Events

J.J. and Friends

Next Thursday, share an interactive evening with some of the most influential and creative artists on the east coast: J.J. Sedelmaier …

Books

The CIA and the Filming of Animal Farm

When the CIA isn’t busy destabilizing other countries, they apparently like to help animation studios create cartoons. At least that’s …

Classic

Droopy on DVD: Uncut and DVNR’d

David Mackenzie has gotten his hands on the hotly anticipated dvd set Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection, slated for release on …

Illustration

Animators Up for Pulitzer Prize

The journalism trade magazine, Editor and Publisher is reporting that the three cartoonists reported to be Pulitzer Award finalists all …

Old Brew

THE “COMPLETE” HARVEYTOONS

Okay, I admit it. I love Famous Studios cartoons. Perhaps at some point I’ll go on at length about why I like them so much (partially …

Old Brew

VIETNAM ERA ANIMATION

Coming up later this year from McFarland & Company Publishers is a new book which examines 1960s cartoons from the perspective of the …

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ADOLF – DER BONKER

Animated cartoons with a point of view on current world wars and the political scene are relatively scarce compared to the days of World …

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THE LAST WARNER BROS. CARTOON

Peter Paltridge has posted a bunch of funny/strange pages on his website, such as this one devoted to the worst TV cartoons he’s seen, …

Old Brew

TOONWORLD TV CLASSICS

My friend Wayne Daigrepont has a cell phone and just found out he had Toonworld TV Classics. Here’s his email to me:So here’s my cell …

Old Brew

Animated in Montreal

A couple cool cartoon finds to report from my recent sidetrip to Montreal. The first was my discovery of cartoonist La Palme. In one of …

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Monday Morning Plugs

There was a nice (albeit depressing) piece in yesterday’s LA TIMES looking at how Los Angeles animation artists are struggling to stay …

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