Old Brew ANIME LOST & FOUND by Jerry Beck Sunday August 21, 2005 9:30 am Here in the U.S., the fine folks over at The Right Stuff arelooking for several lost episodes (in 16mm) of the original 1963 …
Old Brew Brief Note from Amid by Amid Amidi Saturday August 20, 2005 3:46 am If you’ve emailed me anytime in the past few weeks, chances areyou haven’t received a response. Crazy book deadlines will do …
Old Brew Joe Ranft, Jude Law and Cindy Sheehan by Amid Amidi Friday August 19, 2005 9:32 am The mainstream media may not be interested in properly coveringthe death of an influential animation artist, but the ‘net …
Old Brew Donating in Honor of Joe Ranft by Amid Amidi Friday August 19, 2005 7:34 am UPDATE (3:55pm): Ronnie Del Carmen has details of where to senddonations and cards. Click HERE. UPDATE (9:34am): Hold off …
Animators Remembering Joe Ranft by Amid Amidi Thursday August 18, 2005 3:29 pm Some really beautiful sentiments can be found on-line regardingJoe Ranft (1960-2005). Here’s a handful that stood out to me. …
Old Brew SCRAPPYLAND 2.0 by Jerry Beck Thursday August 18, 2005 11:35 am Scrappy – America’s favorite forgotten cartoon star – wascreated in 1931 by Fleischer expatriate Dick Huemer for the …
Old Brew More on Joe Ranft (1960-2005) by Amid Amidi Thursday August 18, 2005 9:19 am A couple more brief notes about the untimely passing of storyartist Joe Ranft. This article from the MARIN INDEPENDENT …
Pixar To Infinity and Beyond by Jerry Beck Wednesday August 17, 2005 4:25 pm I’m still in shock over the news of Joe Ranft’s death.SteveSegal introduced me to Joe sometime around 1986 or 87. I recall …
Pixar Joe Ranft (1960-2005), RIP by Amid Amidi Wednesday August 17, 2005 10:58 am This is really sad news. Joe Ranft, a major part of Pixar’screative team, died in an auto accident yesterday, according to …
Old Brew Not Tom Oreb by Amid Amidi Wednesday August 17, 2005 10:06 am I’ve had a few people email me this morning asking me to checkout this Tom Oreb artwork from Ward Kimball’s DISNEYLAND space …
Old Brew NEXTOONS by Jerry Beck Tuesday August 16, 2005 12:53 pm Next week Nicktoons premieres its second Annual film festival,Nextoons, each night August 21-28, Midnight (ET)/9:00 p.m. …
Old Brew END OF AN ERA – Part 2 by Jerry Beck Tuesday August 16, 2005 10:56 am It’s bad enough that Disney veteran animation directors JohnMusker and Ron Clements (THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE, THE LITTLE …
Old Brew Donnachada Daly Blog by Amid Amidi Tuesday August 16, 2005 6:36 am Donnachada Daly, a directing animator on MADAGASCAR, has started his own blog HERE. He writes on the site: “Almost every day …
Old Brew MONDAY AFTERNOON INSPIRATION: Random 50s Design by Amid Amidi Monday August 15, 2005 12:43 pm Here’s some random art from 1950s cartoons which appeal to mefor different reasons. To start things off, below are four …
Old Brew CARTOON JOurnal looking for submissions by Amid Amidi Monday August 15, 2005 12:17 pm CARTOON: THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANIMATION is currentlyaccepting pitches for its next issue, which will be published in …