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VIETNAM ERA ANIMATION

Coming up later this year from McFarland & Company Publishers is a new book which examines 1960s cartoons from the perspective of the …

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EVERYBODY CAN DRAW MICKEY!

“Everybody needs to draw Mickey once.” So says Keitai from the Netherlands, who hosts the everybodyneeds2drawmickeyonce.com website, and …

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I GET MAD

Here’s a classic mid-70s SESAME STREET spot directed and designed by Derek Lamb and animated by esteemed cartoon historian and this …

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RED DEFENDER

J. J. Sedelmaier sent us a link to his latest set of animated public service spots, based on the subject of donating blood, for the Euro …

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BOOK: MTV’S ON AIR

I saw this book at Hennessey+Ingalls the other day and it looks like it’s worth adding to the collection. ON AIR: THE VISUAL MESSAGES AND …

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Plastic Man Pilot

Cartoon Network’s pilot for a new PLASTIC MAN series has found its way to MySpace Videos and YouTube. The show wasn’t picked up so this …

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BOB BOYLE’S NEW SHOWS

Welcome to the Boyle-Age of cartoons!Last week I was invited to breakfast on the Disney lot and had a look behind the scenes of Toon …

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Paul Dini on Smoking Cartoons

BATMAN writer Paul Dini shares his thoughts about the Tom & Jerry smoking ban we mentioned yesterday. His ideas on Disney’s PECOS BILL …

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Kitty Bobo Resurrected

Remember A KITTY BOBO SHOW? It was a pilot that Cartoon Network produced back in 2001, and as far as CN pilots go, it looked like it had …

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Fuming over Tom & Jerry’s Fumes

At least a half dozen people have emailed me about Turner Broadcasting’s decision in Britain to start censoring over 1500 Hanna-Barbera …

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Animation Blast 9 Has Arrived!!!

The full shipment of ANIMATION BLAST #9 arrived this past weekend and everything looks great. I’m currently shipping pre-orders and I’d …

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Friz Freleng Blog-A-Thon

We mentioned this last month and completely forgot about it. Today is director Friz Freleng’s 100th birthday (or his 101st or 102nd, …

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New Coke Ad by Smith & Foulkes

A couple weeks ago Coke unveiled the second CG ad in their new “Coke Side of Life” campaign, which is essentially a parody of the …

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Ottawa 2006 Contest

For the second year in a row, Cartoon Brew is giving away two full festival passes to the Ottawa International Animation Festival …

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Mickey Mouse is Dead

If you’re in Edinburgh, Scotland anytime in the next week, you may want to check out a play called MICKEY MOUSE IS DEAD writen by Jessi …

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Recommended Blogs…

There’s so many animation artist blogs out there nowadays. We can’t possibly link to all of them, but we’ll try to link to the best of …

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