“The Orange” by Nick Fox-Gieg
The Orange is a droll and effective piece of storytelling directed by Nick Fox-Gieg and based on a story by Benjamin Rosenbaum. It was …
Amid Amidi
Monday Morning Inspiration: Three Oscar-Winning Shorts
Here’s a delightful way to begin the week. Cartoon Brew reader Saturnome writes: Your post last week featuring Bob Godfrey’s Great …
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Set your Tivos! Next Tuesday, March 24, is the premiere of Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood, a half-hour documentary on Turner Classic …
M. Wartella Animation on Xavier: Renegade Angel
Cartoonist M. Wartella (Wonder Showzen, Superjail!) created a stylish Aztec-art inspired two-minute segment for tonight’s episode of …
Seth MacFarlane’s Hulu Commercial
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has apparently become enough of a celebrity to appear as himself in a commercial for Hulu:
Cloudy with a Chance Of Meatballs Trailer
Sony Pictures Animation released the trailer today for their next feature, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Watch it here. The eyes on …
Annecy 2009: The Year Shorts Went Mainstream
The official selections have been announced for the 2009 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Of particular interest is to see …
Up is Down by Millie Goldsholl
It’s exciting when you’re introduced to the work of a filmmaker that you’ve never heard about, such as last weekend when I stumbled upon …
Bob Godfrey’s Great (1975)
A rare treat is now online: Bob Godfrey’s epic animated short Great. This irreverent musical about 19th century British engineer Isambard …
Millard Kaufman, RIP
Millard Kaufman, the Hollywood screenwriter who was instrumental in the creation of Mister Magoo, passed away last Saturday at age 92. …
Where Cartoon Brew Readers Work and Study
Last weekend marked the 5th anniversary of the Cartoon Brew blog. I thought it might be fun to celebrate by looking at who’s reading the …
Cigarette Man
This is a smokin’ piece of stop-motion animation… (Thanks, David O’Reilly)
The Cartoon Modern YouTube Playlist
Since Cartoon Modern was published a few years ago, the most frequently asked question I’ve received about the book is, “Where’s the …
Michael Eisner Career Update
Now that Michael Eisner has purchased the ailing Topps baseball card company, he’s finally in charge of a company that has to use all of …
The Whimsical Work of David Weidman and Also Some Serious Ones
If you appreciate good design and color work, then you’ll want to add the new hardcover publication The Whimsical Work of David Weidman …
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), …
United States of Tara Titles by Jamie Caliri
Stop-motion director Jamie Caliri (titles for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa) created pop-up book-style opening titles for the Showtime …
Tips From Katzenberg On Keeping Artists Happy
The latest issue of Fortune has a short article in which Jeffrey Katzenberg offers a few tips on how he keeps his artists happy. There’s …
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