Alan Light’s photos on Flickr
The co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel (left), and Warner Bros. cartoon legend, Bob Clampett (at right), at the 1976 San Diego Comic …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Beep! Beep!
Looking for something to do today? Try watching 43 Road Runner cartoons on YouTube. Or if you prefer a more painless way of committing …
Inspiration From Everywhere All At Once: Expanding Educational Experience At SVA
SVA students and alumni discuss extracurricular activities that helped to enrich their educational experience at the school.
BG Inspiration
Art director Hans Bacher (Mulan) has started up an incredible new blog called Animation Treasures. He’s painstakingly recreating pan …
The Knights of Laika
This article by Chuck Salter in the new issue of Fast Company is a fascinating indepth read about the transformation of Will Vinton …
Slate defends Disney Cheapquels
Dan Kois makes the case for Disney direct-to-video sequels on Slate.
Who’s Attending Comic-Con?
It’s so difficult to find folks down at the Comic-Con so here’s a thread where we can do a roll call of animation folk who’ll be …
What’re You Selling At Comic-Con?
We’re starting to receive a lot of announcements from animation folk about what they’re selling next week at San Diego Comic-Con …
Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend
“Holy Sh-t!” I gotta have this book. That was my reaction when I first saw it – and now I have it. I’d heard about the book, but had …
TONIGHT: Aural Disneyland Delights
Got a few hours tonight? Tune into the online broadcast of Luxuria Music from 7-10pm PST where the guest on the “Kitsch Niche with …
Woody and Popeye
Next week the Popeye collection goes on sale. While we wait, here are two recent vintage commercials that didn’t quite make it as …
Frenopatic Parade by Santiago AgustÃÂ
Here’s a very short but eye-catchingly ambitious piece of Flash animation: Frenopatic Parade by Santiago AgustÃÂ. Agustà…
Jack Zander Interview
Animation World Magazine has an interview with 99-year-old animation veteran Jack Zander whose career includes stints at studios like …
Animation Around the World in NYC
The Brooklyn Academy of Music is hosting a series of three screenings starting tonight and continuing through the end of July. “Animation …
An Interdisciplinary Journal
One of the many people I met at the Platform Festival in Portland two weeks ago (I’m just now getting around to unpacking my bags) was …
Animated Cartooning by Mail, 1939
Brew reader Billie Towser found this old magazine ad on Flickr. (Click on thumbnail at left for an enlarged version). Long before Cal …
Scary Green Giant
Stop motion animator/historian, Ken Priebe, thinks he has found the creepiest puppet animation ever:
The Colored Cartoon
Heads up: University of Massachusetts Press has announced the publication of The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American …
Update From The Dump
I’m still recovering from yesterday’s all-day shoot for CartoonBrewFilms first original podcast, Cartoon Dump. That’s comedianne Kathleen …
RIP, Art Stevens
I was out of town when this news emerged a couple weeks ago but I wanted to make mention of the passing of Disney animator and director …
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