Cartoon Brewery celebrated the release of its first US Animation Power List with a reception on July 31 at Tam O’Shanter.

The star-studded event brought together many of the 60 influential people on this year’s list, as well as other invited guests. It also marked the release of the first print edition of Cartoon Brewery, which is now available free to employees of most major animation studios in Los Angeles. (Note: If you would like copies delivered to your studio, email us at contact (at) cartoonbrew (dot) com). The print edition is also available to annual members of the site (US only).

The following photos by Kyle Espeleta capture the good spirits and wonderful people who came to the reception, which continued for hours after it was scheduled to end. Quite a few attendees told us they hoped the event would become an annual tradition. We hope so too.