Upcoming Halas & Batchelor Book
HALAS AND BATCHELOR CARTOONS: AN ANIMATED HISTORY is a new coffeetable book coming out in August that is “part-history, part-tribute, …
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KRAZY KAT CARTOONS
In 1929, Charles Mintz (left) signs Ben Harrison and Manny Gould to long term contracts, to produce KRAZY KAT cartoons for Columbia …
3 SVA Students Share Their Amazing Creative Journeys Outside Of The Classroom
Breaks between academic semesters are valuable opportunities for growth and personal productivity for students at the School of Visual Arts.
TEX AVERY STATUES
For the sum of $295.99, this incredible Tex Avery limited edition statue can be yours! And if that isn’t your cup of tea, check out these …
NANCY BEIMAN’S BOOK
Disney and Warner Bros. animator/director and teacher, Nancy Beiman is writing her first book: PREPARE TO BOARD! Creating Story and …
More Disney Insignia
A bit of a follow-up to all the recent posts about Disney insignia from WWII (here and here). There is currently an exhibition at the …
John Lasseter Interview
This FORTUNE magazine interview with John Lasseter is a good read. The piece has the most extensive comments I’ve seen from Lasseter …
POPEYE RESTORATION AT MOMA
New Yorkers: DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!The Museum Of Modern Art (as part of their annual film preservation festival) will be screening a fully …
Animation Blast #9 Update
Here’s the latest on ANIMATION BLAST #9. I spoke to my Canadian printer yesterday, and he says if everything goes according to plan, …
SOCIETY OF ANIMATION STUDIES
The Society of Animation Studies has their annual conference coming up July 7th through 10th at Trinity College in San Antonio, Texas. …
DISNEY’S ABC’S OF HAND TOOLS
In 1946, long before it owned the ABC Television Network or created alphabet spelling books for children, Disney made an industrial film …
LASSETER LAST NIGHT – IN PARIS
John Lasseter sat down and answered questions at the French Premiere of CARS last night. Our friend Kinoo (of the French website, Pixar’s …
Stylistic Evolution in Crayon Shin-chan
My favorite anime critic, Ben Ettinger, recently wrote a piece about the long-running Japanese animated series CRAYON SHIN-CHAN and how …
MEET JUNE FORAY AND COREY BURTON
On Wednesday, May 17th, Van Eaton Galleries will host a benefit for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archives: The Art of Voice Acting for …
Cars Trailer #2
Disney has released the second full-length trailer for Pixar’s CARS. The animation looks much more appealing than earlier footage, but …
MORE DISNEY INSIGNIA
As a follow-up to our post on Disney At War, our pal J.J. Sedelmaier sent us this 2 page spread from the April 1944 issue of Popular …
CARS AND CARTOON BREW
What does CARTOON BREW have in common with Disney/Pixar’s CARS?Give up?? The answer is the lettering in both of our logos was designed by …
CARS GOLDEN BOOK
Speaking of CARS, don’t miss the Cars Little Golden Book. I just found it at my local Barnes & Noble last night. Once again Disney …
Not-Quite-Animation Books
A roundup of recent non-animation books that have caught my attention: I don’t know how Lane Smith does it, but every one of his …
Disney At War
Cartoon Brew reader Chris Olson, who sent in the fantastic ‘making of’ Pinocchio article a few weeks back, recently sent over a couple …
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