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A DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY

What are you doing on Pearl Harbor Day?This Thursday (tomorrow, Dec. 7th) John Canemaker will be in Hollywood, hosting a program to …

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Preston Blair Swipes: Policeman

What’s one of our favorite recurring topics here at Cartoon Brew? Of course, it’s the “Preston Blair swipe,” which is when an …

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NY TIMES on New Disney Shorts

Yesterday’s NEW YORK TIMES had an article by Charles Solomon about Disney’s new plan to produce animated short. The article states that …

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ANNIE AWARD NOMINEES

The nominees for the 34th Annual Annie Awards have been announced. The complete list is posted here. Here’s a sampling of some of the …

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SID RAYMOND 1909-2006

Mark Evanier is the first to note the passing of my friend Sid Raymond. Raymond was best known as the voice of Baby Huey and Katnip for …

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Classic Animation on Flickr

Today marks the launch of the Animation History Archive on Flickr, a new group I started where we can all share interesting visual bits …

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CEREAL:GEEK

Not my favorite decade for animation, but James Eatock of Busta Toons Productions (the folks behind the He Man/She Ra blog) is starting …

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ONE GOT FAT

It’s been a Ralph Hulett kind of week around here. First it was his Christmas cards, now here’s a link to ONE GOT FAT, a bizarre …

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DISNEY LAYS OFF 160

Hmmm… the trade papers usually don’t post new stories over the weekend. Here’s one that popped up this morning in The Hollywood …

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BREWSTER ROCKIT

Brewster Rockit is a very funny sci-fi parody comic strip running in the L.A. Times and many other papers accross the country (via …

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The Greatest Animation Event Ever?

Animation festivals are fine nowadays, but I can’t think of any event that could possibly compare to the Montreal Expo’s World Exhibition …

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TOON IN

Our buddy Tee Bosustow has just started broadcasting a new radio show dedicated to classic animated cartoons. Toon In! … to the Masters …

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Animation Show 2007

Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt have announced the line-up for the third edition of the ANIMATION SHOW. Having seen all the films in the …

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ART INSPIRED BY FAMILY GUY

Talk about scraping the bottom of the artistic barrel: the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills is currently hosting an exhibit …

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FPS Charity Auction

Feel good this holiday season by participating in FPS MAGAZINE’s annual charity auction which runs through November 29. All proceeds, …

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FESTIVAL REPORT: 2D OR NOT 2D

Animator Nancy Beiman (of the Rochester Intitute of Technology) sent in this first hand report from 2D OR NOT 2D FESTIVAL held in Everett …

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Oswald To Get Lucky in 2007

One of the most interesting animation stories of ’06 took place last February when Disney acquired the rights to one of Walt’s earliest …

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