Internet/Blogs

Classic Cartoon blog round-up

Some of my favorite blogs have just posted some unusual posts of interest, all worth a look. Back in December, Don Brockway took a look …

Cartoon Culture

Mexican Lobby Cards

A dealer of Mexican movie lobby cards has posted just some of his thousands of pieces online and even created a slide show for some of …

Comics

Dumm Comics Roundtable

As written up on the Brew yesterday, Dumm Comics is a new daily comic site launched by some of the today’s top talents working in TV …

Animators

Inspired by Cartoon Brew

One of the most rewarding parts of running Cartoon Brew is hearing from artists who are inspired by the items that we post here. Here are …

Events

Academy Exhibit of Classic Animation

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences new lobby exhibition, Ink & Paint, opens to the public on Friday May 16th. It highlights …

Shorts

Simon’s Cat by Simon Tofield

British commercial director Simon Tofield, who is repped by Tandem Films is the creator behind Simon’s Cat, an absolutely delightful …

TV

Popeye and Friends

For Popeye completists only: To be released the same day (June 17th) as Popeye The Sailor Vol. 2, 1938-1940, Warner Home Video will be …

Flash

Superjail

Seemingly the funniest and cartooniest animated projects nowadays are set in jails. There’s the Japanese CG series Usavich, which was …

Books

Cereal:Geek / Arf Forum

I’m way overdue in posting, plugging and praising these two fine publications. In this day and age of blogs and dedicated websites, …

Classic

The Rarest Looney Tunes of All

For years I’ve been trying to make the case for The Bugs Bunny Show. This was the original ABC TV series which first brought the …

BrewFilms

Cartoon Dump #6: Sir Gee Whiz

Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Happy Harmonies… and it all came down to this: Sir Gee Whiz On The Other Side Of The Moon. Needless to …

Disney

Disney in Argentina, 1941

We’ve all seen the 16mm color footage of Walt Disney visting South America in 1941. Now, courtesy of the Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture …

Feature Film

Augenblick Animates The Ten

Animation Magazine has a good article about the new art house movie The Ten and the Flash-animated sequence in it produced by Augenblick …

Classic

Popeye DVD: Bonus Materials

This is the original main title, unseen for 70 years, to Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves, shot with my cel phone camera …

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