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Fleischer/Famous lettering
One of my guilty pleasures, when watching Paramount cartoons from the mid-1930s through the late 1940s, is admiring the incredible …
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Harry-Go-Round
Good news! Harry McCracken’s blog is back. McCracken, former editor of Animato, current editor of PC World and webmaster of …
The Beagles
In all my years of watching and collecting animated cartoons, only a scant few of the shows I grew up with have eluded my review in …
Hollywood’s Men of Action
(click for large version) Shane Glines of the indispensable Cartoon Retro has sent over a fascinating 1935 article, titled …
CONTEST: The Ancient Book of Myth and War
CONTEST OVER! I thought it was a fairly difficult question but obviously not for Brew readers. Before I could even get to my computer, …
The CIA and the Filming of Animal Farm
When the CIA isn’t busy destabilizing other countries, they apparently like to help animation studios create cartoons. At least that’s …
Where Are the UPA Shorts?
If there’s one question I’ve received more frequently than any other since the release of Cartoon Modern, it’s “Where can I see the UPA …
Nicktoons Animation Festival
I don’t normally endorse corporate animation contests, but the one my friend Rita Street has been co-producing (with Frederator, the …
Len Glasser’s Safety Shoes
After a bit of an unexpected lag, we’ve debuted our latest film on CartoonBrewFilms: Safety Shoes (1965) directed and designed by Leonard …
Animation Writing Roundup
Quick Stop Entertainment has a lengthy interview with Bloom County and Opus creator Berkeley Breathed. Breathed talks about the earlier …
An Animation Legend Has A Garage Sale
The last surviving member of Disney’s Nine Old Men, Ollie Johnston, has moved to Oregon, and this past weekend, there was a quietly …
Monday Morning Inspiration: Now Hear This (1962)
Now Hear This is without doubt one of the weirder (and more difficult to find) WB shorts that Chuck Jones ever made, but it’s a nice …
Artists get down to business at Otis
Attention L.A. area artists. This one’s for you: on Saturday, June 9th, from 10 am to 1 pm, at Otis College of Art and Design on their …
THIS WEEKEND: SketchCrawl and Charity Auction
The 14th edition of SketchCrawl takes place this Saturday, May 19. For those who don’t know, SketchCrawl was an idea started by Pixar …
2007 CalArts Student Films
Last week I checked out the CalArts Producers’ Show, the year-end screening where the best student films from the school year are …
Persepolis trailer
As enthused as I am over the big budget, widescreen Hollywood animated blockbusters en route to the cineplex this summer, I’ve been …
CalArts Teaches The Fine Art of MoCap
Don’t know if you’ve heard but CalArts is finally catching up with the times and renaming itself the California Institute of Motion …
Len Lye’s Post Office Films
Ok, so imagine you’re the post office and you need to make three animated shorts to illustrate the following concepts: new parcel rates, …
New Animation Bookstore in Toronto
Toronto-area folks now have their own local alternative to Bud Plant and Stuart Ng’s. The Labyrinth is a brand new bookstore specializing …
More Classic Animation on DVD
Not to be overlooked in this year of great classic cartoon DVD releases (the The Little King and Cultoons collection is subtitled …
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