Jerry Beck

Gary Leib’s New York based flash animation studio TWINKLE is best known for bringing Harvey Pekar’s cartoons to life in the AMERICAN …

Jeff Harris sort-of sums up what’s wrong with TV cartoons these days over at TOONZONE.

Okay New Yorkers, here’s your chance to see classic cartoons on the big screen. Greg Ford is programming a two week event for the Film …

Extra! Extra! Read all about it here! No witnesses. No suspects. No head.

Tina Price and Rik Maki are co-owners of Digital or Not. Tina’s Digital, Rik’s Not. Both are 20 year veterans of Walt Disney Feature …

We don’t usually review graphic novels here on the Brew, but this one is worthy of note. COLOSSUS by Mark Andrews is an incredible tale …

65 years ago on this day, Warner Bros. released a Merrie Melodies short called A Wild Hare. The zany wise-guy personality that the studio …

The Center For Jewish History in New York City is presenting A Tribute to the Fleischer Brothers, a screening and lecture by animation …

Reader Adam Koford brings this to our attention:I don’t know if you have caught the History Detectives on PBS yet, but a recent episode …

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just scheduled another classic animation event. On Friday August 19th at 7:30pm, in …

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy is not only a great website, but also a wonderful quarterly 16 page hard copy newsletter. The latest issue …

This saddens me. TV GUIDE announced yesterday that it will cease to be a digest sized publication as of the Oct. 17 issue and be a …

Just recieved this sad news from down under:I am a regular reader of your “Cartoon Brew” website, and an animator at DisneyToon Studio’s …

Belated congratulations to our friend Linda Simensky who gave birth to Sara Buckborough Simensky on July 8th. She weighed in at 6 pounds, …

I will be interviewed on American Public Media’s WEEKEND AMERICA – Topic: hidden gags in classic cartoons. I don’t know what time or what …

Wanted: Any information — personal or professional — about Disney Animator John Sibley. Also seeking Sibley artwork. Sibley worked at …

I didn’t get much response to my request for convention photos. At right is me with a guy dressed in his home made Kirk Alyn Superman …

A nice picture of me interviewing J.J. Sedelmaier at the 2005 San Diego Comic Con, last Friday, is posted on the Asifa-Hollywood …

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