Cartoon Brew

The Animation That Changed Me: Maureen Furniss on ‘Voices’

Maureen Furniss joins us for this week’s The Animation That Changed Me, a series in which leading artists and industry figures discuss one work of animation that deeply influenced them. Maureen ...
Cartoon Brew

The Animation That Changed Me: Peter Chung on ‘Space Adventure Cobra’

Peter Chung joins us for a galactic trip in this week’s edition of The Animation That Changed Me, a series in which leading artists discuss one work of animation that deeply influenced them. Peter ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Despicable Me’ turns Universal into a digital animation film player

For Universal Pictures, all it took was some puny yellow minions to tackle the giants of animation. The studio’s movie “Despicable Me,” about a villain who enlists an army of yapping subordinates to ...
Wired

Combining CGI and Hand-Drawn Animation: Me and My Shadow

Since 2010, everything to come out of Dreamworks Animation has been a sequel or part of a franchise. Not since Megamind have they produced something utterly original for the big screen. Me and My ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Monsters,’ ‘Despicable Me 2,’ ‘Turbo’: Summer’s Brutal Animation War

A record six cartoon flicks hit between Memorial Day and Labor Day; says DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, "This will be the strongest summer for animation ever." By Pamela McClintock ...
Filmmaker

“With Animation I Can Reach Beyond What’s Just in Front of Me”: Writer/Director Geoff Marslett on his Sundance Animated Short The Phantom 52

A restless trucker (credited as the titular “Phantom”) tugs his wheels across the highway and calls out to fellow drivers over his CB radio. No one else is on the road and no one reciprocates his ...