To commemorate ten years of Cartoon Brew, I thought it would be fun to revisit our posts from earlier years. What happened in animation last year? Five years ago? Ten years ago? I’m borrowing the idea ...

When watching cartoons, or even playing video games, you might notice something is a little off when it comes to the hands of most characters. Specifically, a finger is missing. Almost all animated ...

Moon Man, the classic children’s book by Tomi Ungerer, has been adapted into a hand-drawn animated feature. The film is a French/German/Irish co-production directed by Stephan Schesch and Sarah Clara ...

First, it saves money. Until the advent of computer animation, every image was drawn by hand. Drawing one less finger per hand saved time, which cut costs. As Phineas and Ferb writer Jeff “Swampy” ...

What do Mickey Mouse, Homer Simpson, and SpongeBob SquarePants have in common? Not much, apart from the fact that they're all beloved, easily recognizable cartoon characters. But they also share one ...

"Wolfwalkers" created two different worlds evoking oppression and freedom, taking inspiration from "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" with expressive line work. When tackling “Wolfwalkers,” the last of ...

In 1923, an editorial cartoonist named H.T. Webster drew a humorous cartoon for the New York World newspaper depicting a fictional 2023 machine that would generate ideas and draw them as cartoons ...

There’s a new hand-drawn platformer coming to PC and consoles, and it looks absolutely breathtaking. The Eternal Life of Goldman, announced on Friday during THQ Nordic’s Digital Showcase, is an ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s Burlington House Cartoon, which will soon be the centrepiece of an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) in London, originally hung close to the Mona Lisa in the artist’s ...