Fresh Hare
Is this the fate of Bugs Bunny? Suicide Food is a blog that tracks food marketing that depicts animals (usually cartoon animals) who …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
The Art of Pixar’s Short Films
A while back I mentioned briefly on this site that I had been offered an opportunity to write a book for Pixar, and today I thought I’d …
‘Big Mouth’ Creator Nick Kroll In Conversation With Cartoon Brew
For a special FYC discussion, we spoke with the co-creator of Netflix’s longest-running adult animated series.
Academy Exhibit of Classic Animation
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences new lobby exhibition, Ink & Paint, opens to the public on Friday May 16th. It highlights …
Popeyes in Puerto Rico
I can’t stand Popeyes Chicken, but if the restaurants looked like this one in Puerto Rico I might give them another try. This one, …
Plympton, Paley and CGI at Tribeca
The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival kicks off this week and there are three animated features in competition. Each of them plays multiple …
Peur(s) du Noir & Richard McGuire
Over the past couple years, I’ve mentioned the French animated feature Peur(s) du Noir, which is a collection of black-and-white horror …
Oliver Laric’s (>’.’)>=O____l_*__O=<('.'<)
It’s been over a year since we’ve mentioned the innovative video experiments of Oliver Laric, but his latest project, (>’.’)>=O____l_*__O=
Coloring Books
Aaron Higgins of Toonarific has started a new website devoted to cataloging classic coloring books. As an art resource, it’s invaluable …
New Book: Working for Disney
On his blog, Didier Ghez points out an interesting-sounding book that was self-published a few days ago: Working for Disney: 1936-1937, …
Haagen-Dazs and Psyop Save Honeybees
Apparently, all the important causes that a corporation could pretend to care about have already been snatched up, so ice cream …
The Pixar Story on TV tonight!
The television broadcast premiere of Leslie Iwerks documentary, The Pixar Story, will be on the STARZ cable channel tonight at 10pm …
Popular Science on Fantasia Sound
Charles Shopsin has posted a January 1941 article from Popular Science about Disney’s pioneering sound processes for Fantasia on his …
Drawing On the Future
The 12th Marc Davis Celebration of Animation Drawing on the Future: Mentorship In Animation will feature (above L to R) Pete Docter …
D.A.N.C.E.
Thanks to several of our readers, I’ve just caught up with this music video from French music group, Justice. It’s directed by Jonas and …
Bakshi — In the Gallery and On Radio
Folks in Manhattan may want to check out the Animazing Gallery in Soho (461 Broome St.) which has a show of new paintings by Ralph …
Trailers From Hell: Yellow Submarine
One of my favorite non-animation websites is Trailers From Hell. This site archives various genre (mainly sci-fi/fantasy/horror) film …
Rare Terrytoon photos
That’s Gene Deitch (left) examining cels of Bert and Harry Piels (of the famed Piels Beer commercials) with director Connie Rasinski in …
An Open Letter to Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate
It was announced today that Viacom and Paramount have teamed with MGM and Lionsgate to create a new cable channel to compete with HBO and …
Clone Wars trailer
This trailer has been out for almost a year, but in case you missed it (or the newer, more action packed one leaked on Gizmodo) I thought …
Cartoon Dump: Tuesday in Los Angeles
If you haven’t been to live performance of Cartoon Dump, my monthly live comedy show in Hollywood, this month’s program is a perfect one …
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