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NORMAN… IDENTIFIED!
We figured it out. Thanks to some slick detective work by Brew reader Brian Nelson, we have identified the mystery photo of “Norm”. It’s …
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Deitch’s Terrible Comic Strip Back in Print
This September, Fantagraphics is reprinting animation director Gene Deitch’s rarely seen mid-Fifties syndicated comic strip TERR’BLE …
Animation Blast #9 Update
There’s now an accurate contents listing for BLAST #9 posted on the newly redesigned AnimationBlast.com. Below is the wraparound cover …
FIRST REVIEWS OF A SCANNER DARKLY
From the Cannes Film Festival: The Hollywood Reporter HATES IT and Time Out calls it “even less generally accessible than Waking Life.” …
MISS KRAZY KAT, 2006
At yesterday’s ASIFA-Hollywood screening we crowned “Miss Krazy Kat” of 2006. The surprise winner, selected by our panel of blue ribbon …
LA TIMES Festival of Books
The largest literary festival in the US, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, takes place this weekend (April 29-30) at the UCLA …
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 …
Curse of the Were-Rabbit Becomes Reality
It looks like Nick Park’s Wallace and Gromit feature has spawned a real-life were-rabbit in England. The oversized rabbit is eating …
Monday Morning Inspiration: Polish Movie Posters
Yesterday I stumbled on this Polish movie poster site, and there’s amazing design inspiration throughout the site, including these trippy …
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 …
UPA’S TELL TALE HEART
I guess there is no escaping the fact that it’s UPA week here at CARTOON BREW and on Amid’s CARTOON MODERN (Mike Sporn’s Splog has even …
Fred Moore photos
Jenny Lerew has posted some wonderful rare photos of master animator Fred Moore. She writes that she’ll soon be posting a lot more …
Mark Newgarden’s WE ALL DIE ALONE
I’ve been meaning to write about cartoonist/animation artist Mark Newgarden’s new book WE ALL DIE ALONE (Fantagraphics), a beautifully …
TYRUS WONG ON PBS
95-year-old artist Tyrus Wong (Bambi) was honored with a Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent Annie Awards ceremony. …
Aardman’s Johnnie Walker spot
This is an interesting, if not entirely successful, CG ad for Johnnie Walker produced by Aardman Animations. The one-minute spot brings …
THE THREE STOOGES
Most of us who love cartoons also have a love for The Three Stooges. Even those cheap TV cartoons made in the 1960s fascinate me. Steve …
Disney/Pixar: Artists Speak
We asked yesterday evening for artists to send in their thoughts about the Disney/Pixar deal. Below are a select number of the responses …
Disney/Pixar News Roundup, Pt. II
The NY TIMES reports that Disney may announce their acquisition of Pixar as early as tomorrow. According to the TIMES, “the deal would …
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