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See A 26-Page Preview of “VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch” 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Fantagraphics has made available a 26-page PDF preview (download here) of their forthcoming Virgil ‘VIP’ Partch retrospective book that confirms this will be one of the must-have cartoon-related books...
VICE Creates Animated Kung Fu Lessons To Promote Wong Kar-wai’s “The Grandmaster” 26 Aug 2013 | 10:11 pm
VICE has produced three short animated pieces tied into the release of Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster, a fictionalized account of the life of Chinese martial artist Ip Man, who is also known today for...
How Filmmakers Use Unscripted Audio in Animation: A Survey From “Moonbird” to “Waltz with Bashir” 26 Aug 2013 | 09:03 pm
One of the better-known shorts made by John and Faith Hubley is Moonbird, from 1959. This film came about when the Hubleys made a secret recording of their two sons one night, playing a game in which ...
The GEICO Gecko Does Not Like Being Called A Cartoon 26 Aug 2013 | 11:34 am
Sometimes a TV commercial is just a TV commercial. But not this time. This new spot for auto insurance company GEICO is noteworthy for its meta-humor about the animation art form with the ironic obser...
Artist of the Day: Cory Loftis 25 Aug 2013 | 07:43 pm
Cory Loftis works as a visual development artist at Walt Disney Animation and has contributed his efforts to films such as Wreck-it Ralph. Below are two doughnuts that Cory during the production of th...
Artist of the Day: Kristian Antonelli 24 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
Kristian Antonelli is an animator who works at Yukfoo Animation. Kristian was also an animator on the short film, Everything I Can See From Here, which was recently featured on Cartoon Brew. Kristian...
“A Morning Stroll” Director Grant Orchard Gets Ready to “Chop Chop!” 24 Aug 2013 | 06:10 pm
Grant Orchard, the Oscar-nominated director of A Morning Stroll and a longtime Brew favorite, has created the children’s series Chop Chop! (working title) in collaboration with Studio AKA. The 52 x 7-...
“Animation Sketchbooks” Book Review and Gallery 23 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
Laura Heit’s Animation Sketchbooks (published this month by Chronicle Books in the US, and earlier by Thames & Hudson in the UK) offers a peek inside the private sketchbooks of 51 (mostly independent)...
Artist of the Day: Nick Edwards 23 Aug 2013 | 04:36 pm
Nick Edwards is a prolific cartoonist working in the UK who creates comics for print and online distribution, including his regular Thursday strip, Cave Shrine and his debut comic book Dinopopolous pu...
Disney Tags the English Coastline with 260-Feet High Cartoon Characters 23 Aug 2013 | 04:31 am
Disney launched Disney Infinity in the UK by plastering the characters from the game onto the landmark White Cliffs of Dover along the English coastline. The images stretched 1600 feet across and 260 ...
