HISTORY DETECTIVES TRACE MICKEY

Next up on the PBS series History Detectives is an investigation of Mickey Mouse and Disney’s history with toy licensing. The episode …

A LOST WARNER BROS. CARTOON

Thanks to the restoration efforts of Warner Home Video, and the series of Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets, there are (or will be) …

RANDOM PLUGS FOR A HOLIDAY WEEKEND

Stop-motion animator Joel Fletcher (Nightmare Before Christmas, Dinosaur, King Kong, Land Of The Lost, X-Men: The Last Stand) has …

CEREAL BOX CARTOONS

The relationship between animated cartoons and breakfast cereal goes back to the 1930s. But it was the weekly TV cartoons shows of the …

Dick Van Dyke And Terrytoons

Dick Van Dyke. The star of Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bye Bye Birdie and Diagnosis Murder. He was “Chairman of TV LAND”, …

CLASSIC PRESTON BLAIR SWIPE

A while back we reported on various art swipes from the Preston Blair animation book, found on things like lottery tickets, and in places …

TANGO LAND

Cynthia Petrovic has added a nifty flash animated intro (animated by Scotty Arsenault) to her fun Tangoland website. Petrovic is an …

Underdog Cheerios Commercial

In honor of the opening of SUPERMAN RETURNS today, we pay tribute with a rare clip of one of our favorite animated superheroes: a 1965 …

Blog Roundup

Haven’t done this in a while so here’s a look at some artist blogs that I recommend… Samuel Michlap has some mighty incredible …

Can’t Break Tack’s Stride

To follow up on our recent THIEF AND THE COBBLER coverage, here’s a YTMND called “Can’t Break Tack’s Stride”. And if you’re wondering …

Brew Help Needed

The Brewmasters need your help. We’re redesigning our blog template – it’s about time for a change after two years – and as part of that, …

NEW ANDY PANDA AND OSWALD

Who says they don’t make ’em like they used to? Everything old is new again… Over at Ain’t It Cool News they’ve got some nice pics from …

Burny Mattinson Interview

The newest Animation Podcast, posted this morning, is part one of an interview with Disney legend Burny Mattinson. He started working at …

SMILE by Yuval Markovich and Noam Abta

SMILE is an impressive 2005 student film by Yuval Markovich and Noam Abta produced at Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem. …

Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut

UPDATE (NOV. 25, 2010): If you came here via the Nostalgia Critic’s review, welcome to Cartoon Brew. Take a moment to browse around the …

Two New Books

Two great new books, mentioned prevously on this site, have finally been published and both are a lot better than I imagined – and highly …

Lou Bunin and Jiri Trnka Articles

Animation director Mike Sporn is always posting inspiring items on his Splog, among them, these two rare magazine articles about stop …

2D Back at Disney?

Rhett Wickham at LaughingPlace.com has a positive report about what’s happening at Disney Feature Animation and how John Lasseter is …

FREE CARTOONS

Today only, Classic Media is offering up a bunch of cartoons for free viewing on Google Video. Episodes of Roger Ramjet, Jay Ward’s Rocky …

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