Animators

Te Wei (1915-2010)

The master of Chinese animation, Te Wei (Sheng Tewei), has passed away at age 95. Te Wei, a pioneering animator and cartoonist, was …

Events

Animation Block Party ’08

Brooklyn’s homegrown cartoon festival Animation Block Party will return for its fifth edition from July 25-27. Over 100 animated shorts …

Shorts

The History of America by MK12

Kansas City-based motion graphics/design collective MK12 recently completed their long-awaited epic short The History of America. I, …

Classic

Lantz DVD Update

Look! Universal has posted a teaser page to promote the Woody Woodpecker DVD coming out on July 24th. Note that pre-orders can be …

Cartoon Culture

Brew Radio: TODAY!

Here’s the reminder: yours truly, Jerry Beck, will appear on a live Internet radio chat today at 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific. I will be …

Cartoon Culture

Brew Radio on Wednesday

Yours truly, Brewmaster Jerry Beck, will appear on a live Internet radio chat Wednesday afternoon (4/25) at 4pm. I will be joined by …

CGI

The History of CGI

While I was double-checking facts for the Seventies advertising post a couple days ago, I discovered this useful resource—A …

Classic

Capt’n Sailorbird

Any Baby Boomers out there recall those odd foreign cartoons that ran on TV in the 1950s and 60s, packaged under the Capt’n Sailorbird or …

Shorts

CalArts Experimental Animation Online

CalArts: 20 Years of Experimental Animation, 1970-1990 is a website that offers for viewing nearly twenty experimental shorts created at …

Old Brew

ANIMATION BLOCK

Casey Safron’s NYC based Animation Block is dedicated to exhibiting independent, professional and student animation through internet …

Old Brew

CHILLY WILLY

If you like CHILLY WILLY – the Walter Lantz penguin character developed by Tex Avery (after a frigid debut by Paul J. Smith) – and I mean …

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