Old Brew COOKIE BOWERS UPDATE by Jerry Beck Tuesday July 12, 2005 8:56 pm Several readers including Galen Fott pointed out the CookieBowers listing on IMDB. Mark Mayerson found a February 9th, 1940 …
Old Brew WHO IS COOKIE BOWERS? by Jerry Beck Tuesday July 12, 2005 12:04 pm Leonard Maltin found this publicity photo of a voice actor we’ve never heard of. Studio employee? Related to Charles Bowers? …
Old Brew SD CON: Floyd Norman by Amid Amidi Tuesday July 12, 2005 5:24 am Animation legend Floyd Norman’s new book HOW THE GRINCH STOLEDISNEY debuts in San Diego this week. In this third volume of …
Old Brew Would Jesus Approve Of This Layout? by Amid Amidi Tuesday July 12, 2005 5:20 am There’s occasionally some fairly amusing Google ads that getposted on our site. Tonight, I saw one for “Bachelor’s Degree in …
Old Brew RES MAGAZINE by Jerry Beck Tuesday July 12, 2005 12:10 am The July-August issue of RES Magazine (Vol. 8, No. 4) is acomics and animation issue. Subtitled DRAWN FROM LIFE, the …
Old Brew Monday Morning Inspiration: Melody by Amid Amidi Monday July 11, 2005 1:36 am The Ward-O-Matic has an excellent post about Ward Kimball’sclassic 1953 Disney short MELODY. The film is filled with …
Old Brew Rare 1950s animated shorts by Amid Amidi Saturday July 9, 2005 7:23 pm Just for fun, here’s title cards for a few shorts which will beincluded in my forthcoming Chronicle book on 1950s animation …
Old Brew HAWKINS AND CHINIQUY by Jerry Beck Saturday July 9, 2005 8:41 am Jaime Weinman continues his analysis of Great Warner Bros.Animators on his Something Old, Nothing New blog. This time …
Old Brew A MEATHAUS SKETCH BOOK by Jerry Beck Friday July 8, 2005 8:07 pm Those wacky cartoonists at Meathaus.com have created a 218 pagesketchbook featuring 31 artists – including several pages by …
Old Brew SD Con: It’s the Cat by Amid Amidi Thursday July 7, 2005 3:20 am Throughout next week, I’ll be doing some plugs foranimation-related products and events at the upcoming Comic-Con …
Old Brew NORM PRESCOTT R.I.P. by Jerry Beck Thursday July 7, 2005 12:13 am Norm Prescott, co-founder of FILMATION (pictured above at leftwith Hal Sutherland in the middle and Lou Scheimer at right), …
Old Brew JANET KLEIN by Jerry Beck Thursday July 7, 2005 12:01 am If you are in Hollywood tonight and are looking for things to do – I highly recommend you spend an evening with Janet Klein …
Old Brew RIP, Lou Hertz (1931-2005) by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 6, 2005 7:19 pm Louis O. Hertz, ASIFA-Atlanta president and a fixture ofAtlanta’s animation scene, passed away from cancer on Monday, …
Old Brew James Baxter Animation by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 6, 2005 4:33 pm JamesBaxterAnimation.com is up and running. The company’smission statement: “James Baxter Animation is a new studio where …
Old Brew Fiep Westendorp by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 6, 2005 1:54 am SHEEP IN THE BIG CITY creator Mo Willems, who recently picked up his second Caldecott Honor for KNUFFLE BUNNY,writes in to let …