Old Brew 3-D CARTOON FESTIVAL by Jerry Beck Friday September 15, 2006 7:52 am I’m telling you for the last time! Tomorrow afternoon, SaturdaySeptember 16th at 3:30pm, a once in a lifetime screening of …
Old Brew BUGS BUNNY TELLS ALL by Jerry Beck Saturday September 2, 2006 9:20 am An old friend of mine surprised me yesterday by sending me abatch of great comic books based on animated cartoons, none of …
Old Brew Ed Benedict (1912-2006), RIP by Amid Amidi Thursday August 31, 2006 1:12 am Earlier this evening I received word from Van Partible and David Sheldon that animation legend Ed Benedict passed away in …
Old Brew All About Charlie (Charles) Byrne by Jerry Beck Monday August 28, 2006 5:00 pm We get letters. From Stacey Byrne-GibbsMy father, who is now 89years old had two brothers (Tom and Charles / Charlie) who …
Old Brew ADOLF – DER BONKER by Jerry Beck Saturday August 5, 2006 9:15 am Animated cartoons with a point of view on current world wars and the political scene are relatively scarce compared to the …
Old Brew Paul Scheurich at Comic-Con by Amid Amidi Thursday August 3, 2006 10:19 pm Speaking of prints, the image above is a vintage lithograph that I picked up in San Diego (click on it for a larger version). …
Old Brew Cartoons And Janet Klein by Jerry Beck Monday July 31, 2006 3:40 pm Thursday night, August 3rd, in a small theatre in Hollywood Iwill be projecting several celluloid 16mm cartoons as the …
Old Brew A LOST WARNER BROS. CARTOON by Jerry Beck Monday July 3, 2006 6:30 pm Thanks to the restoration efforts of Warner Home Video, and theseries of Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets, there are …
Old Brew RARE LANTZ COMIC STRIP by Jerry Beck Tuesday June 6, 2006 9:30 am Yo! Check this out on Craig Yoe’s ARF LOVERS website. Scrolldown the blog to see a rare 1928 magazine cartoon by animator …
Old Brew NORMAN… IDENTIFIED! by Jerry Beck Friday June 2, 2006 9:45 pm We figured it out. Thanks to some slick detective work by Brewreader Brian Nelson, we have identified the mystery photo of …
Animators PRESTON BLAIR’S ANIMATION BOOK by Jerry Beck Friday May 5, 2006 7:35 am You know it. You have it. You’ve studied it from cover to cover. Preston Blair’s ANIMATION is the book on character …
Animators Identifying Classic Animators by Amid Amidi Tuesday March 28, 2006 12:15 am My new favorite blog of the moment is Thad Komorowski’s“Identifying Animators and Their Scenes.” The site has only been …
Old Brew WALT DISNEY’S OSWALD by Jerry Beck Thursday February 9, 2006 10:59 am The Walt Disney Company has acquired the rights to OSWALD THELUCKY RABBIT. And somewhere in heaven, Walt Disney is …
Old Brew The Birth of the American Cartoon by Jerry Beck Monday December 19, 2005 4:15 pm I’ve previously noted that John Canemaker is making twodon’t-miss Los Angeles appearances on Thursday January 12th and …
Old Brew CARTOON MUSICALS AT LINCOLN CENTER by Jerry Beck Friday July 29, 2005 9:37 am Okay New Yorkers, here’s your chance to see classic cartoons onthe big screen. Greg Ford is programming a two week event for …