Events

In New York

I’m in New York today and having a blast with barely any time to read email or blog. The weather is really beautiful this week and that …

Classic

Looney Tunes DVD Uncensored

I’ve gotten more than several emails from readers concerned about edits, cuts and omissions from forthcoming Popeye and Looney Tunes DVD …

Shorts

Billy Collins Action Poetry

BCActionPoet.org is a delightful series of eleven bite-sized shorts, each set to a poem by US Poet Laureate Billy Collins and read in an …

Events

Patrick Smith Show in NY

New York animator Patrick Smith, who has also created numerous public art installations throughout the years, is making a major entry …

Comics

Iron Man

I just caught the teriffic trailer for next year’s big budget live action Iron Man movie. Looks like they nailed it – but we’ll wait and …

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Sugar Bear Scholarship

Just when I think the world is spinning madly out of control, Dan Goodsell’s always delightful blog, A Sampler of Things, has visually …

Classic

UPA at MoMA, 1955

UPDATE: Let’s try this again. I apologize that the post didn’t appear on the Cartoon Modern blog last night. A funky accident deleted the …

Animators

Jim Tyer, Super Genius

Readers of Cartoon Brew should know the name Jim Tyer. He’s the cartoonist whose each and every drawing will immediately make you laugh, …

Events

Animondays

Starting today, animator David B. Levy (president of Asifa-East) starts a new blog, Animondays, which he will update once a week. I’m …

Shorts

The Chestnut Tree

Bert and Jennifer Klein just finished producing a very charming 4-minute hand drawn short called The Chestnut Tree. It was directed and …

Events

Cartoon Museum Benefit at Pixar

San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum is holding its fourth annual fundraiser at Pixar Animation Studios next Saturday. Tickets are $200. a …

Comics

When Richie Rich was cool

I know it’s hard to believe, but Richie Rich was a cool dude once. Once upon a time the character, originally created by Harvey …

Cartoon Culture

Animated Manhattan

Inspired by the book Celluloid Skyline, which examined the depictions of New York in live-action film, the blog Ironic Sans has a …

Cartoon Culture

Bozo’s furniture

P.S. Forget about the Disney furniture collection. This Saturday you can bid on Bozo’s personal furnishings. The property of Larry …

Animators

Ben Zurawski’s Flipbooks

So you’re a 23-year-old unknown animator and you’d like your work seen by millions of people on national TV. How do you do it? For …

Disney

Disney’s Feng Shui

Notice anything animated about this room? According to Drexel Heritage, this is furniture inspired by Walt Disney! The Disney …

Classic

Magoo’s Christmas Carol

Calling all cartoon historians! Animator Darrell Van Citters is researching and writing a book about the classic UPA TV special Mr. …

Animators

Bill Littlejohn Interview

Above: Bill Littlejohn at Playhouse Pictures in 1962 Whenever I’m depressed about the state of contemporary animation, I think about …

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