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Mr. Lawrence
The artwork above was from a presentation I created when I was an exec at Nickelodeon 13 years ago. It was (and still is) my mission in …
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NFB’s iPhone App
Wow, how quickly times change. A few years ago, while I was researching my book Cartoon Modern, I traveled all the way to Montreal to see …
SDCC ’09: More Books!
In the run up to the Comic Con next week, I’ll be posting on several unique events and items that might be of interest to our readers. …
SDCC ’09: The Animation Panels (Thursday and Friday)
Here is the first of Cartoon Brew’s guides to the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. These are only my recommended animation panels for Thursday …
Vintage Cartoon Ice Cream Packages
Remember that rare Leon Schlesinger merchandising manual we posted about a year ago? Here’s how one Looney Tunes licensee used it. Dan …
Saturday Morning Cartoon collections
Once upon a time, long before home video, the internet, and 24 hour cartoon channels – Saturday mornings were an oasis of animation. Most …
Disney Comics get topical!
Worthy of noting in this week before the U.S. elections, Gemstone’s Uncle Scrooge #381 (on sale this week, cover pictured below left) …
Cartoon Brew TV #2: The Pumpkin of Nyefar by Tod Polson and Mark Oftedal
The Pumpkin of Nyefar (2004) is a short directed by Tod Polson (El Tigre, Another Froggy Evening, Poochini) and Mark Oftedal. The story …
The Disney Company on Ollie Johnston
(Above: Milt Kahl, Marc Davis, Frank Thomas and Walt Disney flank seated Ollie Johnston) Howard Green just sent over the official …
Academy Ignores Animation for Best Foreign Film
Is anyone surprised that Persepolis wasn’t nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar? No foreign animated film submitted by its …
Your Charm article about Disney
Below is an early-1940s article from a magazine called Your Charm, a young woman’s magazine alone the lines of Mademoiselle. Forgive the …
San Diego Comic Con: Animation Programming
They’ve just posted the complete schedule of programming for the San Diego Comic Con, July 26-29. Below I’ve extracted the animation …
Woodpecker Update
Props to Ruben Procopio — who worked at Disney animation for many years, and whose father was a sculptor at Disney for 35 years — who …
Famous Balloon Movies
An independent director (who asked to remain nameless, but often works for Disney), did these sequences a few years ago for an overseas …
LA SHOW: The Ancient Book of Myth and War
“The Ancient Book of Myth and War” opens at Gallery Nucleus (30 West Main St., Alhambra, CA) this Saturday, March 24, from 7-11pm. The …
Piccolo, Saxo and Company
What is it with The Weinstein Company? Harvey Weinstein is perhaps the smartest and savviest of the current Hollywood moguls, but his …
WHAT’S UP, DRx?
Forget LOONATICS.It seems the classic Looney Tunes characters are getting another makeover, in a slightly different manner, with Warner …
Bernard Wolf (1911-2006)
Animation veteran Berny Wolf died last week at the age of 95. He had incredible success in the field, with work ranging from pioneering …
THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO
I’m way overdue in mentioning this traditional hand drawn adult feature now in production at IDT Film Roman in Burbank.I was visiting …
UPA SUNDAY
You all probably know this already (and I’m sure we’ll remind you once again over the weekend) but Brewmasters Jerry and Amid will be …
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