Previously on Cartoon Brew

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MORE COMIC CON NOTES

Two more events of interest have been brought to our attention:DreamWorks Animation will have a booth (#4321) which will screen …

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FLEISCHER POPEYE PENCIL TEST

FOX has just scheduled the all-new half-hour CGI special “Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest for Pappy” for telecast on Sunday, Dec. 19. King …

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BRANDO-PALOOZA

Not since Orson Welles performed the voice of a planet (in the 1986 animated feature Transformers: The Movie) has an actors final …

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MY COMIC CON PLANS

The San Diego Comic Con is so huge (80,000+ people expected this year), so overwhelming, so impossible to meet up with friends that I’m …

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Recent Animation Books

Chris F. writes to ask if I ever heard of the book/DVD set, FLIPS 7, which presents the work of some dozen-and-half modern animation …

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Fur Sure

Animator turned self-publishing magnate, Michel Gagn&eacute files a REPORT from Anthrocon 2004, a major “furry” convention in …

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Illustrator Blog

And yet another blog. This one is by members of The Society of Ilustrators of Los Angeles and links to animation/cartoon-related items as …

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Twisted Pride

Jonathan Groff, exec producer of the forthcoming NBC series FATHER OF THE PRIDE, explains why they’re producing the show in CG animation: …

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Couple of Links

This new Disney blog seems like it could become a promising source of Mouse news. It’s run by John Frost, whose grandfather was early …

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HELLO KITTY CATBOT

Be afraid. Be very afraid.A Hello Kitty robot is going on sale in November. Equipped with an ultra-sound sensor and camera, the …

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Presidential Material

Following up on Fred Crippen’s commercial for the Kennedy campaign which I mentioned a couple days ago, here’s a cool photo of Fred and …

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SAMMY McKIM (1924-2004)

If I could be one person in Hollywood history, I think I’d like to be Sammy McKim.Who? Sam McKim! He spent his childhood on the backlots …

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Melbourne Animation Fest Thoughts

Russell Degnan has a nice REPORT from the Melbourne International Animation Festival with mini-reviews of the films and retrospective …

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Just another day at the office

A couple of electronic bugging devices were found in Michael Eisner’s Disney office last week, according to the anonymous LA blogger A …

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MINTZ-COLUMBIA STAFF PICTURES

Our buddy Mike Van Eaton at the wonderful Van Eaton Gallery on Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks, California recently came up with this …

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Life After Disney

Timothy Albee moved to Alaska after working on Disney’s DINOSAUR and created his own 22-minute CG short called KAZE, GHOST WARRIOR. He …

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