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SDCC ’09: The Animation Panels (Saturday)
Here is second installment of Cartoon Brew’s guide to the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. Below are my recommended picks of animation panels …
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SDCC ’09: The Animation Panels (Thursday and Friday)
Here is the first of Cartoon Brew’s guides to the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. These are only my recommended animation panels for Thursday …
Rare Tom and Jerry comic strips
Ger Apeldoorn has posted a selection of rarely seen Tom & Jerry newspaper comics strips from 1950. Though credited to “Fred Quimby”, they …
“The Trouble With Lou”
Pixar’s Teddy Newton produced and co-wrote (with director Gregor Joackim) an independent live action feature, The Trouble with Lou, in …
Re-Animating Live-Action Films
Artist Christopher Panzner is promoting a new animation technique that he has dubbed Re:Naissance, which is essentially rotoscoped key …
Notes on Bolt
Saw Bolt yesterday. Before the screening they gave everyone a promotional deck of playing cards featuring development artwork from the …
Disney Comics get topical!
Worthy of noting in this week before the U.S. elections, Gemstone’s Uncle Scrooge #381 (on sale this week, cover pictured below left) …
Looney Tunes Vol. 6 Bonus Materials
A few weeks ago it was announced that Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 6 (on sale October 21st) would be the last Golden Collection. …
Varmints Trailer
Studio AKA has released the trailer to Varmints, a followup to the 2004 BAFTA-winning short JoJo in the Stars. I’ve always loved the way …
The Golden Years of Annecy
John and Faith Hubley in Annecy Cima Balser, the wife of animation director Bob Balser, has written a fantastic piece for AWN about …
Felix the Cat studio photo
Just spotted on ebay: a vintage publicity photo showing the producer of the Felix The Cat cartoons, Pat Sullivan, and his wife Marjorie, …
MTV Wants Animators For Reality Show
Animation contests are not a popular subject around the Brew, but this one sounds intriguing enough to mention. MTV is currently …
Chomet’s Illusionist footage to debut at Cannes
(click for full-size image) The Hollywood Reporter notes that the first footage from Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist will debut this …
Celebri-Ducks
Just when you thought the era of ugly Popeye merchandise was over… In a universe of bad ideas, we may have winner! Or this may be …
Book Signing: The Hanna Barbera Treasury
Don’t judge this book by it’s cover… or the guy holding it. I’m very proud to have been part of a team that helped assemble this …
Mug Shots
The Smoking Gun presents an assortment of iconic American cartoon stars depicted on the shirts of these recent arrestees. (Thanks, …
Thursday Morning Inspiration: Bretislav Pojar
This cartoon series is a surprising and joyful discovery for me. From what I’ve read online though, it seems to be a well known classic …
Update at the Ken Harris website
John Dyson, the grandson of master animator Ken Harris (1898-1982) started a website last year to post artwork, photographs and ephemera …
Hollywood’s Men of Action
(click for large version) Shane Glines of the indispensable Cartoon Retro has sent over a fascinating 1935 article, titled …
Len Glasser’s Safety Shoes
After a bit of an unexpected lag, we’ve debuted our latest film on CartoonBrewFilms: Safety Shoes (1965) directed and designed by Leonard …
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