Comics

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) …

Classic

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. …

Shorts

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 …

Classic

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 …

Classic

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, …

TV

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 …

Cartoon Culture

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 …

Cartoon Culture

Mug Shots

The Smoking Gun presents an assortment of iconic American cartoon stars depicted on the shirts of these recent arrestees. (Thanks, …

Animators

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 …

Classic

Hollywood’s Men of Action

(click for large version) Shane Glines of the indispensable Cartoon Retro has sent over a fascinating 1935 article, titled …

BrewFilms

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 …

Books

New Animation Magazines

Two new animation magazines appeared in my mailbox last week. Both are very well done, though aimed at completely different …

Events

Glenn Barr’s Haunted Paradise

Forget the fact that Glenn Barr did backgrounds for Ren & Stimpy, or The New Woody Woodpecker Show, or has contributed to Mad Magazine …

Disney

American Dog or London Adventure?

Jim Hill blogged today about how Disney is revamping story of American Dog, now that Chris Sanders has been let go. Hill reports …

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