A Letter from Grim Natwick (1931)
Collector Martin Almeyer sent me this curious piece from his animation collection: a 1931 letter (in a Fleischer Studios envelope, above) …
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Hand-drawn “Abilify” commercial
Feelin’ down about the state of hand drawn animation? I was watching my favorite news channel and spotted this modest, but nicely …
Variety reviews “Winnie The Pooh”
I would have noted this earlier, but I just spotted it myself. Hollywood trade paper, Variety, posted the first review of Disney’s new …
“A Kaffa” from Supinfocom
Another great film from the French CG university Supinfocom. A Kaffa is the graduation project of Joan Baz, Lionel Caruana, Margaux …
“Black Sunrise” trailer by Nick Cross
Nick Cross is one of the most exciting independent talents working today. He’s currently hard at work on his most ambitious project yet – …
“Superjail” Season 2
We are big fans of Adult Swim’s Superjail which has just begun airing its second season each Sunday night at midnight. This Sunday’s …
“Crab (He Came In Peace)” by My Woshin Mashin
Indie animators Hugo B. Rich and Bibi Tulin are aka My Woshin Mashin, an indie band based in Berlin, Germany. Here is their latest song …
More Wabbit Witerature
Mega collector Tim Hollis read my post about the cartoon references in Norwood and sent in this neat one he found in Beverly Cleary’s …
NY Times on the hidden art of Shamus Culhane at Lantz
Must-read article for today: The New York Times on animator Shamus Culhane’s secret art, hidden in Walter Lantz Cartoons of the …
“Tim Minchin’s Storm – the Animated Movie” by DC Turner
A follow up to Amid’s post from January 2010, here is DC Turner’s complete short Storm, based on a ‘beat poem’ by Australian comedian …
A novel reference to “Noveltoons”
Great moments in American literature… ? After seeing the remake of True Grit a few months ago, Leonard Maltin decided to re-read the …
Today’s “Bizarro”
Today’s Bizarro by Dan Piraro – which had a little help from Wayno.
“Energetically Yours” by Dave Hilberman
We’ve been meaning to post this for a long time: Energetically Yours (1957). An industrial film about the history of mankind’s use of …
“The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories” by Dr. Suess
I’m excited about this: Coming in September is a new book containing previously unpublished stories by Dr. Seuss, The Bippolo Seed and …
“Jot” for sale
“JOT was just a basic circle that changed shape and color depending on his relationship with God”. All hail Jot, the syndicated …
Genndy Tartakovsky’s prologue to “Priest”
I’m not sure about the forthcoming feature film based on Priest, but the opening two minutes by Genndy Tartakovsky kicks ass – literally. …
“When Our Bedrooms Were Once Haunted” by Billy Polard
This is the haunting new video by musician-animator Billy Polard (who’s previous piece Losing Light was featured on the Brew last year), …
Swing You Sinners
I love this! Filmmaker, photographer and cartoonist for hire Nico Colaleo created this affectionate homage to 1930s cartoon super …
TUESDAY NIGHT in LA: “Chronopolis” at the Cinefamily
This month my monthly screening at the Cinefamily (at the Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood) is a tribute to the Phantasmagoric Films of …
“The Governator” from Andy Heyward
How hard will this suck? From the man who brought us DIC, and the governor who created the current California budget crisis: an …
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