GUMBY EXHIBIT

There’s going to be a Gumby exhibit opening Aug. 4th at the Center for Puppetry Arts museum in Atlanta. Several original props and models …

Two Classic Commercials

A very random post. Here’s a couple interesting commercials I recently saw on YouTube. The first is a beautifully animated spot for the …

HEY KIDS! FREE BUTTONS!

Amid and I will be plugging Comic-Con International: San Diego several times during the next week as we slowly figure out what panels are …

FOUR HOURS WITH JOE BARBERA

Check this out: Oliver on the Golden Age Cartoons Forum discoved the posting of an extensive interview (over four hours) with Joe Barbera …

MOUSE TRACKS BOOK EVENT

Greg Ehrbar, co-author of the new book Mouse Tracks, is hosting an ASIFA-Hollywood event this Thursday in Glendale. This is part of a …

Random Disney Photo of the Day

Jenny Lerew recently posted a photo on her blog of Disney legend Ken Anderson posing for a publicity snap with an unidentified Japanese …

Tintin Documentary on PBS

Jason Vanderhill points out on the fps blog that the 2004 documentary, TINTIN AND I, about Tintin creator Hergé, will premiere …

Animation in San Diego

The amount of animation related programming at this year’s Comic-Con International: San Diego borders on the obscene. Nearly every …

Freedom River (1971)

As relevant as FREEDOM RIVER was in Vietnam-era United States, I’d wager its message is even more relevant in our day and age. The film’s …

TV CARTOON PALS

Dan Goodsell’s Sampler of Things blog is a daily must-see for everyone who loves classic cartoons and great retro package design. Today’s …

WE FOUND WALDO

Where’s Waldo? Check this out.

THE WORST TOM AND JERRY I’VE EVER SEEN

No, the image above isn’t from the Filmation Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980), nor any U.S. produced latter day monstrosity. It’s a page …

Join the Cartoon Brew Mailing List

We’re starting a Cartoon Brew mailing list. The Brew will be undergoing some major changes in the second half of 2006 and we want to keep …

BLAST 9 Update

I hope this will be the last update on ANIMATION BLAST 9 before the issue is finally released. My printer tells me that the issue will be …

Cartoons, Copyright and YouTube

So, what’s new in the world of animation this week? Well, YouTube has bowed to pressure from the movie studios and removed hundreds of …

Is My Animated Short Worth a Penny?

There’s been a lot of buzz in recent months about services like YouTube that allow filmmakers to host and share videos. A BUSINESS 2.0 …

SUPERMAN HATES SMOKERS

Here’s a blast from the past. Matt Richardson posted this vintage TV spot on his Poptique blog:I’m 99.9% certain it was made back in 1980 …

Do It Yourself Cartoon Kit

I’m ashamed to say that until today I’d never seen Bob Godfrey’s classic animated short DO IT YOURSELF CARTOON KIT (1961). Cheap and …

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