Cartoon Culture Preston Blair Swipes: Harvey Comics and Speed Racer by Amid Amidi Wednesday December 5, 2007 3:21 am Most of the Preston Blair swipes we’ve linked to in the past are by amateur artists, but this post shows that professional …
Internet/Blogs Papu is a Smash! by Jerry Beck Wednesday December 5, 2007 12:10 am Just when you thought it was safe to travel with a big, blue,hammer-wielding maniac… If you haven’t been doing it …
Cartoon Culture Cartoons Summoned to Court by Jerry Beck Tuesday December 4, 2007 11:20 am In a “clerical error worthy of a Looney Tunes cartoon”, a courtin Naples sent a summons to Tweety, Mickey Mouse and Donald …
Music Videos “Feeling Good” by Amid Amidi Tuesday December 4, 2007 11:13 am SVA student Tamara Gildengers Connolly used type characters tocreate this music video for Nina Simone singing “Feeling …
Classic Dad, Can I Borrow the Car? by Amid Amidi Tuesday December 4, 2007 6:09 am Disney historian and author Jim Fanning has written a fineappreciation of the little-seen Ward Kimball featurette Dad, Can …
Internet/Blogs Stu’s Show Anniversary by Jerry Beck Tuesday December 4, 2007 5:55 am On Wednesday Stu Shostack celebrates the one year anniversary of his internet radio show with a return visit by his …
Books Inside UPA has been Barrier’d by Amid Amidi Monday December 3, 2007 9:50 pm Anybody who’s somebody in animation has been Barrier’d at onepoint or another, and I’m pleased to report that my latest book …
Books Holiday Gift Ideas: Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings by Amid Amidi Monday December 3, 2007 9:14 pm Over the years, Craig Yoe has put together some of my favoritecompilations of classic cartooning (Weird But True Toon …
Cartoon Culture Celebri-Ducks by Jerry Beck Monday December 3, 2007 5:00 pm Just when you thought the era of ugly Popeye merchandise wasover… In a universe of bad ideas, we may have winner! Or …
Events Annie Awards by Jerry Beck Monday December 3, 2007 11:30 am I’m getting an award! The Annie Award nominations wereannounced this morning. The big news is that the juried awards …
Classic Animation History Round-Up #5 by Amid Amidi Monday December 3, 2007 10:59 am The animation history round-ups have become one of my favoritetypes of posts to do on Cartoon Brew. It is always eye-opening …
Books Escape! by Jerry Beck Monday December 3, 2007 12:16 am Former Animato and Animation Planet editor G. Michael Dobbs hascollected his writings, interviews and reviews from those …
Disney 9 Most Racist Disney Characters by Jerry Beck Sunday December 2, 2007 12:05 am I’m not sure how long this has been posted, but I just found out that Cracked Magazine.com has listed what they believe are …
Advertising Creature Discomforts by Jerry Beck Saturday December 1, 2007 2:00 pm Aardman Animation is using their incredible talents to create aseries of TV spots to highlight the problems faced by people …
Animators Weekend Reading: Nick Cross Interview by Amid Amidi Saturday December 1, 2007 1:45 pm Ottawa-based animator/director dynamo Nick Cross talks to ChrisRobinson about his career in this article in Guerilla …