ACADEMY EXAMINES LIVE ACTION & ANIMATION

With the recent SCOOBY DOO movies and the upcoming KING KONG remake, combining live action and animation has certainly come a long way …

JANET KLEIN

As usual on the first Thursday of every month, I’ll be showing several 16mm films at the Steve Allen Theatre (at 4773 Hollywood Blvd. in …

Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppets

The ever-innovative Michel Gagné has posted the twelve INSANELY TWISTED SHADOW PUPPETS interstitials and bumpers that he created …

A Response to the LA TIMES

Canadian cartoonist German Shible offers an eloquent visual response to TV critic Robert Lloyd’s clueless piece in the LA TIMES. German …

Welcome to Cartoon Modern

Today I’m launching a new blog, Cartoon Modern, dedicated solely to 1950s animation design. It is a supplement to my forthcoming book of …

Bugs Bunny vs. America

Jaime Weinman has posted some thoughtful insights on the Bugs Bunny films of Bob McKimson, and specifically REBEL RABBIT (1949), which is …

Cartoons Get No Respect in LA TIMES

There was an article by TV critic Robert Lloyd in last Sunday’s LA TIMES about the upcoming BOONDOCKS animated series on Cartoon Network, …

Chicken Little Belittled

SLANT MAGAZINE’s review of CHICKEN LITTLE begins: A better name for Chicken Little might have been My First Spielberg Movie given how …

The Boy, The Beer and the Bus

What better way to document a film festival than to make a film about it? That’s exactly what Rita Street’s friend, Gayle Ellett, did to …

CHANNEL FREDERATOR

Today Fred Seibert launches Channel Frederator, the world’s first cartoon video podcast, established to distribute commercial and …

CANEMAKER ON BOTH COASTS

John Canemaker will give lectures and screenings in both New York and Los Angeles to celebrate the revised edition of his book

Uh Oh…

A negative review of CHICKEN LITTLE in today’s

KRAZY SATURDAY

Just a quick reminder that if you have any interest in the history of animation – and if you happen to be in Southern California today – …

Bill Peet Caricatures

Here’s a page of wonderful and inspiring caricatures by master Disney story artist Bill Peet (1915-2002). Peet re-imagined many of his …

Ronald Grandpey Music Video

Great music video HERE by French comic artist Ronald Grandpey, created for the group Experience. Very raw quality to it, simple black ink …

Is there a doctor in the house?

Six animators at Pixar have banded together to start a (well titled) blog named Spline Doctors. Besides animating, all these guys teach …

TCM TO SCREEN MIYAZAKI

ICv2.com is reporting that Turner Classic Movies will be running nine Miyazaki films in January 2006. This is the package of Studio …

JACK MATHIS (1931-2005)

I don’t go off topic many times here on Cartoon Brew, but an obituary in today’s L.A. TIMES is worth noting.Jack Mathis passed away a …

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