Old Brew COMIC CON: WORST CARTOONS EVER by Jerry Beck Monday July 24, 2006 12:20 pm I want to thank everyone who showed up last Friday night at theComic Con for my annual WORST CARTOONS EVER screening. You …
Old Brew Animation History Gone Awry by Amid Amidi Monday July 24, 2006 1:55 am Mark Mayerson rips apart the new book CREATORS: FROM CHAUCER AND DURER TO PICASSO AND DISNEY by British historian and …
Old Brew Ottawa Selections Announced by Amid Amidi Monday July 24, 2006 1:39 am The Ottawa International Animation Festival is right around thecorner and the selections for its 2006 edition were announced …
Old Brew MONDAY MORNING INSPIRATION: Sam Cobean by Amid Amidi Monday July 24, 2006 1:24 am Chuck Jones once said in an interview that when he wanted todraw believable human characters, he would pattern his drawing …
Old Brew RUFUS RESTORED! by Jerry Beck Sunday July 23, 2006 9:25 pm This is the biggest animation history find since fragments ofElmo Aardvark began appearing in the 1990s! Two copies of the …
Old Brew WE ARE THE STRANGE by Jerry Beck Saturday July 22, 2006 2:30 pm Here’s an odd one.We are the Strange is an independent animatedfeature film about “two outcasts caught in the middle of a …
Old Brew GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2007 by Jerry Beck Friday July 21, 2006 8:25 am Just what we need – a revival of Jay Ward’s animated classic,George of the Jungle. However, a new series currently in …
Old Brew SDCC: JERRY BECK by Jerry Beck Thursday July 20, 2006 6:15 am One more time: Here’s where you can meet me at Comic-ConInternational: San Diego today (Thursday), tomorrow (Friday) and …
Old Brew How Much Will That Film Make? by Amid Amidi Thursday July 20, 2006 12:12 am Animation Guild president Kevin Koch has written a fascinatingpost on the Guild blog about how to predict an animated film’s …
Old Brew Spongebob in Beirut by Amid Amidi Thursday July 20, 2006 12:06 am Question: What does a Lebanese cartoonist do while he’s dodgingbombs being dropped on him in Beirut? Answer: He watches …
Old Brew A (12-Year-Old) Bob Clampett Caaar-tooon! by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 19, 2006 1:39 pm In the 1920s, some kids around the Los Angeles area contributeddrawings and stories to “The Junior Times” which was an …
Old Brew SDCC: Animation Blast 9 by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 19, 2006 10:53 am Ok folks, the news that everybody’s been waiting for! ANIMATONBLAST #9 will debut in San Diego this week!!! It’s been a long …
Old Brew SDCC: Animation Booths by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 19, 2006 10:44 am Clay Kaytis of the Animation Podcast has compiled a niceround-up of animation-related booths at the Con. Among other …
Old Brew SDCC: Flight Comics by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 19, 2006 10:37 am Kazu Kibuishi deserves a lot of praise for what he’s done withthe FLIGHT graphic anthologies. He’s managed to bring …
Old Brew SDCC: EVANIER, KRESS AND SHAW! by Jerry Beck Wednesday July 19, 2006 8:20 am Our blogging buddies Mark Evanier, Scott Shaw!, and Earl Kressare moderating (or appearing) on several panels of note at the …