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Oskar Fischinger on NPR

You can hear Charles Solomon discuss Oskar Fischinger – and download Fischinger video clips – on the NPR website.(Thanks, Brian Kolm)

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Jan Svochak (1926-2006)

J.J. Sedelmaier sends us this sad news:I just wanted to let you and others know that Jan Svochak passed away yesterday afternoon. He was …

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NIGHTLINE ON CARTOON CENSORSHIP

ABC’s broadcast of Nightline last night did a report on classic cartoon censorship. I appear on camera to give a few thoughts.

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MIKE JUDGE’S NEW FILM

We don’t usually review live action films on CARTOON BREW, but I just saw Mike Judge’s latest feature film, IDIOCRACY, and had to …

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FINE ARTS FILMS

You’ve seen John Wilson’s work, but may not know his name. Wilson has had an amazing career, starting at David Hand’s studio in England …

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SILENT CLOWNS

The Silent Clowns Film Series in New York City is beginning its 10th season with a program featuring silent cartoons on Sunday, October 8 …

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NIGHTMARE IN 3-D

You may have already heard that Disney is re-releasing Tim Burton’s THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS on October 20th in Disney Digital 3-D …

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BUGS BUNNY TELLS ALL

An old friend of mine surprised me yesterday by sending me a batch of great comic books based on animated cartoons, none of which I had …

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MERMAID AND MATCHGIRL AT EL CAP

Songwriter Alan Menken will join the opening night panel celebrating The Little Mermaid digital restoration at the El Capitan in …

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OLD MOVIES AND CARTOONS

I’ll be spending the next five days (as I do every Labor Day) over at Cinecon 42 based at both the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel (at …

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THE ANIMATED FILMS THAT GOT AWAY

For those of you in Los Angeles who can’t make it up to Ottawa this year, the American Cinematheque has an alternative for you. UNSHOWN …

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All About Charlie (Charles) Byrne

We get letters. From Stacey Byrne-GibbsMy father, who is now 89 years old had two brothers (Tom and Charles / Charlie) who were both …

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VIETNAM ERA ANIMATION

Coming up later this year from McFarland & Company Publishers is a new book which examines 1960s cartoons from the perspective of the …

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PINK PANTHER SESAME STREET SPOT

Here is eight seconds of DePatie Freleng animation I was unaware of when I wrote my Pink Panther book. Thanks to Nic Kramer for …

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EVERYBODY CAN DRAW MICKEY!

“Everybody needs to draw Mickey once.” So says Keitai from the Netherlands, who hosts the everybodyneeds2drawmickeyonce.com website, and …

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RED DEFENDER

J. J. Sedelmaier sent us a link to his latest set of animated public service spots, based on the subject of donating blood, for the Euro …

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WHAT WOULD TEX AVERY DRIVE?

Smoking may be banned in classic MGM cartoons, but apparently reckless driving and sexist behavior is still condoned – as witnessed by …

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BOB BOYLE’S NEW SHOWS

Welcome to the Boyle-Age of cartoons!Last week I was invited to breakfast on the Disney lot and had a look behind the scenes of Toon …

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RANDOM SIZZLE REEL

The 5-minute clip reel shown last month at the San Diego Comic Con for Frederator’s new series of Random Cartoons has been posted on You …

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