Drawing The Sailor

Our buddy Oscar Grillo (above) writes about his latest exhibit of drawings and paintings inspired by a certain spinach eating sailor-man. …

The Shine Gallery

Bernie Shine is one of the biggest private collectors of classic American animation memoribilia. You can see a small part of Bernie’s …

Eisner’s New Mouse

“Bazooka Joe is my new Mickey Mouse.” – Michael Eisner Story at USA Today, analysis at Mayerson on Animation. (via The Beat)

A Hollywood rip-off

The You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice blog noticed this. An LA-based limited edition “lifestyle brand” company, The Hundreds, is ripping off …

Casper’s got Balls

A former minor-league baseball club known as the Casper Rockies will now be known as the Casper Ghosts. The club unveiled their new …

Why the Four Seasons is great

DreamWorks animation artists may have to put up with Jeffrey Katzenberg, but thankfully, hotel employees don’t. The security at the Four …

Snapshots from the Valley

Over the weekend, Mike Kazaleh snapped this picture (above) of the window of a North Hollywood chicken resturant. Their mascot is an …

Un Regard Moderne (Paris)

Storefront and interior. Click for bigger version A few months ago, I solicited suggestions from readers about what to see and do …

Pixar Zoetrope at California Adventure

Head’s up: the Pixar Toy Story zoetrope created for their MoMA exhibit a couple years back is now on display at California Adventure. And …

Popeye the Sewer-man

Brew reader Jim Arnold sent in this shot of a remarkable Popeye rip-off mascot he spotted on a van in Syracuse, New York last week. Says …

Want a Free Animation Desk?

If you want a free animation desk, and are willing to move it yourself from North Hollywood, this Craigslist post is offering thirty of …

Pricey Pixar Messenger Bag on eBay

You know, I like Pixar and I like messenger bags, but I certainly don’t like either of them this much. (Thanks, Kevin Elam)

Where Do You Like To Work?

Every artist has their favorite place to work, but it’s unlikely that any of those places offer the amusing view that animation filmmaker …

Looney ‘tudes

Brew reader Steve Flack sends this report from midtown Manhattan: I was at Midtown Comics in New York City yesterday, buying my weekly …

Cartoon Q&A

In today’s edition of South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel, television columnist Tom Jicha answers reader’s mail. Here is a slightly edited …

Who’s Who in The Autograph Hound

Jeff Pepper of 2719 Hyperion offers up a well annotated who’s who of celebrity caricatures in the Disney short The Autograph Hound (1939).

Animated Manhattan

Inspired by the book Celluloid Skyline, which examined the depictions of New York in live-action film, the blog Ironic Sans has a …

Bozo’s furniture

P.S. Forget about the Disney furniture collection. This Saturday you can bid on Bozo’s personal furnishings. The property of Larry …

More Crap

It’s time for another educational cartoon showing us how to take a crap. Courtesy of animator Greg Holfeld down under–no pun intended.

Disney-inspired Middle East propaganda

Sadly, it’s come to this. Animation has been enlisted in the propaganda war between rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah. This …

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