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LA TIMES ON ED CATMULL
An excellent front page story by Claudia Eller on Pixar’s Ed Catmull in today’s L.A. Times (registration may be required). Couple of …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
BEFORE WALT
For years, Ray Pointer of Inkwell Images has been compiling the best of early American cartoon art and preserving animation history …
Rediscover Chris Lavis And Maciek Szczerbowski’s Oscar-Nominated NFB Gem ‘Madame Tutli-Putli’
A look back at the Oscar-nominated short and the innovative artistry of Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, directors of ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls.’
ARF MUSEUM
Last year I raved about Craig Yoe’s Modern Arf, but I just got a copy of Yoe’s follow up, Arf Museum, and it’s even better. Is it a book? …
PIXAR’S Ratatouille
The teaser trailer for Ratatouille is now on the internet – click here to see it. Note the voice of the French waiter is none other than …
MEET ALICE
Walt Disney’s first movie star, Virginia Davis, will appear in person at a screening of two of her Alice Comedies from the mid-1920s at …
THINKING ANIMATION
Traditional animator Jamie Oliff (Mulan, Hercules) and CG animator Angie Jones (Scooby Doo 2, Stuart Little) have teamed up to produce a …
POPEYE ON DVD
Here’s the news I’ve been dying to announce for over 20 years.Warner Bros. and King Features have come to an agreement – at long last – …
CRAZY CRUISE
Once again, our buddy Bob Bergen (current day voice of Porky Pig) is hosting another Voice Over Cruise up the west coast. Says Bob:My …
RARE LANTZ COMIC STRIP
Yo! Check this out on Craig Yoe’s ARF LOVERS website. Scroll down the blog to see a rare 1928 magazine cartoon by animator Walter Lantz.
YO GABBA GABBA
Could this be the coolest kids show since Pee-Wee’s Playhouse? YO GABBA GABBA has that surreal-1970s Kroft-meets-New Zoo Revue vibe, and …
A SHORT NOTE ABOUT CARS
Animated humanoid automobiles aren’t new – (Friz Freleng’s STREAMLINED GRETA GREEN (1937), Tex Avery’s ONE CAB’S FAMILY (1952), and …
Oskar Fischinger Article
Worth a read: in the latest issue of TATE ETC., the magazine of UK’s Tate museums, there is a nice appreciation of the experimental …
Korgoth of Barbaria
I don’t like to use the term “genius” a lot, but if there’s anybody working in the current industry scene who can be classified as such, …
THE ULTIMATE DISNEY COLLECTIBLE
Here’s a one-of-a-kind item currently listed on ebay you might like. Scuptor Pete Carsillo is offering a life sized wax figure of Walt …
NORMAN… IDENTIFIED!
We figured it out. Thanks to some slick detective work by Brew reader Brian Nelson, we have identified the mystery photo of “Norm”. It’s …
Fleet Street Scandal
I don’t usually plug non-animation artists here on Brew, but the work of Kevin Dart and Chris Turnham really appeals to me. They have …
Amid in Annecy
Just a quick note to let European folks know that I’ll be at the Annecy Animation Festival next week from June 5-10th. If you want to get …
Deitch’s Terrible Comic Strip Back in Print
This September, Fantagraphics is reprinting animation director Gene Deitch’s rarely seen mid-Fifties syndicated comic strip TERR’BLE …
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