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Bill Littlejohn Interview

Above: Bill Littlejohn at Playhouse Pictures in 1962 Whenever I’m depressed about the state of contemporary animation, I think about …

Golden Age comics by animation artists Rod Scribner and Dan Gordon. Even B-animation studios get love online: “Why we love Famous …

I’d be remiss if I didn’t update Brew readers to the forthcoming October 30th.

As long as we are exploring The Smoking Gun – check out this mainly live action, somewhat campy, obscure educational film by Hugh Harman …

If you love Looney Tunes even the little details are interesting. Warner Bros. uber-art collector Eric Calande recently added this item …

Not sure why I’ve never linked to this before but here is an illuminating 1991 interview with legendary animation background designer …

Last month we posted about Hans Bacher’s excellent blog Animation Treasures, in which Bacher does an amazing job re-creating classic …

I’ve seen Pat Smith’s music video “Moving Along” before, but I never would have guessed that it had been directly influenced by the “Pink …

This cartoon series is a surprising and joyful discovery for me. From what I’ve read online though, it seems to be a well known classic …

Animator Mark Kausler (who has a great new blog, by the way) recently unearthed this 1955 article on Terrytoons, written for children, …

Yeeechhh! Take a look below. No, it’s not Leatherface – but a vintage cloth Halloween costume of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit now selling …

Just in time to clear the stench of that current Underdog movie debacle from my memory cells, come these delightful KidRobot figures that …

If you haven’t picked up your copy of the new Woody Woodpecker Classic Cartoon Collection, shame on you! Everyone reading Cartoon Brew …

(Click on images above for larger version) The painting above left is original art from Fleischer Studios Technicolor two-reel special …

Once again the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive provides a new piece of the giant jigsaw puzzle that is the history of animated …

Mike Van Eaton’s latest acquisition is a killer. An original Koko the Clown drawing, apparently related to (or for) the 1922 film called …

Unabashed plug #2: Popeye DVD. Post your comments below.

Michael Sporn is posting the entire storyboard to the John and Faith Hubley short film Cockaboody (1974), along with frame grabs from the …

Don Brockway’s IsntLifeTerrible.com is a new entry on the blogging scene and well worth checking out. He’s done a couple posts in the …