A Bob Hope Auction
This Saturday and Sunday, Julian’s Auctions is having a Bob Hope estate sale in Beverly Hills, California. A friend of mine who once …
This Saturday and Sunday, Julian’s Auctions is having a Bob Hope estate sale in Beverly Hills, California. A friend of mine who once …
(Alternate commentary-free version: This link will allow you to watch the original cartoon without audio commentary) Welcome to the …
(Published in The New Yorker August 4, 2008. Drawing by Michael Crawford.)
Just out from Steve Stanchfield’s Thunderbean Animation is Cultoons 3, a new DVD set which continues his madness of releasing cartoons …
Larry Harmon, the actor and animation producer who acquired the rights to Bozo the Clown and turned him into a long running TV franchise …
Mark Kausler blogged about the Pre-Code Cartoon show I presented at the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles last Tuesday. It was a smash …
“Chase” is an art project from 2005 that I only heard about recently. In it, animated cartoon characters participate in a never-ending …
As written up on the Brew yesterday, Dumm Comics is a new daily comic site launched by some of the today’s top talents working in TV …
This 1930 article from Popular Mechanics magazine (below) tries to explain the process of recording sound for animated cartoons in …
Not the most embarassing moment in my life, but it comes pretty close. By popular demand, and as a Brew 4th Anniversary special, here’s …
I’ve neglected to acknowledge the release this week of Warner Bros. Academy Award Animation Collection. It came out last Tuesday and it’s …
Next Tuesday, 2/19, at 7:30 p.m., ASIFA Atlanta is putting on To Hell with Hitler, a program of WW2-era cartoons at the Plaza Theatre ($4 …
Last year saw the release of lots of rare animation (Popeye, Lantz cartoons, Oswald, etc.) but perhaps none so rare as a dvd that came …
Several years ago, when Playhouse Pictures closed its Hollywood office, cartoonist Mike Kazaleh purchased some old files being sold off …
Tonight in Hollywood is my monthly mini-movie show with Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys. As always Janet’s live musical concert, …
My old pal Ron Hall has started writing a blog in conjunction with a revival of Matinee at the Bijou. Apparently new episodes of this …
Ronald Searle fans can thank the upcoming live-action St. Trinian’s feature for the following book: St. Trinian’s: The Entire Appalling …
The Wall Street Journal has a depressing article about a growing trend in the cartoon world: ‘transcreating’ cartoon characters, in which …
While I was traveling to New York and Canada last week, I had the opportunity to catch up on several new books – including a trio of …