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Bill Melendez 1916-2008
Bill Melendez, the Mexican-born American character animator, film director, and film producer, best known for his animation for Warner …
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Bakshi Talk
Tied in to the release of the new book about his life, BlackBook magazine offers a no-holds-barred interview with Ralph Bakshi. I’m not a …
Hattie Noel as Hyacinth Hippo
This post got deleted during our troublesome server upgrade last week so I’ll try it again. As a followup to a post earlier this month, …
John Lasseter in the NY Times
Yesterday’s New York Times featured an interview with John Lasseter and some interesting bits can be gleaned from the article. One thing …
Forgotten Cartoon Legends #2: Muggy-Doo Boy Cat
I can’t explain MUGGY-DOO BOY CAT, but I feel compelled to acknowledge its existence.Animator Hal Seegar (1917-2005) had a prolific …
Persepolis
“When my parents came to the studio, nobody breathed. Imagine you are drawing Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and suddenly a big mouse and …
NY TIMES on the CG Glut
The NY TIMES published a piece today about the glut of poorly performing animated CG films. That’s hardly news to anybody working the …
RIK MAKI AT MELTDOWN
After the 3-D cartoons at the Egyptian tomorrow afternoon, I recommend bopping over to Meltdown Comics at 7522 Sunset Blvd. where, from …
3-D CARTOON FESTIVAL
I’m telling you for the last time! Tomorrow afternoon, Saturday September 16th at 3:30pm, a once in a lifetime screening of all six …
JERRY BECK: TONIGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT – AND NEXT SATURDAY
Tonight, I’m showing cartoons at the Janet Klein show at the Steve Allen Theatre. Join us in Hollywood at 8pm!Tomorrow night, Friday …
A Monster of a Review
A prominent Pixar animator emailed me last night with the subject header “This is real” and a link to this must-read-to-believe SAN …
LA TIMES on MONSTER HOUSE
It’s hardly an everday occurrence that an unknown twenty-something walks into a major studio and is assigned to direct a big-budget …
A LOST WARNER BROS. CARTOON
Thanks to the restoration efforts of Warner Home Video, and the series of Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets, there are (or will be) …
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 …
RIK MAKI AT VAN EATON GALLERIES
Rik Maki began his career as a baseball pitcher in the minor leagues for seven years before trading in his wooden bat for a wooden …
CalArts at MoMA
“TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures” is an ambitious film program (curated by Josh Siegel) that aims to document the work of …
3-D CARTOONS
Get ready, cartoon fans. Your eyeballs have ONE MORE CHANCE:The 3-D Film Festival is returning to Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood this …
Charles Solomon on Talky Cartoons
One of my biggest grievances against contemporary animation is that characters won’t shut up. Too often in American animation, dialogue …
John Canemaker in the NY TIMES
Yesterday’s NY TIMES (use BugMeNot to bypass registration) had a piece by Charles Solomon about John Canemaker’s Oscar-nominated short …
Classic Cartoon Video Podcasts
Michael Barrier posted an article excerpt on his site from yesterday’s WALL STREET JOURNAL that said the Vintage ToonCast, which is an …
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