Old Brew Pictoplasma Conference Report by Amid Amidi Wednesday November 3, 2004 9:24 am The 1st Pictoplasma Conference On Contemporary Character Design& Art (my previous comments HERE) took place in Berlin, …
Old Brew No More Pride? by Jerry Beck Wednesday November 3, 2004 8:55 am CNN is reporting that NBC is about to quietly cancel Dreamworks’ FATHER OF THE PRIDE, the pricey and apparently lousy (I …
Old Brew ANIMATION IN LAGUNA BEACH by Jerry Beck Wednesday November 3, 2004 7:26 am Aubry Mintz of the Laguna College of Art & Design writes in toinform us about an exciting event there:I am the chair of an …
Old Brew “I’m Betty Boop, and I Approved This Message…” by Jerry Beck Tuesday November 2, 2004 12:00 am (From POPEYE FOR PRESIDENT, 1956) I scarcely need remind anyone that today is one of the most important days in the history …
Old Brew “This Fire” Music Video by Amid Amidi Monday November 1, 2004 4:22 am The latest Franz Ferdinand music video “This Fire” is just ascool as the group’s last animated effort “Take Me Out.” I …
Old Brew Every Cartoonist Counts by Amid Amidi Saturday October 30, 2004 7:17 am Two and a half hours. That’s how long it took me to cast anearly vote on Friday afternoon. Let’s put it this way: the wait …
Old Brew PIGTALE by Amid Amidi Saturday October 30, 2004 3:12 am Brew pal Ovi Nedelcu’s new comic PIGTALE debuts on January 12,2005. Ovi has worked as a character designer/visual …
Old Brew JACKY’S WACKY WORLD by Jerry Beck Friday October 29, 2004 10:26 pm Scott Shaw informs us:On Thursday, November 4th, themulti-talented Jack Mendelsohn — creator of the classic Oddball …
Old Brew “Polar Express” Nonsense by Jerry Beck Friday October 29, 2004 10:05 pm I haven’t liked what I’ve seen so far on THE POLAR EXPRESS, butI’m willing to give Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks the benefit …
Old Brew Brad Bird Interview by Amid Amidi Friday October 29, 2004 6:32 am There’s an insightful interview with Brad Bird atAnimationTrip.com. Here’s Brad talking about creating …
Old Brew ASIFA INCREDIBLES SCREENING by Jerry Beck Thursday October 28, 2004 9:02 am I hope you are a member of ASIFA-Hollywood. If so, you aregetting an invitation in the mail to see THE INCREDIBLES, free, …
Old Brew Remembering Frank Thomas by Amid Amidi Thursday October 28, 2004 7:51 am Tom Sito has written a very nice remembrance of Disney legendFrank Thomas and what his passing means to the animation …
Old Brew BILL LIEBOWITZ (1941-2004) by Jerry Beck Wednesday October 27, 2004 3:12 pm The Los Angeles comics and animation scene lost a big man today- Bill Liebowitz, owner of Golden Apple Comics passed away …
Old Brew DON BLUTH: AUTHOR by Jerry Beck Wednesday October 27, 2004 9:42 am Insert your own wise-ass comment here.