Gary W. Cooke is mainly an anime fan, but he has posted a series of chronologic Bugs Bunny frame grabs on his website, creating a nice way to quickly see the visual evolution of the character.LINK

Politics don’t usually make an appearance on the Brew, except when despicable politicians are compared to Warner Bros. cartoon characters. Be sure to click on the images for the appropriate audio clips.

Monday mornings don’t get much more inspiring than this. Photocopies of a bunch of rare Freddy Moore sketches are posted at the Cartoon Retro message board. Thanks to Marco for the post.

Erik Knutson writes in about yesterday’s item:

Over the years, those Preston Blair bulldog drawings have become the generic bulldog of school sports teams. My own high school (Tracy High), used just about every version of that bulldog in a variety of ways. Here’s a link with a real poor version of one of the drawings (If you look close, you can see it’s initialled by the artist and it’s not “PB”). And I can remember at least two other high schools in the area that were “Bulldogs” and used those Preston Blair dogs for their logos.

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Buckeyes Love Blair

April 15, 2005 6:41 pm

It seems that the fine folks in Ohio really enjoy the work of animator Preston Blair, and moreso, they love plagiarizing drawings from his ANIMATION how-to book to suit their own needs. The last time we pointed out a Blair swipe, it was the Ohio Lottery Commission. This time, it’s the Edgerton Ohio School District which has decided to appropriate Blair’s bulldog as their mascot. Adding insult to injury, they’ve lost the subtlety of shape and solid construction that made Blair’s original drawing so good.

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BOOK SIGNING

April 15, 2005 9:25 am

Join me on Sunday afternoon - from 2pm onward - for a book signing and birthday party for Martha Sigall at the Van Eaton Gallery in Sherman Oaks, CA.We are celebrating Martha with family and friends in honor of the publication of her memoir Living Life Inside The Lines. It’s just come out - I saw the book last night at my local Barnes & Noble bookstore, and it’s available on amazon.com. I highly recommend it - a unique look at the golden age of animation, not by a star director or animation historian, but by a member of the ink & paint crew. It’s filled with great stories, photos and wonderful memories. Come by on Sunday, get a piece of cake and an autograph - and meet one of the few surviving members of Termite Terrace.

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THE ART OF TEENAGE ROBOTS

April 14, 2005 11:13 am

I had a blast last night hosting an Asifa-Hollywood behind the scenes look at MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT at Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank. Series creator Rob Renzetti, art director Alex Kirwan and background designer Joseph Holt joined me to discuss the origin of the show, its artistic influences (Astro Boy, Fleischer cartoons and Buffy the Vampie Slayer) and how the series is put together. We screened several episodes on the big screen - I was impressed how much better they looked that way - the design on this show is really superior and worth a closer look.In fact, you can have a closer look, thanks to a limited edition book, now available at the Frederator Teenage Robot Store on Cafe Press.com. I got a copy of this 120 page sketchbook last night, and its loaded with great full page black & white pencil sketches of various characters, prop designs, background layouts and model sheets. Fun stuff and a great glimpse at the work that goes into designing a show. Highly recommended!
Oh, but if all series released a book as this.

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CHILLY WILLY

April 14, 2005 8:20 am

If you like CHILLY WILLY - the Walter Lantz penguin character developed by Tex Avery (after a frigid debut by Paul J. Smith) - and I mean really like Chilly Willy, then we’ve got a website for you.Chilly Willy’s Sub-Arctic World is a new fan site compiling everything about the little critter - including streaming video (and plot synopsis) of every one of penguin’s animated appearences.

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