Classic

How To Make A Looney Tune, 1956

To answer the many inquires they received at the time, Warner Bros. produced a three page pamphlet, in comic strip style, to explain the …

Events

Animation Block Party ’08

Brooklyn’s homegrown cartoon festival Animation Block Party will return for its fifth edition from July 25-27. Over 100 animated shorts …

Cartoon Culture

Looney Muses

Billy Collins, a former U.S. poet laureate, writes about his love for Warner Bros. Cartoons in today’s Wall Street Journal. This quote …

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, …

Flash

Superjail

Seemingly the funniest and cartooniest animated projects nowadays are set in jails. There’s the Japanese CG series Usavich, which was …

Animators

Roy Jenkins’ Good-Girl Art

Brew reader Andy Kinyon writes in with a query:Over ten years ago I was given two drawings. I guess youd call them pin-up cartoon girls. …

Books

St. Trinian’s Girls Are Back

Ronald Searle fans can thank the upcoming live-action St. Trinian’s feature for the following book: St. Trinian’s: The Entire Appalling …

Disney

Sound Tricks of Mickey Mouse

Once again our friend Charles Shopsin posts another great animation article from his collection of vintage Modern Mechnix magazines. This …

Classic

Animation History Round-Up #3

• Disney theme park designs by animator Marc Davis. • Funny frame grabs from an Iwerks Willie Whopper …

Classic

Animation History Round-Up #2

A lot of readers seemed to enjoy the first Animation History Round-Up posted here a few weeks ago, so here’s another guide to rare …

TV

Jim Smith Artwork Auction

Spumco bigshot Jim Smith is auctioning some of his layouts from the original Ren & Stimpy series on eBay. The prices are reasonable and …

Animators

Carl Barks estate auction

Auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields will hold an Entertainment Memorabilia and Animation Art sale on June 4th 2007 in Los Angeles, …

Events

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 …

Ideas/Commentary

The Saga of Todd Goldman

Todd Goldman is a talented artist whose t-shirt/apparel company David and Goliath, Inc. made $90 million in 2004. That’s hardly a …

Animators

Flickr Animation

Animator Dan Meth (of Hebrew Crunk fame) just completed an animation experiment. He animated his latest film while getting drunk in a …

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