Integrity of William Golden
Recently I revisited The Visual Craft of William Golden, a book published in the early-Sixties about the legendary CBS creative director. …
Wild Brain SF Shuts Down, Special Agent Opens for Business
Earlier this week, Wild Brain co-founder Phil Robinson and Wild Brain producer Amy Capen officially announced the launch of a boutique …
ASK THE EXPERTS: Online vs. Festival
We’re launching a new–and hopefully regular–feature on the Brew today where you ask the questions, and we find the answers. I wanted …
My Trip To Korea
I just got back from Seoul, Korea, where I spoke at a conference called DICON 2009, a digital conference that was part of the …
Thank You to Our Sponsors
We wanted to take a moment to thank some of our recent sponsors. We’re growing the site and planning lots of great things for the future …
First 1/3 of Princess and the Frog
I dropped into the big D23 Disney Fan Expo in Anaheim today, attended Bob Iger’s talk and watched the Disney Legends ceremony. The big …
Letters from Chuck
Is anybody following the official Chuck Jones blog? Because fans of Chuck should be! Chuck’s daughter, Linda, has been posting a …
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
I will be off the internet for most of the next four days, enjoying my holiday weekend at Cinecon (the classic movie festival at the …
Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
For the sake of film history, I’ll occasionally seek out odd bits of animation contained in obscure Hollywood movies and post them here – …
Sheridan Instructor Attempts Art Criticism (and Fails)
In my mind, the worst quality a teacher can have is to be close-minded because that narrow interpretation of good and bad is passed on to …
The King Of Jazz
Walter Lantz animated a short sequence for the Universal feature King Of Jazz (released 3/30/30). The sequence is notable as the first …
Learn from John Kricfalusi and Bill Plympton
Today, two of the biggest names in animation–John Kricfalusi and Bill Plympton–each announced that they were starting up classes to …
Cartoon Network loses gamble
The LA Times has a huge front page story in it’s Business section today, reporting on Cartoon Network’s recent programming gamble on live …
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