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SMOKING POPEYE
Speaking of ebay, here’s a toy you’ll never see marketed again: Smoking Popeye!This item recently sold on ebay for $2,551. The box says …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
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.
VINTAGE CARTOON TRAILERS
Film collector Jim Tucker sent me these cool frame grabs from vinatge intermission trailers that used to run in theatres in the 1940s, …
Hey Hey Hey …. It’s Crap!
Marvel at the mind-numbing unfunniness of the latest cartoon-turned-live bomb FAT ALBERT. The most telling example of what passes for …
Tom Neely Show Opening Tonight
Tom Neely, director/animator of BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A JOB?, has an art show opening tonight at the Harmony Gallery (5911-1/2 Franklin, …
Bird In London
Will you be in London on October 27? Want to hear Brad Bird speak and then see a sneak preview screening of THE INCREDIBLES? Then don’t …
Political Cartoon Season
Last night, THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO premiered the new Jibjab short GOOD TO BE IN DC, which is a sequel of sorts to their …
BBC Radio: Toonhounds and Teabags
“Toonhounds and Teabags” – it sounds dirty, but it’s the name of a BBC Radio report about the history of British animation. IMDB’s Jon …
THE DAWS BUTLER BOOK
DAWS BUTLER: CHARACTERS ACTOR, the official biography of the voice of Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound, by Joe Bevilacqua and Ben Ohmart …
11 FILMS BY DAN McLAUGHLIN
11 Films by Dan McLaughlin is a new DVD compilation featuring eleven short films by filmmaker Dan McLaughlin, head of the world-renowned …
ANOTHER NAIL IN THE 2-D COFFIN
Talk about “below the radar”. Has anyone heard of this upcoming 2-D feature film? Does anyone care?THE EASTER EGG ESCAPADE is supposedly …
Ottawa Fest Photos
Animator Joe Gilland has posted a fine PHOTO ALBUM from this year’s Ottawa Animation Festival, including a section about NFB animator …
Book Plugs
BREW pal, New York cartoonist/animator Mark Newgarden, has written a new book which I’m very much looking forward to picking up when it’s …
Funky-Tasting Ice Cream
Tuesday, July 19, 2004_________________________ The day is a blur of work, my efforts obscured from memory by a fog of exhaustion. All …
ORIGINAL TITLES
Long time readers of my Cartoon Research website know that I’m absolutely fanatic over original titles. In fact I have a whole section of …
Hertzfeldt Chat Tonight
Indie filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt will participate in his only live chat of 2004 this evening at 6pm (Pacific time). He’ll talk about his …
Incredible Art
Just noticed that THE ART OF THE INCREDIBLES, which could be alternately titled “The Genius of Teddy Newton,” is now shipping at Amazon. …
Classic Disney Artists In Their Own Words
I’m excited about WALT’S PEOPLE – TALKING DISNEY WITH THE ARTISTS WHO KNEW HIM, a new book project being edited by Didier Ghez. Each book …
Birds and Clem
Monday, July 19, 2004_________________________ I was enjoying a pleasant morning walk around the pond, minding my own business, when …
TWO GOOD TRAILERS
Check out these Quicktime trailers for Blue Sky’s ROBOTS and Nickelodeon’s THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE.
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