Jules Engel on Bambi
These three caricatures, above, are of Jules Engel enacting part of a storyboard on Bambi. Don’t strain your eyes. Click here to see a …
Jerry Beck
Dookie-Poo
There have been many cartoon characters based upon… uhh, shall we say, doo-doo. From Spumco’s Nutty, the Friendly Dump to South …
Oscar ’07: The fallout from the “Happy Feet” win
Happy Feet won. Does it matter? The sad fact is, it may. I won’t deny that Happy Feet was a well made, entertaining film. I liked …
Oscar Winners
In case you haven’t heard, at the Academy Award Ceremonies tonight the Oscar for Best Animated Short was won by The Danish Poet. The …
A Red-Hot Trade Ad
I just came across this trade ad from a 1945 issue of Box Office Magazine. Click on thumbnail image at left to see it in full …
NY/LA Animation Events on March 2
Here’s a heads up on two unusual animation screenings on Friday night, March 2nd—one in New York, the other in Los …
Cool McCool
Cool McCool was not a great cartoon show. In fact, it was downright poor. Created by Bob Kane (of Batman and Courageous Cat fame), and …
Popeye Paté
As a follow-up to yesterday’s image of Mickey Mouse Liver Paste, Brew reader Michael Levine sent in this picture of Popeye Paté …
Mickey Mouse Liver Paste
This was posted on Boing Boing but I couldn’t resist linking to it here. Mickey Mouse Liver Paste from Croatia. Yecch!
Japan Media Arts Festival
The Japan Media Arts Festival has announced the winners of it’s 10th annual competition and have set up a very nice website offering …
Fred Quimby Explains It All
Cartoonist David King has posted on his blog several interesting pages from a 1950 book, The Complete Guide to Professional Cartooning. …
Brad Bird on Good Morning America
In case you missed it this morning, here’s the segment on Brad Bird from ABC News. Lots of nice clips from Ratatouille. Also, after the …
ASIFA-East Animation Festival
This is going to be a plug for ASIFA-Hollywood. But first we need to inform all filmmakers that one of the best (and longest running) …
Misce-Looney-ous
Looney Tunes fans rejoice! Jon Cooke and Matthew Hunter have joined forces to start a new blog to collect and showcase Warner Bros. …
Underdog
There IS a need to fear. The UNDERDOG trailer is here.
Worth 1000 Cartoons
Worth 1000.com held a Photoshop contest this weekend where contestants had to incorporate animated cartoon characters into classic …
Spongebob at Amoeba
Calling all Krusty Krab fans. Amoeba Music in Hollywood will host a rare in-store performance by SpongeBob & The Hi-Seas, a rock band …
Pink Panther Car For Sale
Ahhh, The things that turn up on eBay. For a measly $146,242.50 you can own the car created essentialy for the opening sequence of The …
Glenn Barr’s Haunted Paradise
Forget the fact that Glenn Barr did backgrounds for Ren & Stimpy, or The New Woody Woodpecker Show, or has contributed to Mad Magazine …
ALICE in 35mm
A few years ago, Ray Pointer (aka Inkwell Images) put together a superb DVD collection of seven Alice Comedies, Disney’s 1920s silent-era …
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