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The Girls at Disneyland
Here’s a reason to visit Disneyland next weekend. Michelle and Amanda (aka The Girls Productions) will be doing a signing Sunday March …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Geena Davis on Cartoons
Actress Geena Davis spoke at the National Conference for Media Reform in January, discussing her new foundation, See Jane. This group …
Re:Anima Joint Master In Animation Has Opened A New Call For Applications
The program offers an intensive two-year exploration of animation from an artistic perspective in Ireland, Belgium, or Portugal.
More on George Pal’s Puppetoons
As a follow up to my posting a 1943 Look Magazine article on George Pal, Brew reader Kevin Kidney sends us this April 1944 Coronet …
Paul Driessen at UCLA
Dutch animator Paul Driessen will make a rare Los Angeles area appearance next week, on Friday March 16th. Driessen will do an Q & A …
Brew Radio alert
Once again, Brewmaster Jerry Beck will open his big mouth and blab about classic cartoons on radio this Saturday afternoon, March 10th. …
Disney Tomato Stickers
It’s all about marketing, I guess. Bad enough that Cinderella III was hyped on those dividers at the checkout aisle, now we can take …
Nike “Love” campaign
Nike Love is a new ad campaign that encourages fat kids to exercise. The website has three animated spots; they’re not particularly …
Of Mice and Magic
I was rummaging through my stuff and found this ad I clipped from the October 30, 1980 issue of Rolling Stone. Of Mice and Magic came …
Gumby World
It’s easy to knock Gumby… He’s been mocked by Saturday Night Live, trivialized in junk merchandise, and mostly ignored by the …
Osvaldo Cavandoli (1920 -2007)
Giannalberto Bendazzi sends word that Italian animator Osvaldo Cavandoli died in Milan on Saturday, March 3rd, 2007, of natural causes. …
J.J. Defends 2-D
Go J.J.! Animator J.J. Sedelmaier has written an editorial for latest edition of Create Magazine making the case for animation …
The Magazine Cartoons of Hank Ketcham
This post at Drawn! about Hank Ketcham’s comic work reminded me of an upcoming book that I can hardly wait for—Where’s …
Alexei Karayev’s Welcome (1986)
What would happen if some Russians took a Dr. Seuss story and turned it into a paint-on-glass animated short? The results would be …
How Hollywood Censored Its Animated Cartoons
The Hays office, and Hollywood cartoon producers, were just as mindful of young audiences back in the Golden Age of animation as …
John Lasseter in the NY Times
Yesterday’s New York Times featured an interview with John Lasseter and some interesting bits can be gleaned from the article. One thing …
1943 article on Pal’s Puppetoons
From Collier’s magazine (January 16, 1943), an interesting article on George Pal and hisPuppetoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. Click on …
Random Cartoon Postcards
Fred Seibert has posted a group of publicity postcards created to promote his new series, Random Cartoons. Thirty-nine animated shorts …
Mel Brooks’ The Critic
Brew reader Charles Brubaker wrote in to tell me that Mel Brooks Academy Award winning animated 1963 short, The Critic, had popped up on …
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