Cartoon Culture

Blow Me Down!

This year, Popeye celebrated his 80th birthday (his first comic strip appearance was on January 17th, 1929). This painting, from 2007 by …

Feature Film

Baidir

I am not sure if this French production, Baidir, is a proposed TV series or a feature film – but it’s damn nice looking:

Feature Film

Ivete Stellar

Calling George Lucas! Forget the fight between Avatar and Delgo – this Brazilian feature, currently in production at Cacomotion, …

Classic

Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)

For the sake of film history, I’ll occasionally seek out odd bits of animation contained in obscure Hollywood movies and post them here – …

Bad Ideas

Avatar vs. Delgo V.2

File this under “People who don’t know when to quit while they’re ahead”: The producers of Delgo – the biggest bomb of 2008 – are …

Events

The Secret of Kells to screen in L.A.

Tomm Moore’s highly stylish animated feature, The Secret of Kells will screen in Los Angeles one time only, at the Aero Theatre in Santa …

Events

Jerry’s Event Round-Up

I now have three (count ’em, three) regularly scheduled live events in Hollywood California. If you can’t make it this month, please …

CGI

Comparing Avatar to Delgo

James Cameron unveiled the trailer to his eagerly awaited science fiction spectacular Avatar this week and, to me, it certainly looks …

Classic

The King Of Jazz

Walter Lantz animated a short sequence for the Universal feature King Of Jazz (released 3/30/30). The sequence is notable as the first …

Bad Ideas

Mo-Cap Yellow Sub?

Following up on the report of Robert Zemeckis’ plans for a mo-cap remake of Yellow Submarine, Brew reader Chris Smigliano points out that …

Shorts

Second Wind

JibJab production designer Ian Worrel has posted his Cal Arts thesis film. Preliminary sketches and design elements are posted here.

Music Videos

Grizzly Bear’s Two Weeks

What do you think? I much prefer this imaginative fan made video by Gabe Askew (below) over the official, professionally produced one …

Classic

DVD Review: Beany & Cecil Vol. 2

Bob Clampett was a genius. And if you need further proof, the long-awaited Beany and Cecil: The Special Edition Vol. 2 dispenses it …

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