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GOLDEN BOOK ART
Someone in France posted an uber-cool gallery of Little Golden Book pages, featuring art by J.P. Miller, Mel Crawford and others, …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
WRITING BOOKS
I hate to see a whole day go by without a post here. Amid and I are are busy on separate book projects this month. My postings will be a …
How Netflix’s ‘Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight’ Balances Classic Comic Roots With Modern CG Aesthetics (EXCLUSIVE)
Production designer Aurélien Prédal explains the visual strategy, shifting styles, and aesthetic challenges behind the global series adaptation.
PAUL JULIAN MURAL
Our Lost Hollywood Animator Mural series continues with this beauty (above) painted by Paul Julian.Reader Terry Guy passes along this …
fps Charity Auction
Starting tomorrow and continuing through December 10, FPS: FRAMES PER SECOND magazine will be holding an on-line charity auction, with …
China – The Next Animation Boom?
Here’s an interesting article from THE NEW YORK TIMES that gives some sense of the burgeoning animation industry in China. (via …
Spongebob is Missing!
This just in: There’s been a rash of kidnappings of the giant inflatable SpongeBob Squarepants figures that have been placed atop Burger …
LEON SCHLESINGER COMICS
I’ve come across several of these in my travels – and have set up a dedicated webpage for them (see the complete four panel strip of the …
KRUMPET KONTEST #3
Our final contest. The first two people with the correct answer (or what I think is the correct answer) to this question arriving in my …
Ben Washam (Or Mike Fontanelli?)
No reason for this post, but I just wanted to share this cool caricature of animator Ben Washam by fellow Chuck Jones unit animator Abe …
JANET KLEIN
Once again this Thursday night – and every first Thursday of the each month – Jerry Beck will be the opening act for Janet Klein & Her …
KRUMPET KONTEST #2
Good day. Here is day two of our contest (which ends tomorrow). The first two people with the correct answer (or what I think is the …
More Cartoon Murals
Cartoon Brew reader Marc Crisafulli responded to my recent post about cartoon murals with an additional mural (see above) that he saw …
SAM COBEAN WEBSITE
Willoughby’s Magic Hat (1943)The family of cartoonist Sam Cobean have just set up a new website, Sam Cobean’s World, featuring many of …
POPEYE SCRAPS THE J—!
Funniest thing I’ve seen in weeks!Camp Chaos imagines Popeye going anime – a hallucinatory cross between Dragonball Z, Star Blazers and …
JOHN PARR MILLER (1913-2004)
The NY TIMES posted this sad news today:John Parr Miller, an early animator for Walt Disney whose later art adorned best-selling …
KRUMPET KONTEST #1
Our new contest (for today through Wednesday). The first two people with correct answer (or what I think is the correct answer) to this …
Monday Morning Inspiration
WORKING DOLLARS is a John Sutherland industrial film from the mid-’50s that can be downloaded for free at Archive.org. Unfortunately the …
Popeye’s Darkest Hour
I can’t imagine how awful Mainframe’s CG Popeye looks in motion, but these stills are disgusting enough. Frank Panucci, who posted the …
More Thoughts on the Spongebob Movie
THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE isn’t THE INCREDIBLES, and I don’t mean that in a negative way. The film has a simpler goal: make the …
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