Comics

John Stanley

I’ve always been aware of John Stanley, the comic book writer and artist best known for his classic Little Lulu stories (drawn by Irving …

Business

MyToons No More

We heard last week that the MyToons site had shut down for good. MyToons, for those who don’t know, was a “social networking” site for …

3-D

3-D is a Fad

I love 3D movies. Thanks to a pair of 3-D film festivals held in L.A. several years ago, I’ve been lucky enough to see perhaps 95% of …

Classic

Woody Woodpecker Favorites

If you are reading this blog and didn’t purchase Volume 1 of Woody Woodpecker and Friends last year… well shame on you! You still can …

Books

Suck It Up, Tate!

It always delights me when animators do their own thing, like publishing sketchbooks, comics, and creating their own characters outside …

Disney

Dick Huemer, Disney Legend

This just in from Richard P. Huemer: Letter from Bob Iger at Walt Disney Co., rec’d today: “…I am pleased to inform you that Dick …

BrewFilms

JibJab’s What We Call The News

What We Call The News, the latest JibJab effort, premiered last night at the Radio and TV Correspondents’ Association dinner in …

Books

Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life

Man, I can’t wait for this one! Ammo Books is getting ready to release what could become one of the must-have books of recent times: a …

Old Brew

FESTIVAL REPORT: 2D OR NOT 2D

Animator Nancy Beiman (of the Rochester Intitute of Technology) sent in this first hand report from 2D OR NOT 2D FESTIVAL held in Everett …

Old Brew

NY Dispatch #1

This past week I’ve been hanging around New York City on a business trip of sorts, though admittedly, business in my case is fairly …

Old Brew

A Great Day In Iceland

The Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – would like to thank Ken Pontac for being our “Guest Brewer” the last couple months and …

Old Brew

Sleep…Finally

Friday, July 16, 2004_________________________Jumping Jesus on a smoldering birch bark canoe, these slave-driving Vikings have got me …

Old Brew

FRANK THOMAS (1912-2004)

Frank Thomas, the second-to-last surviving member of Disney’s “Nine Old Men” group of supervising animators, passed away on September 8, …

Old Brew

COMIC CON WRAP UP

I had a great time at the San Diego Comic Con this year.The convention is so big, so massive, so overwhelming – it’s like an annual …

Old Brew

BREW GOES TO COMIC CON

I have no powerbook and no digital camera… but I’m on my way to the San Diego Comic Con this morning and have no idea when or if I can …

Old Brew

Annecy Report #1

I’d originally planned to write daily reports from Annecy, but there’s so much to see and do here that I’m not exactly finding a whole …

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