Old Brew The Parade of Ignorance Continues by Amid Amidi Saturday July 29, 2006 5:21 am From Paul Johnson’s invented history of the Disney strike toMick LaSalle’s broad dismissal of a hundred years of animation …
Old Brew SUPERTHUNDERSTINGCAR by Jerry Beck Friday July 28, 2006 10:15 pm Classic bit of British comedy: Peter Cook and Dudley Moore spoof Gerry & Sylvia Anderson’s F.A.B. 1960s Supermarionation TV …
Old Brew MEDICAL TOONS by Jerry Beck Friday July 28, 2006 4:10 pm Rarely screened historic medical cartoons will be featured in afilm series this fall at the National Academies in Washington …
Old Brew Cartoon Brew Reader Survey by brewmasters Friday July 28, 2006 1:10 am We recently signed on with John Battelle’s Federated Media torepresent us for online advertising. Federated is a boutique ad …
Old Brew It’s the Wacky Squarebog Spongepants by Amid Amidi Thursday July 27, 2006 6:22 pm Old but funny…
Old Brew Real Animation Acting by Amid Amidi Thursday July 27, 2006 4:21 pm Thad Komorowski has posted three examples of animation acting -one each from Disney, WB and MGM – all created without the …
Old Brew Mick LaSalle on THE POLAR EXPRESS by Amid Amidi Thursday July 27, 2006 3:01 pm I didn’t think of doing this but somebody found Mick LaSalle’sreview of THE POLAR EXPRESS. An excerpt is below. If anything …
Old Brew Film Critics, Part II by Amid Amidi Thursday July 27, 2006 3:10 am It looks like the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE’s Mick LaSalle isn’talone when it comes to film critics who make uninformed …
Old Brew James Jarvis in LA by Amid Amidi Thursday July 27, 2006 2:36 am Tomorrow evening, July 28, illustrator/toy designer James Jarvis will be having an art show/book signing at Meltdown Comics …
Old Brew 1936 ARTICLE ON FLEISCHER 3-D SETS by Jerry Beck Wednesday July 26, 2006 12:15 pm One of my last-second purchases on Sunday, just before I leftthe San Diego Comic Con, was snagging this copy of the November …
Old Brew A Monster of a Review by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 26, 2006 10:06 am A prominent Pixar animator emailed me last night with thesubject header “This is real” and a link to this …
Old Brew NEW BOOK ON STOP MOTION by Jerry Beck Tuesday July 25, 2006 5:10 pm Who says Stop-Motion is dead? I just got Ken Priebe’s great newbook The Art of Stop-Motion Animation, and it pretty much …
Old Brew COMIC CON RECAP #2: BECK INTROS SMIGEL by Jerry Beck Tuesday July 25, 2006 11:25 am One of the highlights of the San Diego Comic Con this year wasmy chance to play straight man for comic genius Robert Smigel. …
Old Brew UNDERDOG CREATOR IN PERSON by Jerry Beck Tuesday July 25, 2006 9:30 am Buck Biggers, co-creator of Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, KingLeonardo and the Go-Go Gophers, will appear in-person at the …
Old Brew John K. Saves San Francisco! by Jerry Beck Tuesday July 25, 2006 8:30 am The cult of John K. comes to the Bay Area.The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco is hosting a presentation by John …