Shorts

Octocat Adventure #1

Half-cat and half-octopus, Octocat is searching for his parents. And he manages to drink a relaxing cup of tea during the search. I hope …

Classic

A Tale of Old Whiff

(click on the image above to see more of this model sheet) With so much attention being paid nowadays to film gimmickry like …

Books

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy

If you haven’t been a regular reader of Leonard Maltin’s website or his quarterly newsletter – both named Movie Crazy – you should be. …

Advertising

The Museum

My pal Sharon Burian sent me some information on the project she just completed:I want to alert you to a short film that I recently …

Internet/Blogs

Animation Studies Vol. 2

Volume 2 (2007) of the Society for Animation Studies’ peer-reviewed on-line journal is now available for download (as a PDF or html file) …

Disney

Mickey Mouse Pizza

Once again, Disney marketing has invaded the frozen food aisle. Not sure how long this has been out there, but I just discovered Mickey …

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. …

Shorts

Goobies

Brew reader Michael Losure is a graduate student at the Texas A&M Viz lab who recently finished work on a couple of projects worth a …

Events

Cartoon Dump: Tonight in Los Angeles

Cartoon Dump resumes its monthly Los Angeles performances tonight at the Steve Allen Theatre in Hollywood. Our February show includes our …

Shorts

Gisele Kerozene

Our recent posts about Stop, Look and Listen reminded Brew reader Kermyt Anderson of another pixilation film he saw a few years ago about …

Events

Cartoon Dump: New York and L.A.

New York: The worst cartoons ever made, live music, and subversive comedy return. Cartoon Dump once again visits the Big Apple this …

Internet/Blogs

Ain’t It Cool ‘toons

Harry Knowles (of Ain’t It Cool News) has posted a top ten list (with YouTube links) of his some of his all-time favorite animated films. …

Ideas/Commentary

Faking It

Animator (and Animation Guild Local 839 prez) Kevin Koch has a useful post on his blog entitled “Faking It”, which addresses the topic of …

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