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Eddie Cantor Endorses Snow White

I was visiting the Van Eaton Gallery in Sherman Oaks this week (and you should too if you are in the area), and Mike Van Eaton, knowing I …

Oscar Nom For Recycled Life

I don’t know how I missed mentioning this last Tuesday, but it should be noted here that our good friends Mike Glad and Leslie Iwerks …

Leibovitz Meets Disney

USA TODAY writes about the new Disney print ad campaign which features Annie Leibovitz photographs of celebrities dressed as Disney …

What’s DreamWorks Doing?

This article, which was originally published in the WALL STREET JOURNAL earlier this week, offers some details on DreamWorks Animation’s …

Josie Visits Bill and Joe

This is pretty funny: a 1970 JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS comic where the characters visit the Hanna-Barbera Studios to learn how an animated …

Cartoon Network Exhibit Of… Cartoons

Spotlighting talent from Cartoon Network’s local team of designers, animators, graphic artists and, according to the press release, …

More Oswald

More OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT merchandise we can’t have (or can’t afford). Jeremy Povolny points out that Japanese clothing brand Comme …

Uli Meyer Draws…Again

Animator/director Uli Meyer has posted his second drawing video on YouTube (we mentioned the first one earlier in January). This time, he …

Oswald At Your Service

(Click on pictures for a larger version of each) Aren’t these cool? Too bad we may never get a chance to buy ’em.Disney character …

JP Miller Article by John Canemaker

Head’s up on a magazine article that Brew readers will definitely want to check out. The new issue of CARTOONS: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL …

Make Your Own Pixar Cars

Here’s a long message board thread of people turning their own cars into characters from Pixar’s CARS. There’s a how-to tutorial on the …

Academy Award Nominees & Analysis

The nominees were announced today.Best Animated Feature CARS (Pixar)HAPPY FEET (Warner Bros.)MONSTER HOUSE (Sony)Notes on the Feature …

Primal Screen’s Sundance Openers

Atlanta-based Primal Screen has produced two preshow animation pieces – “Fireplay” and “Spark City” – for the 2007 Sundance Film …

Persepolis

“When my parents came to the studio, nobody breathed. Imagine you are drawing Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and suddenly a big mouse and …

Divorce In Disneyland

LA WEEKLY’S Nikki Finke is reporting the breakup of Roy Disney’s 51 year marriage to his wife Patty.The only reason I posted this is …

Frederator Award Party

Frederator Studios is hosting a party for animators next week at Cinespace in Hollywood. The event is to celebrate the first year of …

Animation News To Be Aware Of

1. Chris Meledandri, head of Fox Feature Animation, jumps ship to Universal where he’ll try his best to produce another ICE AGE and not …

Cars Kleenex In Iraq?

This may be the silliest observation ever posted on the Brew, but I was reading the paper today and I couldn’t help staring at this photo …

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