Animators

MGM Shorts Story

Here’s something you may not have seen. During the 1930s, MGM published a bi-monthly in-house magazine, MGM Shorts Story devoted to its …

TV

Jstache

There are bad animation ideas, and then there are ideas so utterly imbecilic that make you wish you had never become interested in …

Books

Jerry’s Tuesday Triple Header

Take your pick: yours truly, Jerry Beck, will appear on stage, on screen and in print tomorrow, Tuesday October 21st. In Print: …

Site News

Introducing Cartoon Brew TV

We’re excited to bring you something new today – Cartoon Brew TV. The new site is available by clicking on the CBTV logo above our main …

Events

SPARK Animation Festival

If you are anywhere near the Pacific Northwest this weekend, head on over to Spark Animation ’08, an animation festival and …

Internet/Blogs

Classic Cartoon blog round-up

Some of my favorite blogs have just posted some unusual posts of interest, all worth a look. Back in December, Don Brockway took a look …

Events

Jerry at Comic Con

The San Diego Comic Con commences next week and I’ll be there. If you want to meet me and say hello, I’ll be signing copies of my book …

Comics

Cartoon Snap

Cartoonist Sherm Cohen (Spongebob Squarepants, The Mighty B) has a great blog where, for the last several weeks, he’s been posting …

Shorts

Simon’s Cat by Simon Tofield

British commercial director Simon Tofield, who is repped by Tandem Films is the creator behind Simon’s Cat, an absolutely delightful …

Books

The Colored Cartoon

I just got a copy of Christopher Lehman’s latest book, The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films. …

Books

Cereal:Geek / Arf Forum

I’m way overdue in posting, plugging and praising these two fine publications. In this day and age of blogs and dedicated websites, …

Internet/Blogs

Matinee At The Bijou blog

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 …

BrewFilms

Cartoon Dump #4: Captain Fathom

Captain Fathom was the third and final cartoon series produced by Cambria Productions in their patented Synchro-Vox system. This was the …

Events

Cartoon Dump!

Do you love great animation? Are you a fan of quality cartoons? Well, if so, you will be appalled and horrified by my latest …

Classic

More Classic Animation on DVD

Not to be overlooked in this year of great classic cartoon DVD releases (the The Little King and Cultoons collection is subtitled …

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