2007 Award Finalist: The Hanna Barbera Treasury
I just found out that my Hanna Barbera Treasury has become a finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards. Before we get …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Classic Disney Art Returns to the US
The NY Times reports that Disney is having returned to them over 250 pieces of original classic artwork, most of it from Sleeping Beauty. …
‘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.
Monday Morning Inspiration: Jim Henson’s Time Piece
A 1965 Oscar-nominated experimental short written, directed and starring Muppets creator Jim Henson. The film is live-action with brief …
The Chimney
Not exactly animation (though there’s some pixilation), Steve Cloutier’s The Chimney makes terrific use of a cartoon music favorite: …
Realistic Homer
A disturbing new creation by Pixeloo who gave us Mario a few days ago…
Amitabh Bachchan For US Prime Minister
Badmash a new Indian animation studio with bases in Pune, India and Berkeley, California is promoting itself with a political parody site …
Darts in the Snow by Alexei Kharitidi
Simple but thoughtful storytelling in under a minute by Oscar-nominee Alexei Kharitidi. (via Cold Hard Flash)
Top Carrot
Tim Hollis sent this in:Last night, while clearing things out of a glass display case, I found the this plastic bag that someone sent to …
Get Well Soon, Jim Korkis
Animation historian Jim Korkis had a series of three small strokes last week. The strokes were in a portion of the brain that control …
Mike Nguyen’s blog
Mike Nguyen is one of the best traditional character animators I know. Fiercely independent, Mike’s working on his own feature film …
Cartoon Dump again!
We’re baaaaack! Live comedy! Horrible animation! Cartoon Dump is live in Los Angeles every 4th Tues. of the month at the Steve Allen …
Justin Wright (1981-2008)
Sad news out of Pixar. Story supervisor Ronnie del Carmen reports on his blog that newly minted Pixar story artist Justin Wright passed …
Frank & Artie
What’s wrong with the following sentence in this Andreas Deja interview: “I got to know, not only Marc Davis, but Frank Thomas, Artie …
Gabe Swarr for Radiohead and AniBoom
Gabe Swarr was commissioned to create this Flash-animated musical piece below advertising Radiohead and AniBoom’s “In Rainbows Music …
Kung Fu Panda kicks ass!
I see a lot of animated features in advance and, for the most part, keep my opinions to myself until the movie is in general release. …
Ron Paul Goes CG
Everything’s better when it’s in CG…even presidential candidate Ron Paul. Of all the recent animated political ads, this commercial …
Chester Cheetah in CG
Speaking of creepy CG translations of 2D characters, the new adult-targeted Cheetos ad campaign starring Chester Cheetah is highly …
Bone Marrow for Emru
Animation writer and critic Emru Townsend was diagnosed last December with leukemia and a condition called monosomy 7. He is in need of …
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