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COOL CATS

I had a wonderful time on Friday at the grand opening party of Toby Bluth and Dave Kuhn’s new character animation studio, CAAT Studios in …

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STILL MORE COMIC CON PLUGS

BREW Co-editor Jerry Beck has two more comic con highlights to plug:#1 Wonderful World of Animation Art gallery (booth #215) along with …

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DRAWN TOGETHER

The producers sent some images from their new Comedy Central series, DRAWN TOGETHER, which will be previewing at the San Diego Comic Con …

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HOW TO ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND

The more things change, the more they remain the same.Back in the 1970s, animation fans waited impatiently, for many long tortuous …

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MORE COMIC CON NOTES

Two more events of interest have been brought to our attention:DreamWorks Animation will have a booth (#4321) which will screen …

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FLEISCHER POPEYE PENCIL TEST

FOX has just scheduled the all-new half-hour CGI special “Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest for Pappy” for telecast on Sunday, Dec. 19. King …

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BRANDO-PALOOZA

Not since Orson Welles performed the voice of a planet (in the 1986 animated feature Transformers: The Movie) has an actors final …

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MY COMIC CON PLANS

The San Diego Comic Con is so huge (80,000+ people expected this year), so overwhelming, so impossible to meet up with friends that I’m …

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HELLO KITTY CATBOT

Be afraid. Be very afraid.A Hello Kitty robot is going on sale in November. Equipped with an ultra-sound sensor and camera, the …

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SAMMY McKIM (1924-2004)

If I could be one person in Hollywood history, I think I’d like to be Sammy McKim.Who? Sam McKim! He spent his childhood on the backlots …

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MINTZ-COLUMBIA STAFF PICTURES

Our buddy Mike Van Eaton at the wonderful Van Eaton Gallery on Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks, California recently came up with this …

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COMPUTER GENERATED DUCK

The future of Disney animation? You decide: Click Here!(Thanks for “Rzetlin” on Animation Nation for the link)

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UCLA FESTIVAL OF PRESERVATION

Every two years the UCLA Film and Television Archives opens it’s vaults and presents it’s latest restorations to the public in a gala …

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FRANK MOSER

Reason #432 Why we love ebay…Who knew that Frank Moser – partner of Paul Terry from the early 1920s to the mid 1930s – was an artist …

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CLINTON’S FAVORITE CARTOONS

Bill Clinton likes Warner Bros. & Paramount cartoons!According to his best-selling autobiography, MY LIFE, in chapter three recalling his …

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STEAMBOY TRAILER

I am personally very excited about the forthcoming new feature from Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA): STEAMBOY. If you haven’t seen the trailer, …

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LEGO SPIDERMAN

This is terrific!Columbia Pictures and Lego produced a wonderful stop motion piece by Tim Drage and Tony Mines (of Spite Your Face …

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BREW AT COMIC CON – Part 2

More details have emerged, so mark your calenders:Bob Clampett, Casper and Super PresidentThe SID JACOBSON spotlight is Friday, July 23 …

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