Music Videos Ghostbot Vid For No More Kings by Amid Amidi Tuesday March 4, 2008 8:16 am Pete Mitchell, frontman of the band No More Kings, writes toCartoon Brew: “i’ve checked cartoonbrew pretty much every day …
Events Art Deco In Animation Presentation by Jerry Beck Tuesday March 4, 2008 12:45 am The American Cinematheque and the Art Deco Society arepresenting a lecture by David Pacheco, Walt Disney Art Classics …
Disney Return of the Gremlins by Jerry Beck Monday March 3, 2008 6:20 pm Dark Horse Comics has announced a Disney Gremlins book-signingtaking place next week. A special signing at the Disney Soda …
Advertising Give-A-Show Projector by Jerry Beck Sunday March 2, 2008 6:00 pm What we used to do for home entertainment before DVD and VHStapes: (Thanks Clay Croker)
Disney Mickey Mouse Pizza by Jerry Beck Saturday March 1, 2008 3:00 pm Once again, Disney marketing has invaded the frozen food aisle.Not sure how long this has been out there, but I just …
Internet/Blogs Flip #11 by Jerry Beck Saturday March 1, 2008 12:00 pm There is a reason I plug Steve Moore’s online FLIP magazineevery month: It’s damn good! The latest edition, now up, …
Ideas/Commentary Animating From Behind Bars by Amid Amidi Saturday March 1, 2008 4:34 am Superjail is an animated series set in the cooler, but Brewreader Dominic Bisignano points out that there’s a non-profit …
Books The Colored Cartoon by Jerry Beck Saturday March 1, 2008 12:05 am I just got a copy of Christopher Lehman’s latest book, TheColored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short …
Feature Film Imagination: In Portland and On DVD by Amid Amidi Friday February 29, 2008 7:36 am Imagination, an experimental indie feature that combineslive-action with hand-drawn animation, stop-motion puppet …
Shorts The Little Island by Richard Williams by Amid Amidi Friday February 29, 2008 1:51 am Richard Williams’s epic first animated short The Little Island(1958) has been posted online. Highly stylized, dialogueless, …
Events The Movie That Inspired John Lasseter by Jerry Beck Friday February 29, 2008 12:05 am The UCLA Film and Television Archives has an ongoing series ofscreenings entitled The Movie That Inspired Me, in which …
Flash Superjail by Amid Amidi Thursday February 28, 2008 2:51 pm Seemingly the funniest and cartooniest animated projectsnowadays are set in jails. There’s the Japanese CG series …
Events An Academy Tribute to Tex Avery and Michael Maltese by Jerry Beck Thursday February 28, 2008 11:40 am The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will pay tribute to Tex Avery and Michael Maltese, both born a century ago …
Classic Popeye Vol. 2 Bonus Materials by Jerry Beck Wednesday February 27, 2008 6:00 pm Last week Warner Home Video announced the release date (June17th) of Popeye Vol. 2. One of the bonus materials mentioned …
Feature Film Interview with Pablo filmmakers by Amid Amidi Wednesday February 27, 2008 1:34 pm Speak Up has in-depth interviews with the director and producerof the forthcoming part-animated feature-length documentary …