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QUISP

March 18, 2004 8:44 pm

I can’t help it. I’m a sucker for QUISP.
One of Jay Ward’s last great characters, and one of the most memorable in his stable of commercial stars (CAP’N CRUNCH is perhaps his most enduring).
I never really liked the cereal (I was a QUAKE man myself), but somehow the character just won’t die (and neither will the cereal). And that’s ok because I think Quisp is a great character.
Following a recent Spumco commercial, and a Funko bobblehead figure, now comes an action figure (or doll), which I just spotted at a comic shop here in Dallas (The store was called Zeus, and it’s quite good).
Majestic Studios are the producers of this fine product (and check out their DAVEY & GOLIATH line while you’re at it).

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COLUMBIA CARTOONS on VOOM

March 16, 2004 1:20 pm

Voom
I’ve been informed by several BREW readers that classic Columbia (Screen Gems & UPA) cartoons are now running, restored and uncut, on ANIMANIA HD, a digital network exclusively part of a High Def suite of channels in a package called VOOM.
If anyone has schedule information, we’d love to hear about it. I understand ANIMANIA HD also runs Felix The Cat (the color Oriolo ones) and the British CG series DAN DARE: PILOT OF THE FUTURE. But what else?
Enquiring minds want to know.

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JERRY IN HARVEY-LAND

March 16, 2004 8:54 am

art by kremer I am away from my home base of Los Angeles this week, visiting the beautiful city of Dallas, where I am lending my expertise to the fine folks at HERITAGE COMICS AUCTIONS.
If I lived in Dallas, this is where I’d want to work. Heritage has obtained the complete library of original art from Harvey Comics – all of it from 1942 to 1988 – Harvey didn’t throw any of it out.
Heritage has begun auctioning off select pieces – from the early Green Hornet, to the later “Thriller” line of oddball superheroes – and of course, the famous kids characters Casper, Richie Rich, Baby Huey, Little Dot, etc.
I’m here to help sort the material and identify artists.
Sounds grueling, but it’s a blast to see this incredible art and hold it in my hands – comics by the like of Famous Studios animators Dave Tendlar, Steve Muffatti, Bill Hudson, Marty Taras – not to mention comics greats Warren Kremer, Howie Post, Ernie Colon and others.
For example, check out the original art to this terrific Tendlar Herman & Katnip cover currently up for bid.
Good stuff – or should I say “Hot Stuff”!

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SANITIZED SOUTH PARK

March 15, 2004 2:52 pm

They’re finally washing Cartman’s mouth out with soap. Just as Congress is slamming broadcasters over foul language, producers are squeezing more money out of cable’s most risque shows by selling them in syndication to broadcast stations and tamer cable networks. A sanitized version of Comedy Central’s South Park, slated to bow on broadcast TV stations in fall 2005, has been created by a syndicator who is taking it to stations to demonstrate they’ll work on broadcast TV.
Here’s a link to an article which explains all the editing they have to do (Warning: Article contains naughty words).

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Welcome to the Brew

March 15, 2004 3:15 am

On behalf of Jerry Beck and myself, Amid Amidi, I’d like to welcome everybody to our new home on the Web, CartoonBrew.com. The news and commentary that was found previously on our own websites, CartoonResearch.com and AnimationBlast.com respectively, will now be housed exclusively at CartoonBrew.com. Our old sites will both remain active and will serve other purposes, but CartoonBrew.com is the page to bookmark for your daily dose of intelligent animation commentary.

Our plans for CartoonBrew do not end with what you see here today. Over the coming months, we’re going to be introducing a number of other features to this site including the addition of guest bloggers. We look forward to having artists and historians from around the industry join us on the Brew to share their own thoughts on the art form of animation.

Please be patient with us as we try to work out the various technical kinks of this site over the coming weeks. If the site is showing up oddly on your browser, please drop me a line at amid(at)animationblast(dot)com with details of what’s wrong. And if anybody is proficient with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), please feel free to offer solutions to any problems that you encounter. Jerry and I welcome and appreciate any such help. Finally, a shout-out to Leslie Cabarga who designed the various Cartoon Brew logos that we’re using on this site. Thanks Leslie!

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DUCK & COVER

March 14, 2004 8:44 pm

Watch out Bert! Bert the Turtle knows how to DUCK AND COVER!
On March 1st CONELRAD, the website devoted to Cold War popular culture, launched a campaign to get the 1951 Civil Defense film “Duck and Cover”into the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry. The deadline is March 30th. “Duck and Cover” features animator Lars Calonius’s (now deceased) cartoon creation “Bert the Turtle,” a character that has become synonymous with the Atomic Age.
In this time of “Homeland Security”, what could be more appropriate?
So check out this website for more information – and learn why Mia Farrow is the “Duck & Cover Girl”!

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Gangster Haiku

March 12, 2004 11:33 pm

Haiku 5-7-5

Enrico Casarosa, talented creator of the comic ADVENTURES OF MIA and a story artist at Pixar, has launched a new on-line graphic novel at Haiku5-7-5.com. His poetic approach to the narrative offers an interesting contrast to the actual story which is about Japanese yakuza gangsters. A new page is posted every two weeks. The comic has a terrific style with most of the art drawn directly into Adobe Photoshop with a Wacom tablet, interspersed with charcoal drawings. Check out more of Enrico’s work at EnricoCasarosa.com.

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Books By Animators

March 12, 2004 11:32 pm

Here’s a few interesting children’s books I’ve run across recently which feature artwork by animation artists. FLOWER GIRL is illustrated by production designer Harley Jessup (MONSTERS INC, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH), THE ENORMOUS MISTER SCHMUPSLE: AN ABC ADVENTURE is the second children’s book by ROCKO’S MODERN LIFE creator Joe Murray and TURTLE SOUP is the first work from animator Jennifer Cardon Klein (THE IRON GIANT, EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE). Jennifer also produced the recent animated short BOYS NIGHT OUT,which was co-directed by her husband Bert Klein.