Steve Cutts may not be a household name, but his viral films got him the gig of a lifetime.
Discover five of Cartoon Brew's favorite creepy classics, based upon the literary works of Edgar Allen Poe, Franz Kafka, and more.
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/have-fear-five-animated-horror-classics-are-here-120494.html
A new book explores the original, un-Disney-like goals of Pixar's first feature effort.
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/books/toy-story-review-113659.html
Barney Rubble with green toenails, Yogi Bear mass graveyards, fake Charlie Browns: welcome to the weird wide world of cartoon merchandising!
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/books/book-review-toons-in-toyland-112419.html
A new book seeks to remedy the lack of English scholarship on China's contribution to the medium.
A new edition of "The Anime Encyclopedia" aims to cover anime more comprehensively than ever before. Does it succeed?
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/books/book-review-the-anime-encyclopedia-109673.html
I regret starting this review on a negative note, but it should be said that "Anime Fan Communities" is not the most accurately-titled book. Author Sandra Annett takes international anime fandom ...
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/books/book-review-anime-fan-communities-by-sandra-annett-108391.html
Cartoon Brew speaks to director Greg McLeod about "365," a new short with an unusual concept.
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/greg-mcleod-on-animating-1-second-every-day-for-a-year-96221.html
Bit by bit, overtly gay characters are making inroads into animation targeted primarily at children, but the fear of gay cartoon characters has existed for years.
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/a-history-of-the-gay-agenda-in-animation-105951.html
One of the most interesting things about the new "Judge Dredd: Superfiend" online mini-series is how it straddles the line between fan work and official product.
The BBC published a video report on a new animation initiative in Africa that aims to nurture new talent from around the continent.
British TV networks wanted to find the next "Simpsons" and "South Park," but things didn't go quite as planned.
Aardman's first star, Morph, has returned in a new series of Kickstarter-backed YouTube shorts.
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/aardmans-morph-returns-in-a-new-online-series-101494.html
Based on Michael Bond’s 1958 children’s book "A Bear Called Paddington," the live-action/CG hybrid "Paddington" tells the story of a Peruvian bear who finds himself living in London. The film...
Poor Garfield. In his heyday, he was amongst the most beloved characters on the funny pages, his plush likenesses fastened to car windows and his sarcastic barbs adorning office walls around the ...
The world of animation software is dominated by a handful of industry-standard titles. However, the margins are dotted with more specialized pieces of software, often designed for animators who p...
I can remember looking at anime titles in British video catalogues back in the nineties; as the pastoral fantasies of Hayao Miyazaki would not reach prominence in this country until the new mille...
There are big developments in the UK animation industry in the wake of a much-heralded tax break received by the British animation industry that went into effect last year. Sarah Smith, the forme...
On Sunday April 13, as part of the Bird’s Eye Film Festival, the Barbican art centre in London is set to hold an event to mark the centenary of animator Joy Batchelor. Speaking at the event wil...
Dolphin Burger Studios, a workshop for disabled artists and animators in Brighton, England, has produced a fan-remake of the memorable stop-motion music video for Peter Gabriel's “Sledgehammer....