Old Brew Ed Benedict (1912-2006), RIP by Amid Amidi Thursday August 31, 2006 1:12 am Earlier this evening I received word from Van Partible and David Sheldon that animation legend Ed Benedict passed away in …
Old Brew Art Babbitt’s Wife in the NY TIMES by Amid Amidi Wednesday August 30, 2006 8:21 am Holocoast survivor Dina Gottliebova Babbitt, who was the secondwife of legendary animator/director Art Babbitt, is profiled …
Old Brew THE ANIMATED FILMS THAT GOT AWAY by Jerry Beck Tuesday August 29, 2006 4:35 pm For those of you in Los Angeles who can’t make it up to Ottawathis year, the American Cinematheque has an alternative for …
Old Brew More animation artist blogs… by Amid Amidi Tuesday August 29, 2006 10:08 am It’s getting so that every animation artist has a blog. Maybe in the next update, I’ll do a post about artists who don’t …
Old Brew Ottawa Contest Winners! by brewmasters Tuesday August 29, 2006 8:37 am It wasn’t easy but Brewmasters Amid and Jerry have selected thetwo winners of our Ottawa International Animation Festival …
Old Brew All About Charlie (Charles) Byrne by Jerry Beck Monday August 28, 2006 5:00 pm We get letters. From Stacey Byrne-GibbsMy father, who is now 89years old had two brothers (Tom and Charles / Charlie) who …
Old Brew Animation Blast 9 Shipping Update by Amid Amidi Monday August 28, 2006 8:14 am Despite my best efforts, I didn’t meet my goal of shipping outevery order of ANIMATION BLAST #9 last week. I also wasn’t …
Old Brew VIETNAM ERA ANIMATION by Jerry Beck Sunday August 27, 2006 12:20 pm Coming up later this year from McFarland & Company Publishers is a new book which examines 1960s cartoons from the perspective …
Old Brew MYSTERY! by Amid Amidi Sunday August 27, 2006 3:35 am The opening titles for the PBS series MYSTERY! were based on the artwork of Edward Gorey. It’s a quite successful adaptation …
Old Brew PINK PANTHER SESAME STREET SPOT by Jerry Beck Saturday August 26, 2006 10:52 pm Here is eight seconds of DePatie Freleng animation I was unaware of when I wrote my Pink Panther book. Thanks to Nic Kramer …
Old Brew The Secret Walt Disney Commercials by Amid Amidi Saturday August 26, 2006 3:05 am ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE has just published an informative piece by historian Jim Korkis about Disney’s short-lived (and …
Old Brew EVERYBODY CAN DRAW MICKEY! by Jerry Beck Saturday August 26, 2006 12:05 am “Everybody needs to draw Mickey once.” So says Keitai from theNetherlands, who hosts the everybodyneeds2drawmickeyonce.com …
Old Brew Plastic Man Encore by Amid Amidi Friday August 25, 2006 11:15 pm Cartoon Network’s PLASTIC MAN pilot which we mentioned a fewdays ago is back online. Check it out HERE. And then check out …
Old Brew I GET MAD by Amid Amidi Friday August 25, 2006 6:14 am Here’s a classic mid-70s SESAME STREET spot directed anddesigned by Derek Lamb and animated by esteemed cartoon …
Old Brew Reminder: Ottawa Contest Ends Sunday by brewmasters Thursday August 24, 2006 5:29 pm Just a reminder that your chance to win a free full-access passto the Ottawa International Animation Festival (Sept. 20-24) …