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Books

New Books

The Vault of Walt by my old friend Jim Korkis is a great read and must have for anyone interested in the history of Walt Disney. Korkis …

Books

Craig Yoe’s FELIX THE CAT book

Craig Yoe’s latest book is a beautiful love letter to the comic book legacy of Otto Messmer/Joe Oriolo’s Felix The Cat. As usual, Yoe has …

Books

A Free Animation Book Idea For You

Concept art from John Hubley’s Finian’s Rainbow This repost of John Canemaker’s article about John Hubley’s unproduced feature …

Ideas/Commentary

Dear Sesame Street

Dear Sesame Street, We, the undersigned, would like to register our concern over the contest you are now conducting with Aniboom. We …

Books

The Best Animation Books of 2009

Here are my picks for the best animation books of 2009. The Colors of Mary Blair –A catalog for an exhibition that happened …

TV

Tele-tactics

Back around 1975-1977 there was a 3rd-rate non-union animation studio in New York that many of my friends worked for. It was called …

Events

Academy Salute to UPA in New York

I just found out that as part of its monthly Monday Nights With Oscar film series in New York, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and …

Books

Paul Julian’s Piccoli

One of the rarest children’s books illustrated by an animation artist is Philippe Halsman’s Piccoli (1953), with illustrations by Paul …

Disney

Film Review: Walt and El Grupo

Walt and El Grupo is the new feature length documentary about the two month tour of South America that Walt and his staff (which included …

Events

Walt and El Grupo events

There are bi-coastal events tied in to Ted Thomas’s must-see documentary Walt and El Grupo that Brew readers may want to attend. In …

Animators

Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood

Set your Tivos! Next Tuesday, March 24, is the premiere of Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood, a half-hour documentary on Turner Classic …

Disney

Dance Stars of American Animation

New Yorkers, here’s a heads-up on a free program this week at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. …

Animators

Tytla’s Little Audrey?

J.J. Sedelmaier recently had a visit from John Canemaker at his studio in White Plains. J.J. sent them in with this note:”We had a chance …

Books

2009 Animation Book Preview

While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished …

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