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TODAY’S ANIMATED FEATURES
It’s a big day in Los Angeles, as two oddball 2-D animated features open in local area theatres.HOME ON THE RANGE is Disney’s final film …
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BREW RADIO
Brewmmaster Jerry Beck will appear Friday morning on The Connection, a live, daily call-in show that airs on NPR stations nationwide. The …
A Cartoon Brew-sclusive
APRIL FOOLS!A reliable source from deep within the bowels of the Mouse informs the Brew that Disney is developing a new animated TV …
POLLY AND HER PALS
Here’s a terrific on-line collection of Cliff Sterrett’s classic comic strip POLLY AND HER PALS. Sterrett’s work is what cartooning is …
JOHN CANEMAKER & MARY BLAIR in San Francisco
On Friday, June 25, John Canemaker brings “The Art and Flair of Mary Blair” to the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley.The widely respected …
Italians offended by SHARK TALE
Big news story of the day:John Mancini has a beef with some cartoon fish. Mancini is the founder of the Italic Institute of America, …
GLENN BARR & MILES THOMPSON
The BREW mailbox has been flooded with colorful postcards for Artists gallery openings. Here’s two of note:Glenn Barr (Ren & Stimpy, et …
From Winsor McCay To This…
As long as we’re posting examples of inappropriate uses of CG (like the image from the new GARFIELD movie below), here’s a look at the …
Deep Thoughts For A Monday Morning
“I’ve always felt that characters should be uncomplicated, then put the complicated things into the animation.” – Grim Natwick “The …
Mike Gabriel’s Lorenzo
AWN has a nice behind-the-scenes look at the production of Mike Gabriel’s new hand-drawn/digitally rendered animated short LORENZO. The …
FILMATION SOLD
Good news for all you FILMATION freaks. A company called Entertainment Rights just bought the Filmation library from Hallmark …
A Few Thoughts on Miramax Animation
I’ve always been suspicious of Miramax’s relationship with animated features. Before they were bought by Disney, the company had picked …
ARCHIES DVD
No, I don’t care about Filmation’s ARCHIE. But because I do a film program at the San Diego Comic Con called THE WORST CARTOONS EVER, I …
NICK MOVIES ANNOUNCES MIGHTY MOUSE
Nickelodeon Movies has officially announced its development slate – which includes THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE, Steve Oedekerk’s CGI …
FLEISCHER MUSIC
I love the music in Fleischer cartoons. From Betty Boop, through the Color Classics, the Popeye cartoons and the original theme for …
Monday Morning Plugs
There was a nice (albeit depressing) piece in yesterday’s LA TIMES looking at how Los Angeles animation artists are struggling to stay …
Rhapsody in Obscurity
If they gave Clios for pretentiousness, then United Airlines’ new animated ad campaign would be a shoo-in. I just saw their second of …
DAD, CAN I BORROW THE CAR?
Ward Kimball (1914-2002) was a great animator, but the reason he’s my personal favorite of Disney’s Nine Old Men reaches far beyond his …
COLUMBIA CARTOONS on VOOM
I’ve been informed by several BREW readers that classic Columbia (Screen Gems & UPA) cartoons are now running, restored and uncut, on …
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