Henry Selick leaves Laika

Oregon Live is reporting that Henry Selick is leaving his home base at Laika. The studio did not explain the departure other than to say …

Yarn and Lucky

Here are two non-narrative pieces that are quite pleasing to the eye. Adam Avilla and Tony Benna have joined forces to “try our might at …

How to see Mary and Max

In case you were wondering what happened to a U.S. release of Adam Elliot’s clay animated feature Mary And Max… The film was finally …

“Var jeg en vind” by Jan Rune Blom

Among the many fine people I met at the Fredrikstad Animation Festival in Norway last year was stop motion artist Jan Rune Blom. He …

“Chainsaw Maid” by Takena Nagao

Chainsaw Maid has gotten a fair share of play this year, but I thought it deserved a bigger shout out here on Cartoon Brew. The idea to …

Laika cuts computer animation

Portland’s Laika studio (Coraline) has scrapped all its plans for creating CG features and will instead focus on making stop-motion films …

Hiroshima Anniversary

Today also marks the 64th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, in which upwards of 100,000 Japanese people were killed instantly by …

Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer

Trailer is out today for Wes Anderson’s first animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox. Maybe it’s just me, but the dialogue delivery sounds …

Monster Safari Heads to the Bigscreen

Awesome news from The Hollywood Reporter: Monster Safari, a project created by the boys at LA-based Screen Novelties–Mark Caballero, …

How to Make a Baby

Cassidy Curtis, an animator at PDI/DreamWorks, and his wife, Raquel Coelho, created this charming pixilated short that also serves as a …

Animation with Food

Videokrauting, created by Italians Nicola Ferrarese, Corrado Agnese, Valentina Mantello and Marzia Pellegatta, is a tribute to videogames …

George Pal in Hollywood

George Pal came to America in 1940 with a contract to make animated shorts for Paramount. His Madcap Models (later Puppetoons) were a …

A Wolf Loves Pork by Takeuchi Taijin

Classic cartoon chase meets David Hockney in A Wolf Loves Pork by Japanese artist Takeuchi Taijin. Technique and technical showmanship …

Tatia Rosenthal’s $9.99 Debuts in New York

Can’t wait to check this one out! Tatia Rosenthal’s stop-motion drama $9.99 has its New York premiere this weekend. It’s playing at 7pm …

Cigarette Man

This is a smokin’ piece of stop-motion animation… (Thanks, David O’Reilly)

Notes on Coraline

One of the items on my infinitely long to-do list is to write some thoughts about the exquisite artistry behind Coraline. While the film …

Commercial Break: Gulf Oil

After Chuck Menville and Len Janson earned an Oscar-nomination for their automobile-themed pixilation short Stop, Look and Listen (1967), …

Scintillation by Xavier Chassaing

Scintillation by Paris-based music video director Xavier Chassaing is an experimental work comprised of over 35,000 photographs and using …

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