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Gulliver’s Travels on DVD
Though Max Fleischer’s Gulliver’s Travels in public domain and widely available on several home video formats, the film has never been …
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Saturday Morning Cartoon collections
Once upon a time, long before home video, the internet, and 24 hour cartoon channels – Saturday mornings were an oasis of animation. Most …
If Disney is Mickey Mouse… is Pixar Silly Symphonies?
Within the last two weeks I saw Disney’s Bolt and rewatched Pixar’s Wall•E (as well as moderating a Q&A with writer/director Andrew …
The 3-Year Old Cartoon Connoisseur
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first post by regular Guest Brewer Linda Simensky. The picture above is from from her cameo appearence in …
Jerry’s Tuesday Triple Header
Take your pick: yours truly, Jerry Beck, will appear on stage, on screen and in print tomorrow, Tuesday October 21st. In Print: …
Richard Williams at MoMA
A can’t-miss event is coming up in NY. Richard Williams will appear at the Museum of Modern Art on Monday, September 22. He will discuss …
Welcome to Cartoon Brew 2.5
Welcome to our updated look. As the title of this post implies, this is not a complete overhaul. Rather it’s a refresh of the existing …
Eric Goldberg
Eric Goldberg, a veteran Director, Designer and Animator, has worked extensively in New York, London and Hollywood creating feature …
Bill Melendez 1916-2008
Bill Melendez, the Mexican-born American character animator, film director, and film producer, best known for his animation for Warner …
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 …
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