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Save The Treasures
Who’d ever have thought that CHIP AND DALE (1947) would be a more obscure Disney short than DER FEUHRER’S FACE (1943)? Or that THE TRIAL …
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Peter Kleinow (1934-2007)
Another of the old guard of animation, Pete Kleinow, has passed away. He was both a stop motion animator (with Art Clokey), and a renown …
Remembering Iwao Takamoto (1925-2007)
With Iwao Takamoto’s passing, I thought it would be an appropriate time to share this interview I conducted with him in January 1999. It …
Iwao Takamoto (1925-2007)
We’ve just heard that Iwao Takamoto passed away today. Takamoto is best known for his design work at Hanna-Barbera during the 1960s. He …
Cartoon Modern In NY Times and Print Mag
My book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION is starting the new year with a bang. Today’s NY TIMES BOOK REVIEW has a …
Great Kris Moyes Music Video
Softlightes “Heart Made of Sound,” a music video by Kris Moyes, is one of the most fun and playful pieces of stop-motion I’ve seen in a …
Animator Helen Hill Killed In New Orleans
This is the sad type of story that obviously no one would like to be reporting. After losing their home during Hurricane Katrina, …
Upcoming ASIFA-Hollywood Events
Next week, on Wednesday January 10th, if you are in L.A. and are a member of ASIFA, you can join me at Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank …
Woman Power
The title of this post is the headline from a 1943 newspaper article that Hans Perk recently posted on his blog. It’s about Bee Selck, …
Amanda Visell Show In LA This Thursday
Amanda Visell will be opening her first solo painting show, “Switcheroo,” this Thursday, January 4, from 7-10pm, at Gallery 1988 (7020 …
A Kitty Bobo Show
It’s nice to see this finally turn up on YouTube. A KITTY BOBO SHOW was a Cartoon Network pilot from 2001 created by Meaghan Dunn and …
Alex Chun Reviewing Animation in LA Times
Alex Chun, who’s been writing a lot of superb animation and comic-related pieces for the LA TIMES over the past year, is now also …
2007 Animated Short Oscar Shortlist
Circulating amongst animators this week was the shortlist of possible Oscar nominees in the Animation Short Film category. The final …
Restoring Santa and Rudolph
The boys and girls at one of my favorite stop-motion studios, Screen Novelties, were recently assigned an unlikely task: restoring the …
SUGAR, SUGAR
The Archie Show was one of the biggest hit TV cartoons of the late 60s/early 70s. And the Archie Comics company has been pretty good …
Santa Now A “Disney Character”
The BBC reports that at DisneyWorld in Florida, park officials told a man that he would have to leave the park if he didn’t stop looking …
LEN LYE’S PEANUT VENDOR
Stop-motion animation teacher/historian Ken Priebe (The Art of Stop Motion Animation) has posted on YouTube what he calls “the creepiest …
Preston Blair Swipes: Policeman
What’s one of our favorite recurring topics here at Cartoon Brew? Of course, it’s the “Preston Blair swipe,” which is when an …
SID RAYMOND 1909-2006
Mark Evanier is the first to note the passing of my friend Sid Raymond. Raymond was best known as the voice of Baby Huey and Katnip for …
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