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CEREAL FIGURES FROM JAPAN
These little plastic Japanese statues are GRRR-REAT! Megahouse is making a whole series of these collectible Kellogg’s cereal character …
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JERRY BECK ON SCREEN SAVERS
Friday January 21st 2005. Jerry Beck and host Sarah Lane on the set of G4’s THE SCREEN SAVERS. Photo by Coury Turczyn.
Re:Anima Joint Master In Animation Has Opened A New Call For Applications
The program offers an intensive two-year exploration of animation from an artistic perspective in Ireland, Belgium, or Portugal.
THE SIMPSONS DO CARL BARKS
Highly recommended is the latest issue of SIMPSONS COMICS (#102, now on sale) featuring a tribute/spoof of Western Publishing Carl Barks …
Puppets are animation, according to the NY TIMES
As you may recall, in last month’s NY TIMES, film reviewer A.O. Scott erroneously wrote that Henry Selick’s stop motion animation in THE …
KUKLA, FRAN & OLLIE
Okay, this isn’t animation – but it was an intergral part of early television (and my personal childhood): KUKLA, FRAN & OLLIE.Fran …
ORIGINAL MICKEY MOUSE CLUB
Speaking of Mickey Mouse (as we were below), Diamond Galleries Scoop.com have posted parts of a 1932 Mickey Mouse Silly Symphonies …
REPORT FROM MOUSE HEAVEN
Brew New York galpal Anne D. Bernstein went to see the new Kenneth Anger film tribute to Disney. Here’s her report from MoMA:The event …
Nicktoons Film Fest Winners
The winners of the Nicktoons Film Festival (produced by Frederator and ANIMATION MAGAZINE) were recently announced and the $10,000 Grand …
American Dog Plot Revealed
I’ve been excited about the next film from Chris Sanders (LILO & STITCH) ever since I saw the first examples of concept art, but after …
Weekend Reading
Couple good articles to recommend. First, at SaveDisney.com, “In Defense of Disney’s Uncle Remus” is an in-depth piece that argues for …
If it’s not Scrappy, it’s crappy
The Internets will never be the same. Harry McCracken has launched the long-awaited Scrappyland.com, a site dedicated to celebrating the …
CORPSE BRIDE TRAILER
The new TIM BURTON stop-motion feature is coming and it looks good: see the trailer HERE.
SCREEN SAVERS
Set the TiVo tonight: Brewmaster Jerry Beck will appear as a guest on The Screen Savers which appears on Comcast’s digital channel, …
Don’t Squeeze The Sponge!
Oh, log this one under super-ridiculous!My pals over at Animation Magazine sent me the heads up on today’s New York Times article, …
Gene Deitch’s Definition of Animation
Academy Award winning animator Gene Deitch has a few thoughts on THE POLAR EXPRESS and the definition of animation – and I am taking the …
FRED PATTEN IN HOSPITAL
Good friend of the BREW, anime historian Fred Patten was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday, diagnosed with pneumonia.Fred is a Japanese …
Dan Krall Online
Just discovered that art director/background designer Dan Krall (SAMURAI JACK, FOSTER’S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS) has a site up at …
Dan Lee, R.I.P.
Following a battle with cancer, animation artist Dan Lee passed away last weekend at age 35. He had most recently been doing story and …
Tom Ray Drawings
Ever since Amid posted the note about the Irv Spence diary, I’ve been thinking and thinking about him…Irv, I mean. I could swear I …
Asterisk Hip To PreSchool
One universal truth is that you meet the coolest people at animation film festivals. I met Richard O’Connor at Ottawa on a panel and was …
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