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 …
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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 …
Enter Reallusion’s 2024 Animation At Work Contest; Deadline Is January 7
Artists of all levels are invited to showcase their skills and creativity.
OLI’S CHANCE
OLI’S CHANCE is a new German short that I discovered on character designer Harald Siepermann’s blog. The film can be viewed HERE (Windows …
FLOCK OF DODOS
FLOCK OF DODOS: THE EVOLUTION-INTELLIGENT DESIGN CIRCUS is a live-action documentary that premiered recently at the Tribeca Film …
Animation Blast 9 Update
Good news folks. ANIMATION BLAST 9 will be (finally) headed to the printer this Friday. I’m spending all this week doing final edits and …
Pierre Bernard takes on Cartoon Network
Graphic designer Pierre Bernard has a regular segment on LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN where he rants about things that annoy him. Last …
TWEETY STORYBOARD
Our friends at the Van Eaton Galleries have just sold the complete storyboard to the classic 1949 Merrie Melodies cartoon BAD OL’ PUTTY …
HILARIOUS CARTOON STATUES
Some will considered these to be awful, others will praise them as genius. Either way, these hilariously off-model cartoon maquettes from …
DISNEY TREASURES – THE COMIC BOOK!
David Gerstein at Gemstone Comics has a new Disney comics anthology in the works for August release, Disney Comics: 75 Years of …
LOONEY TUNES CARDS – MYSTERY SOLVED!
Mystery solved! Rich LaPierre, at Hallmark Cards, is the artist/designer of the new Looney Tunes greeting cards I’ve been raving about. …
MAYERSON ON ANIMATION
BOOKMARK ALERT: Animator and cartoon historian (not to mention a friend of mine for over 30 years) Mark Mayerson has started a blog. And …
PRESTON BLAIR’S ANIMATION BOOK
You know it. You have it. You’ve studied it from cover to cover. Preston Blair’s ANIMATION is the book on character animation basics. …
Happy Cinco De Mayo!
We received a lot of positive feedback when we did “Jazz Cartoon Friday” so here’s another themed collection of cartoons. Today is, of …
DreamWorks to be bought out?
Worthwhile read: A couple days ago, the LA TIMES published an ARTICLE about the possibility of currently independent DreamWorks Animation …
A Ward Kimball Painting
Animation director Jim Clark is one lucky son of a !?*$!%. That’s because he just bought an incredible Ward Kimball painting from 1949 …
JANET KLEIN
If you are in Hollywood tonight – I highly recommend you spend an evening with Janet Klein And Her Parlor Boys. I’ll be there with my …
MORE NEW LOONEY ART
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck may be gone from the Cartoon Network, but we seem to be in the midst of a new “golden age” of Looney Tunes …
BABY BUGGY BUNNY (1954) = LITTLE MAN (2006)
I had a theory years ago… the greatest generator of modern Hollywood movie ideas must be the plot synopsis sections of Leonard Maltin’s …
Little Rural Riding Hood
LITTLE RURAL RIDING HOOD (1949)Director: Tex Avery (Thanks to Kevin Langley for posting this on YouTube)
FOX TROT ON CARTOON NETWORK
Today’s FOXTROT comic strip, by Bill Amend, sums it all up. Earlier coverage of Cartoon Network’s decision to begin producing …
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