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The New Cartoon Network

Here’s a roundup of news related to our earlier post about Cartoon Network’s rebranding efforts, and its new programming direction, which …

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The Making of Pinocchio

Brew reader Chris Olson found an old issue of POPULAR MECHANICS with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of PINOCCHIO, and he was kind …

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Oscar Nominees on YouTube

Two very good animated shorts, both nominated for an Oscar in 1995, have turned up on YouTube. In the short but amusing BIG STORY, a stop

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THE LOOKING BOX

Here’s some fresh talent. Two young Dutch animators, Joost van den Bosch and Erik Verkerk (Ka-Ching Cartoons), have posted a test section …

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POOH ON THE SIDEWALK

Better watch where you step!As if there isn’t enough s–t in Hollywood already, now there’s permanent Pooh on the sidewalk. From the …

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STUPID COMICS

I love print cartoons, comic strips and comic books. Maybe that’s why three of my favorite websites affectionately skewer classic and …

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Also Design

I get excited about websites designed with Flash as often as I get excited about CGI wooly mammoths voiced by Queen Latifah, which is to …

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DO-IT-YOURSELF GIGANTOR

Japanese robot maker Vstone Corporation has just released its latest consumer product: Tetsu-jin 28 (aka Ironman 28 – or Gigantor&#153, …

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THE BROTHERS QUAY IN LA

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’s annual Marc Davis Lecture will be presented on Friday, April 21st. In a year that saw two …

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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 …

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POW! BAM! WHAM!

Holy Animated Sound Effects! As a child of the 1960s, I was a huge fan of the 1966 BATMAN TV show. So I have to say I’m delighted with …

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UPA TODAY

The image above is a black-and-white still from one of the last non-Magoo UPA theatrical shorts, THE JAYWALKER (1956). It’s a strange …

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ANIME ON IFC

Everyone is getting into the anime act. Anime is cool among the kids and teens (thus its presence on Kids WB, Cartoon Network, Toon …

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The Wonderful World of Gonorrhea

I didn’t think there was any way to top today’s post about Disney’s venereal disease film.Alex Kirwan, art director of MY LIFE AS A …

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Good Lord!

Nobody does a better job of parodying “retro” styles of animation than J.J. Sedelmaier. He’s done it time and time again from his …

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Charles Solomon on Talky Cartoons

One of my biggest grievances against contemporary animation is that characters won’t shut up. Too often in American animation, dialogue …

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Brad Bird’s Next Film Announced

HUGE news out of the Walt Disney Co.’s shareholders’ meeting today! I’m surprised that nobody else has picked up on the story yet. …

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