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1955 Terrytoons article for kids
Animator Mark Kausler (who has a great new blog, by the way) recently unearthed this 1955 article on Terrytoons, written for children, …
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Cartoon Dump Episode 2
Calling all animation haters! The second episode of our new web series Cartoon Dump is now up at CartoonBrewFilms.com. Somehow we are …
Cartoon Dump: Episode 1
Combine the contents of my annual Worst Cartoons Ever! screenings with the warped comic mind of Frank Conniff (“TV’s Frank” from Mystery …
Op-Ed Cartoon
Does it mean anything that filmmaking icons Ingmar Bergman and Michaelangelo Antonioni passed away the same week The Simpsons Movie …
LA: Jules Engel Show & Cartoon Mod Signing
Through the end of August, the Tobey C. Moss Gallery (7321 Beverly Boulevard, LA, CA) has on display a show of animation artwork by Jules …
Animated Cartooning by Mail, 1939
Brew reader Billie Towser found this old magazine ad on Flickr. (Click on thumbnail at left for an enlarged version). Long before Cal …
The Colored Cartoon
Heads up: University of Massachusetts Press has announced the publication of The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American …
RIP, Art Stevens
I was out of town when this news emerged a couple weeks ago but I wanted to make mention of the passing of Disney animator and director …
Ratatouille Art
A new Pixar film usually means another great Chronicle Art Of book and, at the other end of the spectrum, another neat looking Little …
Animation Block Party ’07
If I weren’t going to the San Diego Comic Con, I’d love to be at the multiple Animation Block Party screenings around New York City, July …
Cartoon Dump!
Do you love great animation? Are you a fan of quality cartoons? Well, if so, you will be appalled and horrified by my latest …
Cartoon Nothing?
Direct TV posted this press release on May 23rd with a somewhat apt misprint in its network listings. Considering the direction …
Janet Klein and Cartoons
You read about it in Flip, and now you can see it in person. Thursday night, Jerry Beck and his 16mm projector are the opening act for …
Commentary: (The lack of) Cartoon Promotion
Leonard Maltin, aware of my interest in old-time animation publicity materials, sent along this image (above) from Benjamin Hampton’s …
Discovering Cartoon Network
Australian cartoonist Elliot Cowan recently discovered that he could receive Cartoon Network on his digital cable. After watching it, he …
Artists get down to business at Otis
Attention L.A. area artists. This one’s for you: on Saturday, June 9th, from 10 am to 1 pm, at Otis College of Art and Design on their …
2007 CalArts Student Films
Last week I checked out the CalArts Producers’ Show, the year-end screening where the best student films from the school year are …
CalArts Teaches The Fine Art of MoCap
Don’t know if you’ve heard but CalArts is finally catching up with the times and renaming itself the California Institute of Motion …
Classic LA Cartoonist Photos
Earlier this week, UCLA’s Department of Special Collections unveiled a new searchable website that houses 5,100 hi-res images from the …
New Cinderella Book With Mary Blair Art
Via Didier Ghez’s always informative Disney History blog comes word of a new Cinderella storybook that uses Mary Blair’s concept art from …
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