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Books

Oswald cameo in Wall•E book

Ken Priebe spotted this cameo (above right) by Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the Little Golden Book adaptation of Wall•E. As with …

Comics

Betty Boop and Felix

Does anyone remember this short lived comic strip (1984-1988) by The Walker Brothers (Brian, Morgan, Greg, and Neal, the sons of Beetle …

Internet/Blogs

Jerry on Movie Talk podcasts

New Orleans movie critic David Dubos is now writing for, and podcasting about, movies each week on NewOrleans.com. He’s recorded me twice …

Cartoon Culture

Kristen Morgin

Kristen Morgan, an artist and professor at Cal State Long Beach, has a current installation in Hollywood which combines pop culture …

TV

No Bozo: Larry Harmon 1925-2008

Larry Harmon, the actor and animation producer who acquired the rights to Bozo the Clown and turned him into a long running TV franchise …

Books

Jackie Ormes

Another discovery, for me, at the recent Book Expo was this new book from University of Michigan Press. Jackie Ormes: The First African …

Shorts

‘Western Spaghetti’ by PES

Western Spaghetti, the latest stop-motion short from director PES, has been posted onto his website EatPes.com. The film was animated by …

Site News

Cartoon Brew on Facebook

We’re delighted to report that the Cartoon Brew Facebook community recently surpassed 500 600 700(!) members. In the few months that it’s …

Shorts

Endangered Species by Tony White

Endangered Species by Tony White (Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook) is so insidery that it’s doubtful it’ll ever find a mainstream …

Animators

Harald Siepermann Designs Galore

Character designer Harald Siepermann has posted a lot (and I do mean A LOT) of his artwork onto this blog entry. These include designs …

Anime

Tezuka Shorts on iTunes

While browsing iTunes yesterday, I noticed that they’ve licensed many of the independent shorts produced by Japanese cartooning legend …

Feature Film

Wall•E and Christianity

Wall•E director Andrew Stanton talks with Christianity Today about some of the Genesis-related themes he incorporated into the …

Shorts

Presto on iTunes

Heads-up, Pixar’s latest short Presto is now available on iTunes for $1.99. It’s currently the #1 selling short film download on Apple’s …

Classic

Stu’s Show interviews Fleischer

This Wednesday, July 2nd, Stuart Shostack will broadcast a rare, new, interview with Max Fleischer’s nephew, Bernie Fleischer. Joined by …

Anime

Mind Over Manga

Anime website Digital Manga once again sponsors Pop Japan Travel’s Mind Over Manga Tour from Aug. 21st through August 27th. This year the …

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