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The Amazing Mr. Bickford
Clay puppets, miniature sets, cutouts, replacement animation, aluminum foil, “strato-cut” slices, molten wax, and other techniques… …
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Rediscovering Irv Spector
Director Michael Sporn has recently been in touch with the son of animation legend Irv Spector. Spector worked as an animator, designer …
Animated Chicago by Joe Fournier
One of the newest, and most unexpected, outlets for original animation nowadays appears be newspaper websites. For the past year or so, …
Gary Mooney 1930-2008
Bob Kurtz reports that veteran animator Gary Mooney passed away on Tuesday August 5th at age 78. The cause was cancer. Kurtz called …
Comics Journal interviews Gene Deitch
I picked up the latest Comics Journal (October 2008, No. 292) at the Comic Con last week and it’s essentially a book length interview …
George Pal Centennial
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills has scheduled yet another program of particular interest to Cartoon Brew …
Looney Tunes Vol. 6 Bonus Materials
A few weeks ago it was announced that Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 6 (on sale October 21st) would be the last Golden Collection. …
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
Jerry has posted a super-rare gem on YouTube: the 1965 short The Shooting of Dan McGrew directed by Ed Graham, Jr. I was so excited about …
Jackie Ormes
Another discovery, for me, at the recent Book Expo was this new book from University of Michigan Press. Jackie Ormes: The First African …
Endangered Species by Tony White
Endangered Species by Tony White (Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook) is so insidery that it’s doubtful it’ll ever find a mainstream …
Ward Kimball on CinemaScope
Several years ago I curated a program of CinemaScope cartoon shorts from the 1950s, which I screened at the Ottawa Animation Festival, …
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Eric Goldberg’s Character Animation Crash Course!
The long-awaited how-to book from master animator and director Eric Goldberg is almost here. Character Animation Crash Course! will be …
Sleeping Beauty at the Academy
A newly restored, digitally remastered version of Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959) will be presented on Friday, July 18, at 7:30 pm …
Three Books Worth A Look
Here are three cartoon and film-related books that aren’t on my bookshelf but will be soon. The Adventures of Herge: Creator of …
TOMORROW IN SF: Richard Williams Tribute
This Friday, May 30, ASIFA-San Francisco is holding a tribute to animator and director Richard Williams, in honor of his 75th birthday …
One Big Happy Animation Blogosphere
In light of some amusing controversy over a recent entry, I thought it would be an appropriate time to point towards this blog post, …
Carlos Ramos exhibit
The Corey Helford Gallery is preparing Natural History Museum Part I, an exhibition of new paintings by animator Carlos Ramos (The X’s, …
The Last Terrytoons
The cartoons posted below are two semi-rare TV pilots. They are not particularly good and I direct you to them only for historical …
Making Sense of Speed Racer‘s Failure
Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal attempts to make sense of the spectacular box office failure of Speed Racer, which raced to …
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