Bass+Crippen+Freberg=”Sale of Manhattan”
The animation above aired on the 1962 ABC special “Stan Freberg Presents The Chun King Chow Mein Hour: Salute to the Chinese New Year.” …
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Let’s Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile
Apparently it’s the season for children’s books by animation artists. A couple weeks ago, we wrote about the new kids’ book by Tom …
The Princess and the Frog Trailer
The trailer for The Princess and the Frog aired for the first time today on Disney Channel. (Thanks, Aldon Spears)
School of Visual Arts Student Screening Review
I attended a couple year-end animation school screenings yesterday in Manhattan–one for NYU students and the other for School of Visual …
Yooouuutuuube.com
Yooouuutuuube.com is a site that allows users to create a frame-by-frame video wall display using any YouTube video link. The effect is …
From the “Not Everything Needs to be Animated” Dep’t.
A memo to real estate agents: The market is bad enough. Creepy, poorly animated CG spokespeople aren’t going to increase your sales and …
EXCLUSIVE: Early Review of The Princess and the Frog
I don’t typically republish reader comments in separate posts, but a Cartoon Brew reader named Michael saw a rough cut of The Princess …
“Mr. Wobble’s Nightmare” by Joel Trussell
Following this recent post, many readers demanded better animated and funnier fruit people. So I present to you Joel Trussell’s new Kid …
Two Books You Must Have in October
Come October, I know I’ll definitely be adding two new books to my bookshelf: South of the Border with Disney: Walt Disney and the …
‘White is for Witching’ Trailer
I’ve linked to a number of animated book trailers in recent months, and the trend appears to be growing. In the overcrowded fiction …
David Ferguson’s Animated Shorts
Adventure Time creator Pen Ward recently turned me on to the work of Glasgow-based animator David Ferguson, who posts his work at …
Confederate Fruit
One of the unspoken rules of Cartoon Brew is that I will link to any piece of animation that combines fruit-people, furries and the song …
ASIFA-East Animation Festival Winners
The winners were announced last night at the 40th annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival. The top Best in Show prize was awarded to the …
Prophet and Lo$$ by Jonathan Bairstow
Jonathan Bairstow created Prophet and Lo$$ in 1988 as his graduation film at the Royal College of Art. It’s safe to say that the film, …
THIS SUNDAY: ASIFA-East Animation Festival
New York’s biggest animation award, the ASIFA-East Animation Festival, takes places this Sunday, May 3, at 6pm. This year is extra …
Hamster Squaredance
Hamster Squaredance is one of the more visually distinctive music videos I’ve run across in a while. It was created for the musician Mr. …
“Hummingbirds” for Kopparberg Tropical Cider
Finnish studio Anima Boutique produced this series of refreshingly stylized CG spots for Kopparberg cider drinks. The director and …
Last Part of Amid’s Book Sale
I’ve posted the last part of my 2009 animation and cartoon book sale. Rare goodies straight ahead on the book sale page.
Amid’s Animation Book Sale, Part II
I’m continuing the great animation book purge of 2009. Everything I posted earlier today is already sold, but I’ve just posted more cool …
TONIGHT: Toronto Animation Industry Night
Tonight is the second annual Toronto Animation Industry Night presented by Toronto Animation Live. I’m not familiar with the organization …
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