Old Brew FROSTY PENCIL TEST by Jerry Beck Thursday May 5, 2005 11:12 am Rick Goldschmidt has posted a set of rare stop-mo animationspots on his Rankin Bass website. We especially like the short …
Old Brew News from John Canemaker by Jerry Beck Thursday May 5, 2005 10:19 am Don’t miss this – the May/June issue of PRINT (“America’sGraphic Design Magazine”) contains John Canemaker’s in-depth, …
Old Brew JANET KLEIN by Jerry Beck Wednesday May 4, 2005 2:15 pm If you are in Hollywood on Thursday night – and are looking forthings to do – I highly recommend you spend an evening with …
Old Brew TOOT WHISTLE PLUNK AND BOOM by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 4, 2005 4:34 am There’s a great post about the classic Ward Kimball short TOOTWHISTLE PLUNK AND BOOM (1953) at the appropriately named …
Old Brew SCRAPPY-LAND REPORTS by Jerry Beck Wednesday May 4, 2005 12:11 am I’m happy to report our Saturday afternoon screening of rareScrappy cartoons was a success – but I’d rather let co-host …
Old Brew Bobe Cannon by Amid Amidi Tuesday May 3, 2005 7:59 am Robert “Bobe” Cannon (1909-1964) is somebody we don’t talk about nearly often enough on Cartoon Brew. I write about Cannon …
Old Brew Amid Bits by Amid Amidi Tuesday May 3, 2005 5:53 am A couple brief notes: > Leonard Maltin recommends my book THEART OF ROBOTS on his WEBSITE. He writes: “The end result on …
Old Brew Raul Garcia’s The Tell-Tale Heart by Amid Amidi Monday May 2, 2005 11:44 am Veteran feature animator Raul Garcia (ALADDIN, THE LION KING,POCAHONTAS and many others) has finished his personal short …
Old Brew Monday Morning Inspiration: Dave Wasson by Amid Amidi Monday May 2, 2005 3:27 am Check out Dave Wasson’s reel at the Acme Filmworks website.There’s a lot of good stuff on it, but best of all, the final …
Old Brew Some Kind of UFO Blah Blah by Amid Amidi Saturday April 30, 2005 3:56 am Serbian designer/animator Sinisa Sumina has created a reallycool 30-second self-promotional piece that combines …
Old Brew Eddie Friedman (1912-2005) by Amid Amidi Saturday April 30, 2005 1:33 am Bronwen Barry writes on Animation Nation: I have to post thissad note on the passing of my dear,dear friend (and, at one …
Old Brew A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS by Jerry Beck Friday April 29, 2005 10:20 am As Amid is mired in deadline hell (see below) and I’m in themidst of a move (for the next three weeks), updating Cartoon …
Old Brew 50s animation design book update by Amid Amidi Friday April 29, 2005 5:01 am If you have called or emailed me in the past couple months andhave not received a response, please accept my apologies. I …
Old Brew OPEN THE DOOR, RICHARD! by Jerry Beck Thursday April 28, 2005 5:19 pm In the classic Looney Tune HIGH DIVING HARE (1949), Yosemite Sam — knocking loudly upon a door which has just been erected …
Old Brew MASON ADAMS 1919-2005 by Jerry Beck Thursday April 28, 2005 10:03 am Saddened to hear of the passing of actor Mason Adams.He voicedGrandpa in Richard Williams’ RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY animated …