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MOUSE ANGER

Underground filmmaker and historian (“Hollywood Babylon”) Kenneth Anger has made a new experimental short, MOUSE HEAVEN, “reflecting on …

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OSWALD MANIA IN JAPAN

What is the deal with all this Oswald Rabbit merchandise is Japan?We reported on this phenomenon in an earlier post and David Gerstein …

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May and the Kitten Bus

Last month I got to visit one of my dream destinations – The Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan. There on business, I was treated to a vip …

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Animation Resolutions

Greetings Brew Readers, I’m really honored to be joining Cartoon Brew and the likes of Jerry and Amid for the month of January. (The …

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MODERN ARF

Our pal Craig Yoe informs us of his cool new book

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JANET KLEIN TIME!

Thursday night I’m once again showing several musical shorts (and cartoons) at the Steve Allen Theatre in Los Feliz. This is my monthly …

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My New Year’s Resolution

I have only one New Year’s resolution and that is to finish ANIMATION BLAST #9. I’ve been immensely frustrated with my inability to …

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Return of “Return to Tendlar”

I’ve been remiss about following up on my November post about a piece of original art I bought marked “Return to Dave Tendlar.” I asked …

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Seen Any Good Tsunamis Lately?

Mother Nature’s new annual holiday tradition? Hopefully not. Almost exactly a year after the Bam earthquake in Iran that killed over …

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Inspiration for 2005

Dover Publications has kept Frank Tashlin’s THE BEAR THAT WASN’T in print for many years, which is yet another reason to love this …

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DAWS BUTLER: CHARACTERS ACTOR

Back on October 7th I wrote about the new book DAWS BUTLER: CHARACTERS ACTOR, the official biography of the voice of Yogi Bear and …

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GRATUITOUS PLUG: SKY BLUE

Back on Aug. 7th I raved about a new “anime” film from Korea, SKY BLUE. The visuals are incredible and the story, though familiar, is …

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DUCK & COVER

Ken Sitz, Creative Director of CONELRAD.com (All Things Atomic) informs us of the completion of his latest project:Just wanted to let you …

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Preserved Popeye

The Library of Congress has announced its 2004 additions to the National Film Registry, and there are two cartoons on it: Fleischer’s …

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A.A.P. RECORDS?

I learn something new every day.I did not know AAP (Associated Artists Productions), the company that bought the pre-48 Warner Bros. film …

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Motel Hell

To follow up on yesterday’s comments on the adult merchandising of cartoon characters, Brew reader Juan Lara points out the proper place …

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MIGHTY MOUSE PANTIES?

Viacom has a very frustrating merchandising agenda regarding their classic Terrytoon cartoon stars. Thus I wasn’t sure what to make of …

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POPEYE IN NEW YORK

The last time I was in the Big Apple, I wanted to go to the Popeye exhibit at the Museum of Television and Radio–but I got food …

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Happy Holidays!

Best wishes for a safe and happy holidays to all of our friends and readers! I’ll personally be taking a break from the Brew until after …

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