Old Brew Music At The El Cap by Jerry Beck Thursday January 11, 2007 9:25 pm Starting tonight, The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood is running a sing-a-long revival of MARY POPPINS for the rest of the …
Old Brew Soapy Waters by Jerry Beck Thursday January 11, 2007 12:00 pm Stripper’s Guide, a blog dedicated to newspaper comic strips,yesterday posted samples of George Stallings’ little-known …
Old Brew Adventure Time by Jerry Beck Thursday January 11, 2007 12:05 am If you couldn’t make it to the ASIFA-Hollywood screening ofFrederator’s new Random Cartoons last night, here’s some good …
Old Brew Steve Krantz (1923-2007) by Jerry Beck Wednesday January 10, 2007 11:05 pm We should note that producer Steve Krantz passed away lastThursday in Los Angeles from complications of pneumonia. He was …
Old Brew Peter Kleinow (1934-2007) by Jerry Beck Tuesday January 9, 2007 7:15 pm Another of the old guard of animation, Pete Kleinow, has passedaway. He was both a stop motion animator (with Art Clokey), …
Old Brew Upcoming Ratatouille Books by Amid Amidi Tuesday January 9, 2007 10:41 am In addition to THE ART OF RATATOUILLE, there’s a couple otherbooks based on Pixar’s upcoming RATATOUILLE that are worth …
Old Brew Philbert (1963) by Jerry Beck Tuesday January 9, 2007 12:50 am In 2005 Warner Bros. released, as bonus material on
Old Brew Remembering Iwao Takamoto (1925-2007) by Amid Amidi Monday January 8, 2007 6:43 pm With Iwao Takamoto’s passing, I thought it would be anappropriate time to share this interview I conducted with him in …
Old Brew Iwao Takamoto (1925-2007) by Jerry Beck Monday January 8, 2007 4:41 pm We’ve just heard that Iwao Takamoto passed away today. Takamotois best known for his design work at Hanna-Barbera during the …
Old Brew The Re-Animated Ryan Larkin by Amid Amidi Monday January 8, 2007 3:04 pm Ryan Larkin, Canadian animation legend-turned-panhandler, whowas the subject of Chris Landreth’s Oscar-winning short RYAN, …
Old Brew Why Kyle Baker Won’t Do Animation Pilots by Amid Amidi Monday January 8, 2007 2:36 pm Comic book and animation artist Kyle Baker was recentlyinterviewed in Mike Manley’s excellent DRAW! magazine, and Mark …
Old Brew Cartoon Modern In NY Times and Print Mag by Amid Amidi Sunday January 7, 2007 10:28 am My book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION is starting the new year with a bang. Today’s NY TIMES BOOK …
Old Brew Family Pants by Jerry Beck Sunday January 7, 2007 9:40 am Independent animator Dave Redl has created a mini-industry bywriting, voicing and animating his own short-form cartoon …
Old Brew Arthur Disqualified by Jerry Beck Friday January 5, 2007 3:54 pm Haven’t seen the flick myself yet, but word has filtered outthat Arthur And The Invisibles has been officially disqualified …
Old Brew Great Kris Moyes Music Video by Amid Amidi Friday January 5, 2007 1:47 pm Softlightes “Heart Made of Sound,” a music video by Kris Moyes,is one of the most fun and playful pieces of stop-motion I’ve …