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Previously on Cartoon Brew
Wanna Buy A Jay Ward Blanket?
If you think the animation business is tough, try selling blankets. Michael Marrer of Brackney Hills Knitting obtained a licensing …
Rebecca Sugar Returns To SVA To Celebrate ‘Lonely Magic’ Music
The ‘Steven Universe’ creator reunited with SVA alumni to celebrate ‘Lonely Magic,’ sharing music, animation insights, and a live performance.
Casper’s Scare School
I like Casper. But I hate those direct-to-video CG Casper movies. However, I just became aware of this new Casper movie which played …
New FLIP
A new edition of FLIP is now up. I’d be plugging Steve Moore’s online magazine about animation (written and edited by animators) even if …
Carl Barks estate auction
Auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields will hold an Entertainment Memorabilia and Animation Art sale on June 4th 2007 in Los Angeles, …
Mach 5 Go-Go-Go!
Looks like they’ve nailed it. Considering the track record of most cartoon-to-live action movies, I’m not getting too excited about …
New Animation Blogs
A couple new blogs which I’ll be visiting frequently: Director/animator/writer Will Finn has started a personal blog. In his …
Looney Tunes in Allentown
Opening on Sunday, June 24, 2007, The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons will fill the Allentown Art Museum’s Kress and Rodale …
Disney wuz here!
Some people would go to any lengths to get a autograph from Walt Disney. But would you go to any depth? An abandoned cave in Cody, …
Chronicle Blogging
Development piece by John Hubley from UPA’s Rooty Toot (1952). From the collection of Mike Glad. The folks at …
Viacom sells Famous Music
Well, there goes Popeye the Sailor Man, It’s A Hap-Hap Happy Day and Casper The Friendly Ghost. Not the characters (they were sold off …
Up-and-Coming: Miwa Matreyek & David O’Reilly
Wanted to put the spotlight this morning on two young animation filmmakers whose work has caught my attention and who I’m sure we’ll be …
Pingwings Rediscovered
Tony Mines of Spite Your Face Productions sent me a note about an early-1960s British animated series, The Pingwings, which had been …
The Great UPA Debate
It all started on John Kricfalusi’s blog in a series of posts where he analyzes UPA’s modern graphics, comparing them to traditional …
Fleischer/Famous lettering
One of my guilty pleasures, when watching Paramount cartoons from the mid-1930s through the late 1940s, is admiring the incredible …
San Diego Comic Con 2007
It’s less than two months away. Tom Spurgeon has posted a definitive guide to attending the Comic-Con on his Comics Reporter blog. …
Harry-Go-Round
Good news! Harry McCracken’s blog is back. McCracken, former editor of Animato, current editor of PC World and webmaster of …
The Beagles
In all my years of watching and collecting animated cartoons, only a scant few of the shows I grew up with have eluded my review in …
Hollywood’s Men of Action
(click for large version) Shane Glines of the indispensable Cartoon Retro has sent over a fascinating 1935 article, titled …
Transformers
The new Steven Spielberg/Michael Bay live action CG Transformers movie looks to be one of the biggest films of the summer. But if you …
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