Internet/Blogs Harry-Go-Round by Jerry Beck Sunday May 27, 2007 6:00 pm Good news! Harry McCracken’s blog is back. McCracken, formereditor of Animato, current editor of PC World and webmaster …
TV The Beagles by Jerry Beck Friday May 25, 2007 6:30 pm In all my years of watching and collecting animated cartoons,only a scant few of the shows I grew up with have eluded my …
Classic Hollywood’s Men of Action by Amid Amidi Friday May 25, 2007 7:44 am (click for large version) Shane Glines of the indispensableCartoon Retro has sent over a fascinating 1935 article, titled …
Cartoon Culture Transformers by Jerry Beck Thursday May 24, 2007 10:15 am The new Steven Spielberg/Michael Bay live action CG Transformers movie looks to be one of the biggest films of the summer. But …
Illustration Enzo Avolio by Jerry Beck Thursday May 24, 2007 9:30 am I’ve just discovered the blog of Enzo Avolio and am blown awayby his beautiful artwork and animation design. Avolio teaches …
Books CONTEST: The Ancient Book of Myth and War by Amid Amidi Thursday May 24, 2007 9:00 am CONTEST OVER! I thought it was a fairly difficult question butobviously not for Brew readers. Before I could even get to my …
Books The CIA and the Filming of Animal Farm by Amid Amidi Thursday May 24, 2007 4:33 am When the CIA isn’t busy destabilizing other countries, theyapparently like to help animation studios create cartoons. At …
Classic Where Are the UPA Shorts? by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 23, 2007 11:31 am If there’s one question I’ve received more frequently than anyother since the release of Cartoon Modern, it’s “Where can I …
Events Nicktoons Animation Festival by Jerry Beck Wednesday May 23, 2007 9:00 am I don’t normally endorse corporate animation contests, but theone my friend Rita Street has been co-producing (with …
TV More Beany & Cecil Boards by Bruce Timm by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 23, 2007 12:15 am A few weeeks ago, I posted a few pages of Bruce Timm storyboards from The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil (1988). I also …
BrewFilms Len Glasser’s Safety Shoes by Amid Amidi Tuesday May 22, 2007 9:24 am After a bit of an unexpected lag, we’ve debuted our latest filmon CartoonBrewFilms: Safety Shoes (1965) directed and …
Disney Enchanted Trailer by Jerry Beck Tuesday May 22, 2007 8:31 am I’m still not sure about this flick… but the trailer lookspretty good to me.
Ideas/Commentary Animation Writing Roundup by Amid Amidi Tuesday May 22, 2007 3:43 am Quick Stop Entertainment has a lengthy interview with BloomCounty and Opus creator Berkeley Breathed. Breathed talks about …
Events An Animation Legend Has A Garage Sale by Amid Amidi Monday May 21, 2007 3:28 am The last surviving member of Disney’s Nine Old Men, OllieJohnston, has moved to Oregon, and this past weekend, there was …
Classic Monday Morning Inspiration: Now Hear This (1962) by Amid Amidi Monday May 21, 2007 3:02 am Now Hear This is without doubt one of the weirder (and moredifficult to find) WB shorts that Chuck Jones ever made, but …