Anifilm Festival Announces In-Competition Films and UPA Tribute
The 4th edition of Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films will take place in Třeboň, Czech Republic from May 3 to 8. The …
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Cartoon Brew Upgrades to Disqus Commenting System
Earlier this week, we upgraded our commenting system to the widely used Disqus. Certain aspects of our commenting system haven’t changed. …
What’s Next for Genndy Tartakovsky?
I spotted this poster on the wall during a visit to Sony Animation last week: With Hotel Transylvannia number #1 at the US box …
Bob Clampett’s Poem to Friz Freleng, 1965
On April 5th 1965, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bestowed an Oscar to Friz Freleng for Best Animated Short – for The …
“Far Out Isn’t Far Enough” NSFW trailer
Here’s one documentary I look forward to seeing: Rick Cikowski and Brad Bernstein’s Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story. …
LACMA: Paramount Cartoons and Oskar Fischinger
Thursday and Friday this week, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is running two great evenings of animated art. First, I’m …
Mark your calendar: 3 Animation Events in LA
Three, count ’em Three (3), animation events hosted by yours truly, all within a week of each other and coming up soon. Please consider …
LACMA in April: Alice, Fischinger and Paramount Cartoons
The spectacular sold out UPA program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) last week marked the beginning of even more …
FRIDAY in L.A: UPA at LACMA
To celebrate the publication of Adam Abraham’s essential new UPA history, When Magoo Flew and the just-released TCM/Sony DVD set,
2012 So Far…
Through the first 70 days of 2012, we’re averaging 2.8 posts per day on Cartoon Brew’s homepage. That’s not counting all the posts on our …
Bert & Harry Piel
Just for fun – and thanks to Chuck Howell, the Archivist at University of Maryland’s Special Collections in Mass Media & Culture – we are …
Season’s Greetings From a Few of My Favorite Animators
No one does Holiday Greetings better than those in animation. Here’s a few I received this year at Cartoon Brew headquarters: First …
Cartoon Brew TV: Depth Study
Our special film series “The Modern Art of Gene Deitch” continues this week with the rarely seen gem Depth Study which was made during …
Cartoon Brew TV: Building Friends for Business
It’s time for another episode in our special film series “The Modern Art of Gene Deitch.” This week, we’re presenting Building Friends …
Allen Swift (1924-2010)
Gene Deitch just informed us of the passing of his long-time personal friend Allen Swift. Swift (born Ira Stadlen) was best known for …
The Fabulous Firework Family (1959)
Over at Bob Shea and Lane Smith’s wonderful Curious Pages blog, they’ve posted the classic Jim Flora children’s book, The Fabulous …
“The Story of Weston Woods”
I’ve been watching Weston Woods productions all my life and I never really realized it – and you probably haven’t either. I don’t know …
Lost UPA Cartoon: Howdy Doody and his Magic Hat
Gene Deitch has written this plea before, but he’s not ready to give up hope. The first cartoon he ever directed – for UPA no less – is …
Behind The Lines podcast
We haven’t plugged any podcasts in a while. Here’s one that’s worth your time: Todd Dolce runs an animation/cartooning webcast that …
In The Nicotine (1961)
SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Paramount Cartoons can be Hazardous to Your (Mental) Health. We’re ending our series of “dark, domestic” …
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