RARE LANTZ COMIC STRIP
Yo! Check this out on Craig Yoe’s ARF LOVERS website. Scroll down the blog to see a rare 1928 magazine cartoon by animator Walter Lantz.
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YO GABBA GABBA
Could this be the coolest kids show since Pee-Wee’s Playhouse? YO GABBA GABBA has that surreal-1970s Kroft-meets-New Zoo Revue vibe, and …
Qvisten Animation Builds Future-Proof Pipeline With Z By HP Workstations
A closer look at how Norway’s Qvisten Animation is powering their animation productions with HP technology.
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A SHORT NOTE ABOUT CARS
Animated humanoid automobiles aren’t new – (Friz Freleng’s STREAMLINED GRETA GREEN (1937), Tex Avery’s ONE CAB’S FAMILY (1952), and …
Oskar Fischinger Article
Worth a read: in the latest issue of TATE ETC., the magazine of UK’s Tate museums, there is a nice appreciation of the experimental …
Korgoth of Barbaria
I don’t like to use the term “genius” a lot, but if there’s anybody working in the current industry scene who can be classified as such, …
THE ULTIMATE DISNEY COLLECTIBLE
Here’s a one-of-a-kind item currently listed on ebay you might like. Scuptor Pete Carsillo is offering a life sized wax figure of Walt …
NORMAN… IDENTIFIED!
We figured it out. Thanks to some slick detective work by Brew reader Brian Nelson, we have identified the mystery photo of “Norm”. It’s …
Fleet Street Scandal
I don’t usually plug non-animation artists here on Brew, but the work of Kevin Dart and Chris Turnham really appeals to me. They have …
Amid in Annecy
Just a quick note to let European folks know that I’ll be at the Annecy Animation Festival next week from June 5-10th. If you want to get …
Deitch’s Terrible Comic Strip Back in Print
This September, Fantagraphics is reprinting animation director Gene Deitch’s rarely seen mid-Fifties syndicated comic strip TERR’BLE …
CANEMAKER GETS AROUND
Our favorite Oscar winning animation historian John Canemaker has quite a busy schedule this summer. John will appear at the Zagreb …
JANET KLEIN PLUG
Regular Brew readers already know that once a month (the first Thursday of each month) Jerry Beck shows vintage 16mm musical shorts and …
C’MON GET HAPPY!
Don’t barf!A groovy new blog called Mondo Daddykin is posting the bubblegum soundtracks to 1960-70s series like Partridge Family 2200 …
SGT. DAVE MONAHAN
In honor of Memorial Day, we are happy to once again highlight this link to Sue Larkin’s tribute blog to her dad, Warner Bros. storyman …
ALEX TOTH (1928-2006)
Comic book artist and legend Alex Toth passed away on Saturday, May 27th, at age 78. Toth contributed significantly to animation – …
TEN TURNING POINTS
I was asked to write an article for today’s Variety on the top ten “turning points” in animation history. The idea was to celebrate the …
LASSETER “DEFINITELY DOING HAND-DRAWN”
The last thing you need to read right now is another interview with John Lasseter. However this one, published today in Australia’s The …
Animation Blast #9 Update
There’s now an accurate contents listing for BLAST #9 posted on the newly redesigned AnimationBlast.com. Below is the wraparound cover …
THIS SUNDAY: JOHN K. AT THE AERO THEATRE
If you are stuck in Southern California over the Memorial Day weekend, hop on over to the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica on Sunday to see …
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