Bob Clampett’s Poem to Friz Freleng, 1965
On April 5th 1965, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bestowed an Oscar to Friz Freleng for Best Animated Short – for The …
On April 5th 1965, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bestowed an Oscar to Friz Freleng for Best Animated Short – for The …
Here’s one documentary I look forward to seeing: Rick Cikowski and Brad Bernstein’s Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story. …
Thursday and Friday this week, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is running two great evenings of animated art. First, I’m …
Three, count ’em Three (3), animation events hosted by yours truly, all within a week of each other and coming up soon. Please consider …
The spectacular sold out UPA program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) last week marked the beginning of even more …
To celebrate the publication of Adam Abraham’s essential new UPA history, When Magoo Flew and the just-released TCM/Sony DVD set,
Through the first 70 days of 2012, we’re averaging 2.8 posts per day on Cartoon Brew’s homepage. That’s not counting all the posts on our …
Just for fun – and thanks to Chuck Howell, the Archivist at University of Maryland’s Special Collections in Mass Media & Culture – we are …
The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Art in the Streets, the first major U.S. museum exhibition of the history of graffiti and …
No one does Holiday Greetings better than those in animation. Here’s a few I received this year at Cartoon Brew headquarters: First …
Our special film series “The Modern Art of Gene Deitch” continues this week with the rarely seen gem Depth Study which was made during …
By Gene Deitch. A 1957 sales film for CBS Television directed by Ray Favata at Terrytoons with exemplary design by Cliff Roberts.
It’s time for another episode in our special film series “The Modern Art of Gene Deitch.” This week, we’re presenting Building Friends …
By Gene Deitch. An industrial film that is among the earliest examples of Deitch's modernist animation approach.
Our special series "The Modern Art of Gene Deitch" continues this week with Pump Trouble.
Gene Deitch just informed us of the passing of his long-time personal friend Allen Swift. Swift (born Ira Stadlen) was best known for …
By Gene Deitch. A classic and, until now, lost UPA short from 1953.
Over at Bob Shea and Lane Smith’s wonderful Curious Pages blog, they’ve posted the classic Jim Flora children’s book, The Fabulous …
I’ve been watching Weston Woods productions all my life and I never really realized it – and you probably haven’t either. I don’t know …
Gene Deitch has written this plea before, but he’s not ready to give up hope. The first cartoon he ever directed – for UPA no less – is …