Anime New York Anime Festival by Jerry Beck Tuesday November 27, 2007 1:15 am Isn’t it ironic that the big New York Anime Festival, occurringnext weekend at the Javitz Center, begins on Pearl Harbor Day …
Classic Your Charm article about Disney by Amid Amidi Monday November 26, 2007 12:21 pm Below is an early-1940s article from a magazine called YourCharm, a young woman’s magazine alone the lines of Mademoiselle. …
Ideas/Commentary It’s not easy being Jerry Beck by Jerry Beck Sunday November 25, 2007 4:20 pm Off Topic: This is the real trailer for a Don Johnson movie,Dead Bang (1989). I’ve had to live with this for 18 years. It’s …
Feature Film Enchanted weekend by Jerry Beck Saturday November 24, 2007 3:00 am Disney’s Enchanted is a blockbuster hit. The critics are ravingand there is Oscar buzz swirling for its star, Amy Adams. …
Internet/Blogs Matinee At The Bijou blog by Jerry Beck Saturday November 24, 2007 12:05 am My old pal Ron Hall has started writing a blog in conjunctionwith a revival of Matinee at the Bijou. Apparently new …
Events Looney Tunes exhibit in Redding, CA by Jerry Beck Friday November 23, 2007 12:05 am Our friend Steve Schneider has brought his traveling exhibit oforiginal Warner Bros. cartoon production art to Redding …
Illustration Happy T-Day by Jerry Beck Thursday November 22, 2007 10:25 am Lev Polyakov sent this Thanksgiving greeting below. Happy Holidays to everyone.
Disney Mickey Mouse bedroom mural by Jerry Beck Wednesday November 21, 2007 12:05 am You remember our June 2006 post about animator Joe Busam’spainting his child’s nursery in the style of a 1930s cartoon. …
Events LA: Takashi Murakami at MOCA by Amid Amidi Tuesday November 20, 2007 11:23 am For decades, the animation art form has been shunned by themainstream art establishment, but it seems as if we are slowly …
Classic The Influence of Winsor McCay on Cinema by Amid Amidi Tuesday November 20, 2007 6:43 am Joshua Glenn of the Boston Globe has created an audio slideshowpresentation that points out the influence of cartoonist …
Events Cartoon Dump Returns! by Jerry Beck Tuesday November 20, 2007 12:03 am Lest you think we’ve forgotten about Cartoon Dump, our monthlylive comedy/cartoon show at the Steve Allen Theatre in …
Books Inside UPA Now Shipping! by Amid Amidi Monday November 19, 2007 9:12 am Satisfied customer Daniel Stone was awesome enough to post thisphoto of himself and the book on his blog Good news just …
Shorts Films by Fred Mogubgub by Amid Amidi Monday November 19, 2007 5:10 am It’s debatable whether the films below qualify as “animation”but the filmmaker behind them, Fred Mogubgub, was an important …
Feature Film “Beowulf” Blitzer by Jerry Beck Sunday November 18, 2007 6:00 pm Two animated films led the U.S. Box office this weekend: Beowulf came in first place, and Bee Movie is holding strong in …
Cartoon Culture What kind of man reads Cartoon Brew? by Jerry Beck Sunday November 18, 2007 12:46 am They say one picture is worth a thousand words. This one isworth fifty bucks – on ebay. Click here to view at full size.