Holiday Gift Ideas: Thunderbean Animation Classics
Steve Stanchfield is one of the unsung angels out there who does the important work finding and restoring lost pieces of our animation …
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Viking Eggeling
I’m currently reading Matthew Gale’s Dada & Surrealism, an entertaining and authoritative primer on two of the most important, yet …
The Popeye Club
Check out this informative post by John McElwee on his Greenbriar Pictures Shows blog. McElwee describes what a 1930s Saturday matinee …
UPA VP Hated Terrytoons
Several years ago, when Playhouse Pictures closed its Hollywood office, cartoonist Mike Kazaleh purchased some old files being sold off …
Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?
Disney historian and author Jim Fanning has written a fine appreciation of the little-seen Ward Kimball featurette Dad, Can I Borrow the …
Animation History Round-Up #5
The animation history round-ups have become one of my favorite types of posts to do on Cartoon Brew. It is always eye-opening to see the …
Your Charm article about Disney
Below is an early-1940s article from a magazine called Your Charm, a young woman’s magazine alone the lines of Mademoiselle. Forgive the …
The Influence of Winsor McCay on Cinema
Joshua Glenn of the Boston Globe has created an audio slideshow presentation that points out the influence of cartoonist Winsor McCay on …
My World And Welcome To It
Here’s the opening credits to a long gone (but not forgotten) TV series, My World And Welcome To It (1969): What an odd show this …
Terrytoons in CG
A few years back, when MTV wanted to revive the Terrytoons characters, they commissioned an animation test in CG (of course, what else …
Grim Natwick’s Scrapbook
No one animator’s career covered the history of animation, with so many important cultural touchstones, as Grim Natwick. His work spanned …
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)
On Sale Today
It’s a good day for DVD collectors: The Three Stooges Collection Vol. 1 have been released.
C.L. Hartman Animation Reel
The grandson of Golden Age Hollywood animator C.L. Hartman has posted a reel onto YouTube of commercials animated by Hartman at John …
Looney Tunes Vol. 5
Guess what’s coming out in two short weeks? Yeah, I’m plugging it again. That’s because it’s a great set of 60 uncut, restored …
Animation History Round-Up #4
• Rediscovering the early illustration work of Fifties-era animation designer Cliff Roberts. • The new …
Automania 2000 and Pan-Tele-Tron
YouTuber Phil Gray, who uploaded this rare Tex Avery documentary a while back, has posted more difficult-to-find pieces of animation …
TV Felix on DVD
I never thought I’d say this, but Classic Media’s new DVD collection Felix the Cat: The Complete 1958-1959 Series is better than it has …
Animation History Round-Up #3
• Disney theme park designs by animator Marc Davis. • Funny frame grabs from an Iwerks Willie Whopper …
More Backgrounds
We’ve plugged the blogs of both Hans Bacher and Rob Richards numerous times recently. Both are putting a spotlight on the unsung work of …
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