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OLIVE’S SWEEPSTAKES TICKET

Brew reader Tony Sykes in Sydney Australia spotted this down under:I was somewhat shocked the other day when I saw a prime-time TV …

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MUSIC TIME WITH JANET KLEIN

Lest I forget, tomorrow night at 8pm in Hollywood I will be running several 16mm cartoons and vintage live action shorts – preceeding a …

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MOON AND SON Screening in LA

THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION, the well-received 28-minute animated short by famed animation historian John Canemaker, …

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Just Wait Till Valiant Comes out

Now I don’t want to be a party pooper, because I know Disney’s already been saved and all, but has anybody else noticed that through July …

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Bug Me Not

Design Observer recently took a look at those graphic atrocities known as “station identification bugs.” The article offers few …

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TWINKLE

Gary Leib’s New York based flash animation studio TWINKLE is best known for bringing Harvey Pekar’s cartoons to life in the AMERICAN …

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CARTOON MUSICALS AT LINCOLN CENTER

Okay New Yorkers, here’s your chance to see classic cartoons on the big screen. Greg Ford is programming a two week event for the Film …

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BOOP BE-HEADED!

Extra! Extra! Read all about it here! No witnesses. No suspects. No head.

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COLOSSUS

We don’t usually review graphic novels here on the Brew, but this one is worthy of note. COLOSSUS by Mark Andrews is an incredible tale …

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PARAMOUNT CARTOONS

Asifa-Hollywood’s screening this month is for the real die-hards. I’ll be showing about a dozen 1940s-50s Paramount cartoons in 35mm …

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Bill Plympton Loves Mind Game

Masaaki Yuasa’s MIND GAME (mentioned on the Brew yesterday) has received a thumbs-up from none other than Bill Plympton. He concurs with …

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Szeles and Mora Blogs

First it was Fred Osmond and Katie Rice who started blogs. Now, two more talented folks who recently worked on DISNEY’S THE BUZZ ON …

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUGS!

65 years ago on this day, Warner Bros. released a Merrie Melodies short called A Wild Hare. The zany wise-guy personality that the studio …

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ANIMATION HISTORY DETECTIVES

Reader Adam Koford brings this to our attention:I don’t know if you have caught the History Detectives on PBS yet, but a recent episode …

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MOVIE CRAZY

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy is not only a great website, but also a wonderful quarterly 16 page hard copy newsletter. The latest issue …

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R.I.P. TV GUIDE

This saddens me. TV GUIDE announced yesterday that it will cease to be a digest sized publication as of the Oct. 17 issue and be a …

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Frank Espinosa’s Rocketo

I don’t get much excited over comics, but then again, comics like Frank Espinosa’s ROCKETO don’t come along every day. This is without …

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