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Bernard Wolf (1911-2006)
Animation veteran Berny Wolf died last week at the age of 95. He had incredible success in the field, with work ranging from pioneering …
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Ed Benedict (1912-2006), RIP
Earlier this evening I received word from Van Partible and David Sheldon that animation legend Ed Benedict passed away in his sleep this …
Ottawa Contest Winners!
It wasn’t easy but Brewmasters Amid and Jerry have selected the two winners of our Ottawa International Animation Festival 2006 contest. …
Flickr: Disney in the Fifties
My latest Flickr set is comprised of photos from the collection of animation legend Ray Aragon. The photos were taken in June and July …
Random Disney Photo of the Day
Jenny Lerew recently posted a photo on her blog of Disney legend Ken Anderson posing for a publicity snap with an unidentified Japanese …
SUPERMAN HATES SMOKERS
Here’s a blast from the past. Matt Richardson posted this vintage TV spot on his Poptique blog:I’m 99.9% certain it was made back in 1980 …
Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut
UPDATE (NOV. 25, 2010): If you came here via the Nostalgia Critic’s review, welcome to Cartoon Brew. Take a moment to browse around the …
Stylistic Evolution in Crayon Shin-chan
My favorite anime critic, Ben Ettinger, recently wrote a piece about the long-running Japanese animated series CRAYON SHIN-CHAN and how …
Tales of Worm Paranoia and Buy One, Get One Free
I’m not sure how many folks are aware of this, but there’s interesting and rare animation popping up almost daily now on YouTube. For …
Puffy Blog
The guys and gals of the HI HI PUFFY AMIYUMI crew at Renegade Animation have put up a blog HERE. There’s a lot of talented artists on the …
Holiday Greetings from Nick Cross
A jolly holiday drawing by the prodigiously talented Nick Cross. Check out his BLOG for amazing character layouts, background paintings …
Charles McElmurry (1921-2005)
We’ve just learned that animation designer Charles McElmurry passed away on December 5th.McElmurry began at Disney in 1940 but was soon …
Monday Morning Inspiration: Joseph Holt
I’ve been a fan of Joseph Holt’s work ever since I ran across a big stack of his exquisite background layouts for MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE …
50s Design Book and Blast #9 Update
Here’s a quick update on the two biggest projects that I’m dealing with at the moment. First, the latest on the Chronicle book. It’s now …
NY Trip Report: 50s Design, New Books and Mind Game
Thanks to Jerry who’s been holding down the Brew fort while I was away in New York City. I was out there working on the design and layout …
Prelude to Eden
Michel Gagné has just posted a free, hi-quality Quicktime version of his cult classic animated short PRELUDE TO EDEN (1995). The …
CANEMAKER’S WINSOR MCCAY
John Canemaker’s Winsor McCay – His Life and Art, his 1987 biography of the great newspaper cartoonist and pioneer animator, will be …
Wednesday Morning Inspiration: Bill Hurtz/Bob Dranko
I love these images from the UPA industrial film LOOK WHO’S DRIVING (1954). The design is spare, yet artful. More importantly, it’s a lot …
Noble Books
Tod Polson, co-director of the recent indie animated short THE PUMPKIN OF NYEFAR, lets us know about some interesting forthcoming …
Bobe Cannon
Robert “Bobe” Cannon (1909-1964) is somebody we don’t talk about nearly often enough on Cartoon Brew. I write about Cannon in greater …
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