Animators

Rubbery Cartoon Dancing

Cartoonist/animator Marc Deckter has a great post on his new blog about some of his favorite old-timey rubber-hose dance scenes. Van …

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CARTOON TRUCK

Robert Luczun, a grade school art teacher in New Jersey, sent me some photos of his truck – which he’s decorated every inch of with comic …

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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 …

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CARTOONS IN TRIBECA

The prestigious Tribeca film festival is spotlighting independent animation from the Big Apple. Included are the world premieres of …

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CARTOONS AT UCLA

Heads up for those in Los Angeles area. On Friday (3/3, 7:30pm) the UCLA Film & Television Archive is running a tribute to Comic Art …

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Cartoons for Victory!

I rarely buy dvds, but one of the few that I’m planning to get is the forthcoming GOLDEN AGE OF CARTOONS: CARTOONS FOR VICTORY!. I saw a …

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RADIO BREW

MEDIA ALERT: Brewmaster Jerry Beck will be making an appearence on MOVIE TALK, a radio show on New Orleans BizRadio 990am Saturday …

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Kausler’s Cartoon Contest

On Saturday night, Mark Kausler, upon accepting his June Foray Award at the Annie Awards ceremony, threw out a trivia question to the …

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CARTOONS ON EARLY TV

Film buff John McElwee has started a blog, Greenbriar Picture Shows, devoted to his love of old movies. His comments are witty and he …

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The Birth of the American Cartoon

I’ve previously noted that John Canemaker is making two don’t-miss Los Angeles appearances on Thursday January 12th and Saturday January …

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CARTOONIST UNION PARTY

Ya’know, I was thinking recently how we don’t post many pictures of ye brewmasters on this blog. Here’s one snapped of me tonight at the …

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Brew Bits

Industry artists Kelsey Mann, Tim Szabo and Steve Meyer are working on an independent film noir short and they’re documenting its …

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Welcome to Cartoon Modern

Today I’m launching a new blog, Cartoon Modern, dedicated solely to 1950s animation design. It is a supplement to my forthcoming book of …

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GOLDMARK ON CARTOON TUNES

Our buddy Daniel Goldmark was interviewed about Music and the Hollywood Cartoon last week on WNYC’s music discussion show, SOUNDTRACK. …

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Ottawa Brewers

As Jerry mentioned yesterday, both of us will be hanging around Ottawa this week for you-know-what. I’m currently in Detroit, waiting for …

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BREWING IN OTTAWA

Amid and I will be lurking about in Ottawa for the next seven days. If posting here is light, that’s why. Here are some places you can …

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CARNIVAL CARTOONS

Jared Deal and Garnet Syberg-Olsen have lots of fun stuff to look at over at Carnival Cartoons.

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ORIGINAL CARTOONS

Oh Yeah!For over ten years, Fred Seibert has been championing the production of funny, original cartoons – first as president of Hanna …

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