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A new twist in outsourcing

IndianTelevision.com has posted a fascinating piece on the Indian animation studio Padmalaya Telefilms which recently signed a number of …

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Around the Web

It’s not often that a musician will animate his own music video, but Bob Schneider created this cut-out piece for his new song “Come With …

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PINTO COLVIG

The late Pinto Colvig (1892-1967) has never been honored for being the first person to portray “Bozo the Clown.” As of May 28, 2004, that …

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POPEYE ON DVD?

Fleischer POPEYENo, not yet.King Features has released a dvd boxed set of 1960s Popeye cartoons – some of the worst cartoons ever made. …

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Book From Pixar Artist

Pixar artist Geefwee Boedoe is coming out with a children’s book called ARROWVILLE. I don’t know much more about the book, but Geefwee …

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Art Deco Cartoon Screening

Sounds like a fun event taking place in San Francisco this Friday evening, April 30. Here’s the press release: Enjoy an evening of Art …

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A COLUMBIA CARTOON ON DVD

THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVERA on dvd June 22nd. The Ub Iwerks 1937 cartoon “Skeleton Frolic”, a color remake of Disney’s “The Skeleton …

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Classic Comic Site

An inspiring WEBSITE offering a visual history of comics, from more than a thousand years ago through 1930. Lots of great scans of comics …

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ON THE FRONT LINES

On The Front Lines: The War Years with a special screening of rare 35mm prints at the Alex Theatre in Glendale.In addition to the films, …

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THE WHOLE SEUSS

While discussing cartoon trivia at a brunch yesterday (with friends Keith Scott, Will Ryan, Harry McCracken, Amid Amidi, Milt Gray, Tom …

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UPA TRIBUTE

Saturday’s Asifa-Hollywood screening & tribute to UPA was an incredible success – thanks to the number of UPA veteran’s who showed up …

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Rex Steele, Nazi Smasher

Brew reader (and artist extrodinaire) Stephen deStefano wants to call your attention to a rather exceptional film that’s come out of New …

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NY TIMES ON PIXAR

In today’s New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell ponders Pixar’s success and the possible demise of hand drawn features.”Every few decades …

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CARTOONS AT THE ACADEMY Part II

On Friday May 7th at 7:30pm, The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a screening of all the animated & live action …

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CARTOONS AT THE ACADEMY – PART 1

During 2002 and 2003, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ran a weekly series, every Monday night for 75 weeks, each week one …

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Friday Linkage

A few interesting animation artist websites I’ve run across recently… Ben Balistreri, who has done design work for Disney and …

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NEW BOOKS

I went to the Samuel French Bookshop today – still the best book store in L.A. for the latest books on Cinema, TV and animation – and …

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SONY-MGM?

It may fall through, by the AP is reporting that Sony is in talks to buy MGM.What does that mean to us? Well it would combine the …

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