Animators

Stan VanDerBeek

(Photo © Amy Drown) I’m currently fascinated with the work of avant-garde filmmaker Stan VanDerBeek (1927-1984). There seems to be …

Books

Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend

“Holy Sh-t!” I gotta have this book. That was my reaction when I first saw it – and now I have it. I’d heard about the book, but had …

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TOON IN

Our buddy Tee Bosustow has just started broadcasting a new radio show dedicated to classic animated cartoons. Toon In! … to the Masters …

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Uli Meyer’s MONSTERMANIA!

Congrats to Uli Meyer, owner of the London animation studio Uli Meyer Animation, who announced on his blog a few days ago that he’s …

Animators

Identifying Classic Animators

My new favorite blog of the moment is Thad Komorowski’s “Identifying Animators and Their Scenes.” The site has only been up for a few …

Genius

2006 Animation Predictions

Better late than never. Here are a few thoughts from your Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – about what might happen in animation …

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Chicken Little Belittled

SLANT MAGAZINE’s review of CHICKEN LITTLE begins: A better name for Chicken Little might have been My First Spielberg Movie given how …

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CHANNEL FREDERATOR

Today Fred Seibert launches Channel Frederator, the world’s first cartoon video podcast, established to distribute commercial and …

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WALLACE & GROMIT

Unless I’m mistaken, I’ve now seen every substantial theatrical animated feature of 2005 (except CHICKEN LITTLE). MADGASCAR, CORPSE BRIDE …

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AMERICAN DOG

If this is what computer animation means at Disney, then I wish they’d made the switch years earlier. The new pieces of art shown at …

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Pixar at MOMA

A few days ago, I mentioned a couple books that Chronicle Books will be publishing this winter in honor of Pixar’s twentieth anniversary. …

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Introducing Ken Pontac

We’re excited to announce the return of guest blogging here at Cartoon Brew. It’s a fairly straightforward concept. Jerry and I don’t …

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Guest Brewer

We’re excited to announce our first guest blogger, Mark Mayerson, who will be joining us on Cartoon Brew next Monday, May 3. Here’s a …

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ANIMATOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Getting rave reader reviews on Amazon.com is Animatrix: A Female Animator, How Laughter Saved My Life By Heidi Guedel.I haven’t read the …

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