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If it’s not Scrappy, it’s crappy
The Internets will never be the same. Harry McCracken has launched the long-awaited Scrappyland.com, a site dedicated to celebrating the …
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Gene Deitch’s Definition of Animation
Academy Award winning animator Gene Deitch has a few thoughts on THE POLAR EXPRESS and the definition of animation – and I am taking the …
Tom Ray Drawings
Ever since Amid posted the note about the Irv Spence diary, I’ve been thinking and thinking about him…Irv, I mean. I could swear I …
Asterisk Hip To PreSchool
One universal truth is that you meet the coolest people at animation film festivals. I met Richard O’Connor at Ottawa on a panel and was …
Notes from the Cartoon Blogosphere
> Ben Ettinger takes an in-depth look at the work of independent Japanese animator Tadanari Okamoto. Okamoto worked in an impressive …
MLK Animation
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, I would like to guide you to a lovely cartoon produced by Clifford Cohen’s non-profit, Animaction, …
RAY HARRYHAUSEN: THE EARLY YEARS
Ray Harryhausen is making several live appearences in L.A. during the next few weeks to promote his book (which I got for Christmas) and …
OSBORN’S DILBERT
I’d never heard of cartoonist Robert Osborn before today.Cartoonist Paul Giambarba has started a new weblog devoted to cartoonists past …
The Animation Show Is back
Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt’s THE ANIMATION SHOW is back for a second edition, and it’s another fine film line-up. They recently …
AS A PUBLIC SERVICE…
The United Nations has announced the release this week of The Three Amigos, a series of 20 short, professionally produced animated Public …
Weebls Wobble Good
One of the gigs I have had the privilege to work on recently was THE NICKTOONS FILM FESTIVAL (last episode on this Sunday at 7:00 pm, …
COLLECTING
The next time someone chides you for collecting stuff, send them to this website.Scroll down to see this guy’s impressive “Cartoon …
A Brush With Will Eisner
Mark Bunker sent in this nice memory of recently departed comic legend Will Eisner: Eisner has long been my favorite comic book artist. …
Further Beauty-full Thoughts
If you read my last post, you’ll know I’ve been thinking a lot about Sleeping Beauty. So much so that I asked the guys where they stand …
Considering Merryweather
I’ve been considering the weather a lot lately, as have most of us in Los Angeles and all parts East. I’m particularly annoyed with all …
Rare Earle on DVD
Christmas is over, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the following holiday-themed dvd: Ernie Ford’s THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS. It can be …
Lazy Sunday Film Viewing
Here’s a WEBSITE with a lot of nice film clips of Eastern European stop motion animation by the likes of Starevitch, Zeman and Trnka. …
MORE OSWALD
Cartoon Brew’s own correspondent in Japan, Bill Schacht, writes in with this update:The Oswald merchandise previously posted on your site …
Early thoughts on Open Season
Sony Imageworks’s first feature OPEN SEASON already has one major strike against it: three co-directors. In my opinion, great animated …
A happy ending
Manohla Dargis put it best in THE NEW YORK TIMES when she called it, “The best bit of animation to originate in a DreamWorks film yet.” …
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