Old Brew

WALT’S PEOPLE, VOLUME 2 was released recently and it’s a wonderful collection of rare and enlightening interviews with Golden Age …

Tooning In is a snort-out-loud-funny ONION-esque blog about the animation industry. The creators of the blog, who’ve chosen to remain …

I was backing up computer files this morning and found this scan of an MGM model sheet of Jerry mouse. Lots of great poses and facial …

Tonight, once again, at 8pm I will be running several vintage 16mm old time movie films at the Steve Allen Theatre preceeding Janet Klein …

The big news in kidvid land today is the departure of Herb Scannell from Nickelodeon. Herb was, for the last ten years, the top guy at …

Welcome to a new feature that we’re introducing here in 2006: the Cartoon Brew Film of the Week. Every week Jerry and I will highlight an …

Animator/director Joel Brinkerhoff emailed me with a couple of his recent historical discoveries that he wanted to share. I thought they …

This is hands-down the funniest John Kricfalusi interview I’ve ever seen. It’s not funny because of what he says, but rather because the …

DoCopenhagen offers a list of their top 50 music videos of last year. Lots of solid animation on their list including works by Pat Smith, …

I recently did a short email interview with TV SQUAD’s Adam Finley about my forthcoming Chronicle book CARTOON MODERN. The chat is now …

An insightful article posted at ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE titled “Development Execs: Who They Are and How They Got There.” A more …

On Saturday January 28th, Asifa-Hollywood, Women In Animation & The Animation Guild present their annual Afternoon of Remembrance, a …

Christmas may be over, but this stop motion film is too good to wrap away until next year. SANTASTEIN is a short and funny animated …

The Library of Congress announced it’s annual list of 25 motion pictures to be added to the National Film Registry. Pixar’s TOY STORY was …

Here is a WNYC INTERVIEW with John Lasseter about the new Pixar show at MoMA. The co-curator of the MoMA show, Ron Magliozzi, joins him …

Aurora Miranda (sister of Carmen Miranda) passed away at the age of 90 on Thursday, December 22nd 2005. A major star in Brazil, Aurora …

A little bit of holiday Oreb that I posted at the CARTOON MODERN blog. Full image and story HERE. Happy holidays to all our readers.