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Zemeckis to ruin “Yellow Submarine”
We interrupt our bashing of Cartoon Network to get upset about something else: Variety is reporting that Robert Zemeckis is about to …
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Grizzly Bear’s Two Weeks
What do you think? I much prefer this imaginative fan made video by Gabe Askew (below) over the official, professionally produced one …
DVD Review: Beany & Cecil Vol. 2
Bob Clampett was a genius. And if you need further proof, the long-awaited Beany and Cecil: The Special Edition Vol. 2 dispenses it …
What the well-dressed cartoon fan is wearing this season…
Just spotted on zazzle.com. Gotta admit I wish I had thought of this first…
Walt and El Grupo events
There are bi-coastal events tied in to Ted Thomas’s must-see documentary Walt and El Grupo that Brew readers may want to attend. In …
Learn from John Kricfalusi and Bill Plympton
Today, two of the biggest names in animation–John Kricfalusi and Bill Plympton–each announced that they were starting up classes to …
Cartoon Network loses gamble
The LA Times has a huge front page story in it’s Business section today, reporting on Cartoon Network’s recent programming gamble on live …
Virginia Davis 1918-2009
Virginia Davis of Walt Disney’s Alice Comedies passed away this morning. She was 90 years old and had been in failing health this past …
“Charmaine Champagne” music video
Great-looking experimental music video for The Fiery Furnaces’ song “Charmaine Champagne.” It was directed by Phillip Niemeyer of …
Duck Tales live action
The trend toward remaking animated shows into live action, taken to its most illogical extreme: (Thanks, Adam Blake)
Yasuji Mori and Hayao Miyazaki
Joshua Smith, who has introduced me to lots of great anime over the years, wrote to let me know about some recent discoveries he made on …
A Sketchy Past: The Art of Peter de Sève
That’s the cover for a new project that I’ve been involved with: A Sketchy Past: The Art of Peter de Sève. It’s the first-ever …
Popeye sings Looney Tunes theme
Speaking of Popeye (as we were here)… his voice croons one of the greatest cartoon theme songs of all time. No, not “I’m Popeye The …
Girls Drawing Girls at Meltdown
Okay guys, the animation-geek social event of the summer is here. On Saturday night, Meltdown Comics in Hollywood is hosting a really …
“El Empleo” by Santiago Bou Grasso
El Empleo, created by Santiago Bou Grasso from Argentina, is a five-minute film that I feel should be about three minutes long. Usually, …
Here Come The Guns
Here’s a clever music video, animated by Greg Condon for the rock band Choo Choo la Rouge, using post-it note pads as flipbooks.
The Bugs Bunny Story
My friend Martha Sigall is one of the last living survivors of Termite Terrace (aka the Leon Schlesinger “Looney Tunes” Studio). She’s …
Ottawa ’09 Competition Selections
The Ottawa International Animation Festival has announced their official selections for this year’s festival, which takes place between …
Obama = Felix The Cat?
We try our best to keep politics out of Cartoon Brew, but an item reported this morning on The Huffington Post caught my eye, and I felt …
Who’s Afraid of Song of the South?
Song of the South, the one film The Walt Disney Company will not release on DVD, lives on. There hasn’t been much to report lately on …
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