Old Brew

In case we didn’t mention it before, it’s Donald Duck’s 70th Anniversary this year.The short-tempered duck will be honored with a star on …

If you act fast, and have $2,295. dollars, you can own the uber-rare, uber-cool one sheet poster for SCRAPPY’S PUPPET THEATRE. It’s on …

I’m still poring over all the Licesning Show material sent into the Brew by our New York spies.Warner Bros. KRYPTO THE SUPERDOG and THE …

This is sad.From the studio that brought you THE IRON GIANT… YU-GI-OH The Movie.

At the Lion King reunion on Monday night in Glendale, Steve Worth gave a great introductory speech about traditional animation and …

Belvision’s ink & paint staff working on PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE (1965)(Click on picture above for larger image.) While everybody was …

In Robert Kohr’s Thursday Annecy report posted at AnimatorsUnite.com, he writes about the jubilant atmosphere of the screenings: the …

Start hanging out near stationery stores NOW!Brew correspondent Tom Giatras sent me this link from Carlton Cards showing off their 2004 …

The difference between this blog and other animation news websites is that, instead of reporting the news of SHREK 2’s box office …

I’m back!Where’ve I been? The Missus and me took an anniversary trip (it’s been one year since we got married!) up the coast to Hearst …

Here’s an interesting poster I ran across in Annecy. It says “The Lion King is Coming to Disneyland.” And, of course, what better way to …

There was an older gentleman sitting in front of me on the bus a couple days ago, and he was talking to some other folks about Harry …

If I were running the Museum of Broadcasting, I would schedule a program like THIS!

Our spy Tom Giatras snapped this sad shot of a section of the King Features booth, at the NY Licensing Show going on this week. Baby …

A newly released import, Cartoon Melodies: A Tribute To The Classic Warner Bros Cartoons — Music Composed & Conducted By Carl Stalling …

Brew reader Tom Giatras took some pictures (click pic 1 and pic 2) and sends this report from the New York Licensing Show:Just came back …

Cartoon historian Cole Johnson sent me this jpeg of his cel from HOLLYWOOD STEPS OUT (WB 1941).The odd thing about it is that in the …

Would you like to talk to a woman who’s animation career spans more than 50 years?Women in Animation Los Angeles presents a salon …

I’d originally planned to write daily reports from Annecy, but there’s so much to see and do here that I’m not exactly finding a whole …