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The Golden Age Of Anime
Forget Astro Boy! Digital Meme has announced an upcoming release of a new DVD collection of vintage Japanese anime that predates Tezuka’s …
Jerry Beck
Save The Treasures
Who’d ever have thought that CHIP AND DALE (1947) would be a more obscure Disney short than DER FEUHRER’S FACE (1943)? Or that THE TRIAL …
Casper Comics
Leslie Cabarga and I are conspiring to get you to be friendly to Casper – his comics that is!I’ve made no secret of my love for the …
Music At The El Cap
Starting tonight, The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood is running a sing-a-long revival of MARY POPPINS for the rest of the month. The El …
Soapy Waters
Stripper’s Guide, a blog dedicated to newspaper comic strips, yesterday posted samples of George Stallings’ little-known comic-strip …
Adventure Time
If you couldn’t make it to the ASIFA-Hollywood screening of Frederator’s new Random Cartoons last night, here’s some good news. They’ve …
Steve Krantz (1923-2007)
We should note that producer Steve Krantz passed away last Thursday in Los Angeles from complications of pneumonia. He was 83.Krantz is …
Peter Kleinow (1934-2007)
Another of the old guard of animation, Pete Kleinow, has passed away. He was both a stop motion animator (with Art Clokey), and a renown …
Philbert (1963)
In 2005 Warner Bros. released, as bonus material on
Iwao Takamoto (1925-2007)
We’ve just heard that Iwao Takamoto passed away today. Takamoto is best known for his design work at Hanna-Barbera during the 1960s. He …
Family Pants
Independent animator Dave Redl has created a mini-industry by writing, voicing and animating his own short-form cartoon series, Family …
Arthur Disqualified
Haven’t seen the flick myself yet, but word has filtered out that Arthur And The Invisibles has been officially disqualified from Academy …
Upcoming ASIFA-Hollywood Events
Next week, on Wednesday January 10th, if you are in L.A. and are a member of ASIFA, you can join me at Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank …
Contest Question
Our first contest of the New Year, for the terrific limited edition CD set Tom and Jerry, and Tex Avery Too! was held this morning. The …
Scott Bradley Cd Contest
Only 3000 were produced. We’ve raved about it. Mike Barrier raved about it. You still have time to get one before they all sell out. Tom …
Reading The La Times On New Year’s Eve
I read the LA Times during lunch today and found this tribute cartoon by Gary Varvel in the Editorial pages. The LA Times printed it in …
Prescott Wright (1935-2006)
Karl Cohen (president of ASIFA-San Francisco) reports that Prescott Wright, a co-founder of the Ottawa International Animation Festival …
REGINALD MASSIE
Screenwriter Jeff Massie, an executive board member of The Animation Guild, has started blogging about his life and stuff he likes, …
COYOTE CATCHES ROAD RUNNER
Scenes We’d Like To See Dept. Our thanks to Brew reader Steve Austin who sent in this incredible drawing by Chuck Jones.Sorry for the …
LOONEY TUNES CHRISTMAS PARTY REEL (1939)
Hopefully we’ll get this (and the other one) on the next Looney Tunes Golden Collection. For now, someone has posted on YouTube a version …
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