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Z is for Zagreb

At the fwak blog, Lili and Eddie write about some early Zagreb cartoons they recently saw: “If Disney’s objective was to create the …

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Speaking of Licensable Bears…

In Japan, an AOL-like service called Open Data Network promotes itself using a Disney Pooh theme. In the US, that would mean it was …

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Remembering J.P. Miller

Here at Cartoon Brew, we are pleased to present this exclusive remembrance of animation/illustration legend J.P. Miller, who recently …

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T.S. Sullivant and Andreas Deja

From an ARTICLE by Disney master animator Andreas Deja about 19th century illustrator/cartoonist T.S. Sullivant:Sullivant had a truly …

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JOHN PARR MILLER (1913-2004)

The NY TIMES posted this sad news today:John Parr Miller, an early animator for Walt Disney whose later art adorned best-selling …

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DICK HUEMER MURALS SAVED!

Complain about the Annie awards all you want – Asifa-Hollywood is a great organization that does much good to promote and preserve the …

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Misplaced Honor

ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the three recipients for this year’s Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award and they are Don Bluth, …

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DICK HUEMER MURAL

Richard P. Huemer, son of Scrappy animator Dick Huemer, has an urgent request:A bit of Disney history is about to crumble under the …

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Pictoplasma Conference Report

The 1st Pictoplasma Conference On Contemporary Character Design & Art (my previous comments HERE) took place in Berlin, Germany from Oct. …

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Alfred J. Kwak

I had the pleasure of meeting Harald Siepermann at Annecy earlier this year. He’s another one of those incredible animation talents whose …

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AN OPEN LETTER TO COMCAST

Sony officially announced it’s intent to buy MGM this week. To raise the billion-dollar plus asking price needed to make the purchase, …

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Chris Sanders’ American Dog

The images displayed HERE from LILO & STITCH director Chris Sanders’ next feature project AMERICAN DOG are absolutely mouth-watering. I’m …

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Something I Didn’t Need To See

A brief follow-up to that atrocious Disneyland Paris advertising campaign for their new LION KING stage show. Inkan over at Animation …

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Annecy Report #1

I’d originally planned to write daily reports from Annecy, but there’s so much to see and do here that I’m not exactly finding a whole …

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The Art Of Silver

With the plethora of sketchbooks being published by animation artists nowadays, it takes a little extra effort to stand out from the …

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MO WILLEMS UPDATE

Mo Willems (SHEEP IN THE BIG CITY) tells us he will be attending the Chicago BOOKEXPO:”I’ll be at the Disney/Hyperion tables plugging my …

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LORENZO

I had a bittersweet experience yesterday, during a screening at the Disney studios.I saw Mike Gabriel’s new five minute animated short, …

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Passion of the Walt

BREW reader Gerit Vandenberg points out a rare small-press book currently posted on eBay: Neal Seymour’s novel RE-ANIMATING WALT. I’ve …

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