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Last year saw the release of lots of rare animation (Popeye, Lantz cartoons, Oswald, etc.) but perhaps none so rare as a dvd that came …

Just wanted to follow up our announcement last week on Woody Woodpecker volume 2 with a sneak peek at the final box art. Goes on sale …

Dayton Allen, Tom Morrison, Lionel Wilson, Doug Moye, Allen Swift… these are a few of the performers known to voice characters in …

For years I’ve been trying to make the case for The Bugs Bunny Show. This was the original ABC TV series which first brought the …

Jazz legend Oscar Peterson passed away last Sunday at age 82. Below are a couple of his animated collaborations with Norman McLaren and …

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the release of Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Two worth-a-glance articles about the film’s …

I’m happy to announce the April 15th 2008 release date of The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2. The …

Steve Stanchfield is one of the unsung angels out there who does the important work finding and restoring lost pieces of our animation …

I’m currently reading Matthew Gale’s Dada & Surrealism, an entertaining and authoritative primer on two of the most important, yet …

Check out this informative post by John McElwee on his Greenbriar Pictures Shows blog. McElwee describes what a 1930s Saturday matinee …

Several years ago, when Playhouse Pictures closed its Hollywood office, cartoonist Mike Kazaleh purchased some old files being sold off …

Disney historian and author Jim Fanning has written a fine appreciation of the little-seen Ward Kimball featurette Dad, Can I Borrow the …

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 …

Below is an early-1940s article from a magazine called Your Charm, a young woman’s magazine alone the lines of Mademoiselle. Forgive the …

Joshua Glenn of the Boston Globe has created an audio slideshow presentation that points out the influence of cartoonist Winsor McCay on …

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 …

A few years back, when MTV wanted to revive the Terrytoons characters, they commissioned an animation test in CG (of course, what else …

No one animator’s career covered the history of animation, with so many important cultural touchstones, as Grim Natwick. His work spanned …

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

It’s a good day for DVD collectors: The Three Stooges Collection Vol. 1 have been released.