Old Brew Two New Books by Jerry Beck Friday June 23, 2006 5:20 pm Two great new books, mentioned prevously on this site, havefinally been published and both are a lot better than I imagined …
Old Brew Lou Bunin and Jiri Trnka Articles by Amid Amidi Friday June 23, 2006 4:25 pm Animation director Mike Sporn is always posting inspiring itemson his Splog, among them, these two rare magazine articles …
Old Brew 2D Back at Disney? by Amid Amidi Friday June 23, 2006 1:54 pm Rhett Wickham at LaughingPlace.com has a positive report aboutwhat’s happening at Disney Feature Animation and how John …
Old Brew FREE CARTOONS by Jerry Beck Friday June 23, 2006 9:00 am Today only, Classic Media is offering up a bunch of cartoons for free viewing on Google Video. Episodes of Roger Ramjet, Jay …
Old Brew LA TIMES ON ASIFA ARCHIVE by Jerry Beck Thursday June 22, 2006 7:51 am Nice bit of publicity in today’s L.A. Times: a full page article for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Pictured in the …
Old Brew JITTERBUG FOLLIES (1939) by Amid Amidi Wednesday June 21, 2006 7:44 pm My name is Amid and I’m a YouTube addict. I can’t help it.There’s so much great animation being posted on that site and …
Old Brew DISNEY’S LITTLE MATCHGIRL by Jerry Beck Wednesday June 21, 2006 5:30 pm Several days ago Amid posted some harsh reactions to Disney’snew 2-D short, The Little Matchgirl, screened at Annecy. I saw …
Old Brew Cartoon Modern Update by Amid Amidi Wednesday June 21, 2006 12:40 pm A couple brief notes on my soon-to-be-released book CARTOONMODERN. If you’re a member of the media and would like to …
Old Brew Disney Storybook Show at Gallery 1988 by Amid Amidi Wednesday June 21, 2006 12:03 pm Gallery 1988 on Melrose Ave. has an interesting show currentlyon display called “The Storybook Series: Winnie the Pooh.” …
Old Brew CARS Box Office Vs. Earlier Pixar Films by Amid Amidi Tuesday June 20, 2006 8:52 pm A lot of folks are keeping close tabs on the box office gross of Pixar’s CARS. If you’re one of those people, then you’ll …
Old Brew KEN HULTGREN BOOK by Jerry Beck Tuesday June 20, 2006 2:45 pm For those of you who have gotten your fill of the originalPreston Blair Animation book, Clay Croker has posted pages from …
Old Brew A note to the ladies out there by Amid Amidi Tuesday June 20, 2006 2:27 pm Just thought you’d like to know… Women do not do any of thecreative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for …
Old Brew More Great Animation on YouTube by Amid Amidi Tuesday June 20, 2006 1:12 pm Here’s a couple more rare animated shorts that were recentlyadded to YouTube. The first, FLYING MAN (1962), was helmed by …
Old Brew JIM FLORA INSPIRATION by Jerry Beck Tuesday June 20, 2006 11:15 am Art by Jim Flora is being posted by guest blogger Irwin Chusidthis week on Leif Peng’s Today’s Inspiration blog. Chusid, …
Old Brew Eddie Fitzgerald’s First Animation Job by Amid Amidi Monday June 19, 2006 10:14 pm Cartoonist Eddie Fitzgerald tells a hilarious story on his blogabout his first animation job in 1979 at Filmation and his …