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The Golden Years of Annecy

John and Faith Hubley in Annecy Cima Balser, the wife of animation director Bob Balser, has written a fantastic piece for AWN about …

Once again John McElwee, over at his Greenbriar Picture Shows blog, is waxing nostalgic about classic theatrical cartoons. McElwee also …

Just spotted on ebay: a vintage publicity photo showing the producer of the Felix The Cat cartoons, Pat Sullivan, and his wife Marjorie, …

Good news: Popeye Vol. 3 goes on sale September 30th. Will contain all the rest of the black and white Popeye cartoons including all the …

Animator and director Will Finn recently watched the entire Warner Bros. output of Chuck Jones and has composed a thoughtful blog post …

Chris Lopez has posted all the pages of a vintage Flip The Frog Coloring Book on his ComicCrazy blog. The beautiful artwork for this rare …

A fire broke out this morning on the Universal Studios backlot. Current live TV news reports are saying that, in addition to the …

This video from 1980 is not what you think. It’s a game of volleyball played between the Disney execs and animation artists of the time, …

That’s what I love about Cartoon Brew, I learn something new everyday! I never knew anything about string holders. The Bosko and Honey …

We’ve seen merchandising related to Bosko before. But here’s a pair of items featuring the first Looney Tunes star and his girlfriend, …

Fantasmagorie, a new CG remake has been produced called Fantasmagorie 2008. The film is the brainchild of Rastko Ciric, a professor at …

The cartoons posted below are two semi-rare TV pilots. They are not particularly good and I direct you to them only for historical …

Ron Stark of S/R Laboratories in Westlake Village, California, sent me his latest animation auction catalog and it’s loaded with goodies. …

I’m fascinated by the continually emerging stories of women who worked in creative positions at Disney during its Golden Age. Women …

Back before Walter Lantz created Woody Woodpecker, he liked to draw ‘woodies’ of a different kind. Animator Marc Deckter offers an …

Forget the Cubs vs. Indians. This is the big game!

This 1930 article from Popular Mechanics magazine (below) tries to explain the process of recording sound for animated cartoons in …

(click for full-sized chart) Designer Allister Roberts recently created a chart documenting the use of jazz in animated shorts between …

One of the highlights of the forthcoming Popeye Vol. 2 DVD is the remastered print of the 1939 two-reel special, Aladdin And His …

Unusual article in today’s L.A. Daily News about a cache of letters dating from 1918, sent by future animation director (Woody Woodpecker …