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 …
Old Brew RIK MAKI AT VAN EATON GALLERIES by Jerry Beck Monday June 19, 2006 11:30 am Rik Maki began his career as a baseball pitcher in the minorleagues for seven years before trading in his wooden bat for a …
Old Brew Hans Bacher’s Book and LITTLE MATCHGIRL by Amid Amidi Monday June 19, 2006 10:25 am Hans Bacher (art director of MULAN) has posted on his blog sometantalizing page spreads from his forthcoming instructional …
Old Brew Monday Morning Inspiration: MUNRO and ERSATZ by Amid Amidi Monday June 19, 2006 12:35 am Animation fan Kenny Bullard has recently been posting someterrific, difficult-to-find independent animation on YouTube, …
Old Brew Mediocrity in TV Animation by Amid Amidi Sunday June 18, 2006 1:39 am Story artist Jenny Lerew has posted a perceptive rant aboutmediocrity in TV animation. Of course, she’s right, but …
Old Brew THE 2006 CG IMPLOSION by Jerry Beck Saturday June 17, 2006 9:40 pm Reason #7 (of 12) for the Implosion: The trailer for EVERYONE’SHERO.
Old Brew Disturbing Disney Toys from Japan by Amid Amidi Saturday June 17, 2006 6:31 am Don’t ask…because I don’t know. UPDATE: Mike Guerrero writesto let me know these are called Cubees, and they’re produced …
Old Brew ANIMATOR PAINTS NURSERY LIKE 1930′s CARTOON by Jerry Beck Saturday June 17, 2006 12:01 am Cartoon film collector Joe Busam recently post this slide showof his progress painting a nursery, in the style of a generic …
Old Brew Great new commercials by Chuck Gammage Animation by Amid Amidi Friday June 16, 2006 12:46 pm Toronto-based Chuck Gammage Animation recently produced a couple appealing and cartoony hand-drawn PSAs for …