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ASIFA-Hollywood screening for Raggedy Ann & Andy

ASIFA-Hollywood has announced a special screening and panel discussion to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Richard Williams’ Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, writes Cartoon Brew. The event is…

Mary Blair, Harrison Ellenshaw celebrated

Jim Hill Media directs attention toward The Art and Flair of Mary Blair exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum, as well as Harrison Ellenshaw’s signing celebration at the Where the…

Disney's Animated Features and Shorts

A recent entry at Cartoon Brew links to an image of a cardboard disc handed out to attendees at the Ottawa International Animation Festival last week which shows a complete…

2nd Annual Aniboom Awards Open for Submissions

“If you have a calling for creating cartoons, Aniboom is letting you show the world your talents. Aniboom (www.aniboom.com), the premier multi-platform animation network that partners with untapped animation talent…

I Heard It Through The Animation Grapevine

…the LA area there may be a chance to see the Goofy short for the next couple days; see the comments in this thread at Cartoon Brew for more information)….

101 Dalmatians / 102 Dalmatians (live-action)

…the end of the film, all logic has been tossed out the window, where we’re asked to believe in more and more cartoon logistics (what’s the point of that in…

Animator Boyd killed in Vancouver

Cartoon Brew reports that Vancouver animator Paul Boyd was killed last Monday night, due to a gunshot by police. Boyd had worked as a director on Ed, Edd ‘n Eddy…

Pixarian interviews, book and DVD reviews

…Upcoming Pixar also links to the Cartoon Brew review of the book To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios. Lastly, DVD Times have posted their review of…

New website for Mr. Men Show

…meet and interact with characters from the show. The Mr. Men Show will hit television in January 2008, on Five in the UK and on Cartoon Network in the US….

Paisley gets animated at concerts

…“cartoon buff,” began using the medium last year to accompany instrumentals on stage. Among the animation Paisley has crafted are shorts showing him as a cowboy and a race-car driver….

Ratatouille a hot dish in France

…Gaul. The article explains, “Taking in nearly $16 million through 1,951,074 ticket sales on 721 prints, the average of 2,706 viewers per screen is the highest-ever bow for a cartoon.”…

Big-screen adaption of Voltron headed this way

After the success of the cartoon-inspired film Transformers, New Regency, reports Variety, is looking to make their own giant robot flick. The studio is currently developing a live-action adaptation of…

Toonami Jetstream to add more series

SCI FI Wire reports that Toonami Jetstream, the online extension of Cartoon Network’s Toonami franchise, will celebrate its first birthday with a new slate of fan-favorite programming. Series to be…

Transformers: Animated clip online

Entertainment News International reveals the first footage of Transformers: Animated, first shown at this years Comic-Con. The latest animated reincarnation of Transformers is set to premiere on Cartoon Network, Spring…

Full press release for The Tick Vs. Season Two

…from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The cartoon crime-stopper in blue tights–– flanked by motley crew Arthur The Moth, American Maid and Die Fliedermaus–– stings The City’s evildoers in a dozen…

Grasshorse to move to Iowa

…due to the new tax incentives given to film companies by the state. Grasshorse creates both 2D and 3D animation, with clients that include Warner Brothers, Cartoon Network, and Disney….

Bazooka Joe heading to the big screen

Animation blog CartoonBrew points to an article on USA Today that reveals plans in store for the 69-year old cartoon character Bazooka Joe. Ex-Disney CEO Micheal Eisner explains his interest…

Bringing WALL•E to life, and a peek at Pixar's Cars Toon!

…discs’ bonus animated short BURN•E‘s director Angus MacLane, about the creation of the new cartoon, which we posted yesterday. Our WALL•E contest closed last night, but keep checking back later…

Woody Woodpecker Volume 2 DVD coming in April

The Digital Bits reports that Universal Studios Home Video will be releasing The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2 DVD on April 15th for $39.98. According to…

Family Guy spin-off in development

…Brown, a friends of Family Guy‘s protagonist Peter Griffin. Several more upcoming animated shows are mentioned in the story, including Relative Insanity, Mothballs, and a cartoon relaunch of The Pitts….

Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940 Volume Two DVD in June

…of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story retrospective documentary“, the feature-length movie “Gulliver’s Travels“, vintage audio recordings, radio interviews, and more. More information alongwith the cartoon listing, can be found here….

Brad Bird radio interviews

Cartoon Brew points to a pair of recent radio interviews with writer-director Brad Bird which are worth a listen. The first interview elaborates on what he thinks is wrong with…

TV to DVD: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Woody Woodpecker

…an update on The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2, including a detailed list of the 75 cartoons featured on the 3-disc set. Woody’s 2nd DVD is…

A bumper weekend post: reviews, announcements and clips…oh my!

…a great weekend, and stay tooned! – Ben. WALT DISNEY TREASURES 2008 Trouble Shooter (behind the scenes from The Chronological Donald: Volume 4) Don’s Fountain Of Youth (cartoon from The…

Bolt: Joe Moshier – one bold, Bolt designer!

…had an animation division and I ended up becoming an animator on Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, a Saturday morning cartoon. After that ended, they laid most people off. They…

Character Animation Panel Discussion

…(Stop Motion Animation) Dave Barclay, Perform FX (Puppet Capture Technology) Michelle Papandrew, Cartoon Network (Flash Animation) Ken McDonald, Sony Pictures Imageworks, (Motion Capture) Saturday, January 19th, 2008 11am – 1pm…

Three Little Pigs added to National Film Registry

…the 11th-best cartoon of all time in a 1990s poll of animators, Three Little Pigs falls midway through a series of classic shorts (Skeleton Dance, The Band Concert, The Old…

TV to DVD: Freakazoid!, Voltron, Denver

Keeper’s Contemporary Warner Bros. Cartoon Files via TV Shows on DVD has the latest on the rumor that a Freakazoid! DVD set is planned for 2008. Apparently, the series’ first…

Grinch still mean, after fifty years

…retrospective traces the evolution of the drawings, describes Dr Seuss’ collaboration with Chuck Jones on the successful TV cartoon that followed the book and surveys the sequels and foreign-language translations….

The Aristocats Special Edition in February

…it will include all-new extras, such as a never-before-seen deleted song; Bath Day, a cartoon short from 1946 featuring Figaro; “Backstage Disney: The Aristocats Scrapbook”; Disney Virtual Kitten; an English…