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The Flinstones on Broadway

And you thought the live action movies were the end of it? Think again! I don’t know how I missed this news item buried in a story …

Cartoon Sushi

No, we’re not referring to MTV’s old animation show; this is real cartoon sushi. Anna the Red creates aesthetically delightful cartoon …

Macy’s Parade Archive Photos

The NY Daily News has posted a fantastic 46-image, 70+ year photo history of Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade cartoon balloon characters. Check …

Flintstones facepaint movie

If you think this is freaky, check out his Tom and Jerry, Road Runner and Coyote, Gumby and Pokey, and FrankenBerry, Count Chocula, and …

Robert Burden’s Voltron

Artist Robert Burden set a time lapse camera on his canvas as he painted his tribute to Voltron:

Inside Seonna Hong’s Home

Don’t let the title of this post scare you. We haven’t started stalking any animation artists (not yet at least). Thanks to Apartment …

Splatter pics

The image above comes from a London art exhibit, Splatter, which we reported here last month. The show has now closed (yesterday was the …

Betty Boop Broadway Bound?

The New York Times, Playbill and several other news sources are reporting on plans, just announced, for a Betty Boop musical supposedly …

Follow the Bouncing Ball

Never thought I’d be posting about High School Musical 3, but I noticed this ad in yesterday’s paper and just had to comment. Is that …

Simpsons Characters Discuss the Elections

A Norwegian radio host asked voice actor Harry Shearer about what various Simpsons characters thought about the upcoming US election. The …

Jewel-encrusted Tweety Bling

I saw this advertised in a Sunday newspaper magazine supplement last week. My nomination for Worst Commercial Tweety Bird Product – …

Mickey Mouse Can Live!

We posted about a London Telegraph article recently in which they reported that Muslim cleric Sheikh Muhammad Al-Munajid had declared …

Swiftboat Willie

The Brew gets political again, but this time it’s truly animation-history related. (Thanks to Bradley Walker for bring this to my …

Bluto gets a statue

This just in from Popeye fan and historian Leonard Kohl:”A few weeks ago, I was asked to help “unveil” a statue of “Bluto the Terrible” …

The Wile E. Coyote Government

I propose all difficult financial concepts be explained with cartoons, like how this video uses Wile E. Coyote to explain the US …

The Disney Version of Sarah Palin

This is a follow-up to our popular story “Sarah Palin’s Awfulness Equals Disney’s”. As it turns out, Matt Damon was right: it is like a …

Speed Racer Gas and Go-Go-Go!

We may have a Felix Chevrolet dealer in Southern California, but Ben at the Japanese Nostalgic Car blog reports on a new chain of Speed …

Daffy Tapioca

Cynthia Petrovic of Red Tango spotted this package (above) in a local supermarket:Maybe I’m just getting more perverted in my old age, …

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