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HE-MAN BLOG

I will never understand the appeal of HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, but to many of our readers under the age of 30, nostalgia …

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Who Are You?

As promised, here are the RESULTS from the Cartoon Brew reader survey that we ran a month or so ago. We ran the survey for our new ad …

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LOONEY TUNES IN HI-DEF

Here is something to look forward to… high definition LOONEY TUNES! The first ones will debut on the

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Oskar Fischinger on NPR

You can hear Charles Solomon discuss Oskar Fischinger – and download Fischinger video clips – on the NPR website.(Thanks, Brian Kolm)

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Jan Svochak (1926-2006)

J.J. Sedelmaier sends us this sad news:I just wanted to let you and others know that Jan Svochak passed away yesterday afternoon. He was …

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NIGHTLINE ON CARTOON CENSORSHIP

ABC’s broadcast of Nightline last night did a report on classic cartoon censorship. I appear on camera to give a few thoughts.

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MIKE JUDGE’S NEW FILM

We don’t usually review live action films on CARTOON BREW, but I just saw Mike Judge’s latest feature film, IDIOCRACY, and had to …

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FINE ARTS FILMS

You’ve seen John Wilson’s work, but may not know his name. Wilson has had an amazing career, starting at David Hand’s studio in England …

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SILENT CLOWNS

The Silent Clowns Film Series in New York City is beginning its 10th season with a program featuring silent cartoons on Sunday, October 8 …

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MINUSCULE

After ANT BULLY, I was certain that I never wanted to see another piece of CG animation with insects in it. That was until I saw this …

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Barrier on ANIMATION BLAST #9

Esteemed animation historian Michael Barrier has commented on his website about the John Sibley article in the new ANIMATION BLAST #9. …

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NIGHTMARE IN 3-D

You may have already heard that Disney is re-releasing Tim Burton’s THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS on October 20th in Disney Digital 3-D …

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BUGS BUNNY TELLS ALL

An old friend of mine surprised me yesterday by sending me a batch of great comic books based on animated cartoons, none of which I had …

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Baxton Benefit Auction Reminder

This was already mentioned on the Brew last month, but just a reminder that next week (September 9) is the benefit auction for CalArts’s …

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Disney/Dahl Gremlins Are Here

We mentioned this quite a while back and now it’s finally available: the Dark Horse re-release of Disney’s ultra-rare 1943 children’s …

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