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As part of their worldwide effort to kill traditional hand drawn animation, Disney will fire its Japanese animators in June. Read about …

According to Internal Correspondence Vol. 2 (aka ICv.2) Quentin Tarantino is planning to write and produce an anime feature film, which …

Last night, during one of Lewis Black’s rants on THE DAILY SHOW, he did a great bit on the two deformed lumps that are serving as the …

Movielink, the broadband video-on-demand service, announced today it has launched a new “Cartoon Classics” section on its Web site …

Financial website Motley Fool has posted this editorial by Rick Aristotle Munarriz, which asks “Remember when Disney’s golden animated …

MUCHA LUCHA! creators Eddie Mort and Lili Chin have figured out what the next big trend in animation will be: Christian anime! Of course …

SaveDisney.com has posted a fine new editorial by animator Merlin Jones (a pseudonym obviously) who writes about how this is hardly the …

You’ve heard of Disney Dollars?In Japan, it’s Astro Bucks!Tokyo’s Takadanobaba district will start using Astro Boy currency this week, …

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MGM apparently decided that the best way to celebrate Pink Panther’s 40th anniversary was to hire pop illustrator Shag to redesign him so …

Mike Barrier has posted the first part of a very long 1972 article about Ralph Bakshi and the production of his first feature FRITZ THE …

I’m not sure this is worth $60, but it sure is cool. A 1952 letter from MGM Cartoon producer Fred Quimby, on nifty MGM Tom & Jerry …

It’s a big day in Los Angeles, as two oddball 2-D animated features open in local area theatres.HOME ON THE RANGE is Disney’s final film …

Brewmmaster Jerry Beck will appear Friday morning on The Connection, a live, daily call-in show that airs on NPR stations nationwide. The …

APRIL FOOLS!A reliable source from deep within the bowels of the Mouse informs the Brew that Disney is developing a new animated TV …

Tomorrow’s April 1 and that could only mean one thing: the annual Animation Nation meeting in Los Angeles. This year is the sixth edition …

Here’s a terrific on-line collection of Cliff Sterrett’s classic comic strip POLLY AND HER PALS. Sterrett’s work is what cartooning is …

On Friday, June 25, John Canemaker brings “The Art and Flair of Mary Blair” to the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley.The widely respected …

Big news story of the day:John Mancini has a beef with some cartoon fish. Mancini is the founder of the Italic Institute of America, …

The BREW mailbox has been flooded with colorful postcards for Artists gallery openings. Here’s two of note:Glenn Barr (Ren & Stimpy, et …