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“This Fire” Music Video
The latest Franz Ferdinand music video “This Fire” is just as cool as the group’s last animated effort “Take Me Out.” I initially thought …
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Introducing Harry McCracken
We’d like to welcome our new Guest Brewer – Harry McCracken – one of the most knowledgeable cartoon connoisseurs around. We’ve always …
JACKY’S WACKY WORLD
Scott Shaw informs us:On Thursday, November 4th, the multi-talented Jack Mendelsohn — creator of the classic Oddball comic strip, comic …
“Polar Express” Nonsense
I haven’t liked what I’ve seen so far on THE POLAR EXPRESS, but I’m willing to give Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks the benefit of the …
Brad Bird Interview
There’s an insightful interview with Brad Bird at AnimationTrip.com. Here’s Brad talking about creating personality through …
BILL LIEBOWITZ (1941-2004)
The Los Angeles comics and animation scene lost a big man today – Bill Liebowitz, owner of Golden Apple Comics passed away this morning …
Meet Chris Harding
Meet my new favorite animation artist of the moment: Chris Harding. I’d never heard of him until yesterday when I ran across his name on …
More on Product Placement In Cartoons
A couple Brew readers wrote in to correct some of my recent sloppy reportage. In this ITEM posted on paid product placements in …
A Great Day In Iceland
The Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – would like to thank Ken Pontac for being our “Guest Brewer” the last couple months and …
ANIMATION ART
Today is the official publication date of the new book ANIMATION ART which I participated in as a writer and General Editor.The book is a …
Japanese Doing It RIght
On his excellent blog AniPages Daily, Ben Ettinger discusses a show that airs on NHK (“Japan’s PBS,” as he puts it) called DIGITAL …
Incredibles Review
Last night, I walked into the theater hopeful but prepared for disappointment. After waiting for THE INCREDIBLES for what has seemed like …
Monday Inspiration
Currently up for auction, a painting by Ward Kimball with gorgeous color and design. (Thanks, Shane)
INCREDIBLES PREMIERE PARTY
I was invited at the last minute, last night, to attend the world premiere party for THE INCREDIBLES. Antran Manoogian (president of …
The Politics of the Incredibles
This article in the NY TIMES interviews Brad Bird about the beneath-the-surface politics of THE INCREDIBLES: If such scenes provide some …
Engel and Braxton History
Here’s a two-minute VIDEO CLIP of the late Jules Engel discussing a conflict he had with Walt Disney about a cartoon frog. He also takes …
IMAGES FROM LOONEY TUNES V.2
Look familiar?It shouldn’t. These are images (mainly original title graphics) from the
Karl Cohen On THE INCREDIBLES
Animation historian and ASIFA-San Francisco prez Karl Cohen saw THE INCREDIBLES yesterday. Here’s what he thinks of it: Brad Bird is …
LOONEY TUNES VOLUME 2
I saw a check disc a few weeks ago, but tonight I got a physical copy of the finished product in my hot little hands. The
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