Veteran editor and journalist Jamie Lang has acquired the full assets of animation site, Cartoon Brew from co-founder Amid Amidi, becoming the site’s sole owner, publisher, and editor.
Lang, who is based in Madrid, began his career in entertainment journalism in 2016 as a freelancer for Variety. In April 2022, Lang joined Cartoon Brew as editor-in-chief. Over the next two years, he authored nearly 1,500 articles and commissioned, edited, and published hundreds more. Following a brief return to Variety as an international features editor, Lang was presented with the opportunity to acquire Cartoon Brew’s assets and lead the site, beginning today.
“I’ve been a huge fan of Cartoon Brew for a decade now, and it was a career highlight to work closely with the site’s co-founder, Amid Amidi, as editor in chief for two years. When he told me about his plans to sell the company and asked if I would be interested in taking over, it was an opportunity I could barely believe and one that I definitely couldn’t pass up,” said Lang of his new role.
In a message to the site’s readers, Amidi noted that he will continue to be involved with animation, in addition to exploring other avenues of expression. “If you want to stay in touch, visit my site Amidamidi.com,” he wrote. “There’s a newsletter and journal there where I’ll be writing about what I’m doing and sharing my thoughts on animation and other topics. There’ll also be updates shortly on my most immediate project — a long, long-overdue biography of animation legend Ward Kimball. All I can promise is that it’s going to be as interesting as the man himself.”
Amidi is the author of several books on animation including The Art of Pixar: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation for Pixar (2011) and Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation (2006). Cartoon Brew was founded in 2004 by Amidi and animation historian Jerry Beck. Beck left the site in 2013 to pursue other interests and to launch Cartoon Research.
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