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 …
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 …
Head’s up on a magazine article that Brew readers will definitely want to check out. The new issue of CARTOONS: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL …
“Jaws of Life” is a freshly styled music video for the Canadian band Wintersleep directed by Sean Wainsteim (with James Mejia). Wainsteim …
My book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION is starting the new year with a bang. Today’s NY TIMES BOOK REVIEW has a …
This is the sad type of story that obviously no one would like to be reporting. After losing their home during Hurricane Katrina, …
Following our mix-up about Kaj Pindal, we received an email from Michael Carter, Pindal’s producer and partner on the new animated series …
What happens when a bunch of young animation artists are given their own animation studio and assigned to create hundreds of animated …
The sixth in a series of holiday gift-giving suggestions from your pals at Cartoon Brew.The big video event this week for Disney buffs is …
What’s one of our favorite recurring topics here at Cartoon Brew? Of course, it’s the “Preston Blair swipe,” which is when an …
Indie filmmaker/stick-figure master/ANIMATION SHOW co-founder Don Hertzfeldt talks extensively about his work in this new AWN interview. …
Below is an excerpt from an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE article about the new Cartoon Network series CLASS OF 3000. In it, the show’s …
When was the last time a live action network primetime drama series featured an original animation segment as part of its plot? Van …
I had to take a bit of a break from the CARTOON MODERN blog last month but wanted to let everybody know that it’s starting up again and …
My local comic book store, Golden Apple Comics on Melrose Avenue, is moving to a new location this week.The first day I moved to L.A. …
Check this out: a brief but thought-provoking INTERVIEW with Dan Haskett, a name that should need no introduction to anybody working in …
Here’s a couple short must-see CG demos by animator Bernhard Haux. In the first video, Haux incorporates a dynamic wave principle into …
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive’s Steve Worth has posted a collection of beautifully drawn pencil and Prismacolor storyboards …
A few weeks ago, I commended New York animator Pat Smith for making this comment in an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE interview: “The …
I’ve been complaining for years about the fact that very few of the animated features produced outside the U.S. ever get distribution (or …