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Scrappy and Gerald McBoing Boing shake hands with The Inspector and Hoot Kloot – It’s official:Sony has purchased the United …

The first review of SHARK TALE is in. “Bottom line: An amusing cartoon that lacks real satirical bite.” Read the whole review on The …

I’ve been following the on-going bidding war for the MGM studio (or as I like to call it “MGM/UA”). Time Warner (aka Warner Bros.) was …

The Second Annual Benefit for the Cartoon Art Museum will be held Saturday, October 2nd at Pixar. Pixar Animation Studios will host the …

Good news in Toon Town: Michael Eisner is leaving Disney. The catch? It’s the long goodbye: he’s going in 2006 when his contract …

New Yorkers can see BUSHWHACKED!, another Bush-related film festival, this weekend at the 8th annual RESFEST. Here is a description of …

Eddie Mort and Lili Chin REPORT on their blog that Macromedia is developing a new version of Flash geared towards animators and …

Hargrove Entertainment is currently soliciting films for the GW Bush Animation Festival. The selected shorts will be screened …

Frank Thomas, the second-to-last surviving member of Disney’s “Nine Old Men” group of supervising animators, passed away on September 8, …

I’m still hungover from two mind-blowing nights of classic cartoons with John K. at the Egyptian theatre. So while I recover, here’s an …

Artist/creator Seth MacFarlane speaking about the difficulty of creating new episodes of FAMILY GUY: “I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh! We used up …

Very busy time for me this week.I’m hosting the John K. Classic Cartoon night, tonight, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Don’t miss …

An IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW with John Kricfalusi has been posted at AWN where he talks about the films that he’ll be screening tonight and …

Jaime J. Weinman is a fine writer who discusses cartoons intelligently on his blog Something Old, Nothing New alongside a variety of …

Gordan Calma has updated his POPEYE website with a work-in-progress gallery of vintage Fleischer POPEYE cartoon posters. Go here and enjoy!

I’m away this weekend attending the marathon screenings at the Egyptian Theatre (aka Cinecon), so I’ll have little time to blog the next …

We’re excited to announce the return of guest blogging here at Cartoon Brew. It’s a fairly straightforward concept. Jerry and I don’t …

If you happen to be wandering near Walt Disney’s hometown – Marceline, Missouri – on Saturday September 18th, you might stop in on the …