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PBS KIDS CHANNEL

Just what we need: another kids cartoon channel! PBS KIDS is considering spinning itself into a 24 hour basic cable channel.However, this …

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CHINESE TOM & JERRY

Reader “Lyris” sent this in: “You may or may not know about this, but there’s a DVD in China of Tom & Jerry featuring all the …

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BOWERS AND McCAY

Rick Dominicus of DVD ANGLE has posted a review of the Joseph Losey thriller CHARLEY BOWERS DVD from Image Entertainment.Image is on a …

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DUCKOMENTA

A German exhibit of art through the ages – as it might seem in Duckburg: Die DUCKOMENTA – is online.Recreating great moments in art …

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LORENZO

A reminder that the Disney animated short LORENZO will be released on Friday with the Kate Hudson feature film, RAISING HELEN.Artist and …

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A Cartoon with Bite

The WASHINGTON POST’s Lisa de Moraes files an amusing report (“On NBC’s Lineup, ‘Pride’ but No Shame”) from NBC’s 2004 upfront for …

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Sketchbooks Galore

Last week I wrote about Stephen Silver’s excellent new art book. I also saw another great hardcover sketchbook recently (thanks Bob) – …

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Animation Festival Done Right

The WEBSITE for the Ottawa Animation Festival (September 22-26, 2004) has just posted details for all of their screenings and …

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Pixar’s Growing Pains

Here is a FOLLOW-UP to this STORY from a few days ago about Pixar’s plans to expand their Emeryville campus. Unless the Emeryville City …

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Seonna Hong Show

The talented Seonna Hong, whose BG paintings can be seen on MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT and TEACHER’S PET, has a painting show that opens …

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UPA COMICS

Here are four issues of UPA’s first comic book: Dell’s “GERALD McBOING BOING AND THE NEAR SIGHTED MR. MAGOO”. This series ran five issues …

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TICKET TO JERUSALEM

This may be the oddest film I plug on the Brew:Next week at the REDCAT they are showing a feature film psuedo documentary called TICKET …

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ANIMATION PRESERVATION

This upcoming Saturday, May 22nd at 3:00pm, ASIFA-Hollywood presents Part Two of a demonstration and discussion of animated film …

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PLANE CRAZY

I posted this a while ago on my Cartoon Research site, but since the date is coming up soon, I thought I’d repost this info here on the …

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Seinfeld+Animation=Tonight on NBC

Airing on NBC tonight is THE ADVENTURES OF SEINFELD & SUPERMAN from 8:44-9 pm. The live-action/animated combo will be hawking American …

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KID BEGS DISNEY TO KEEP 2-D

An eighth grader wrote an editorial in today’s New York NEWSDAY, begging Disney not to abandon traditional animation:During spring break, …

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Directing TV Animation Part 3

It’s rare in TV animation these days for the director to be in the same location as the animators. On Monster By Mistake, we were …

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AAAGGH! MY EYES!

SHREK: FROM THE SWAMP TO THE SCREEN is hands-down the ugliest “art of” book I’ve ever seen for an animated film, which is probably owing …

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