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 …
Brooklyn’s homegrown cartoon festival Animation Block Party will return for its fifth edition from July 25-27. Over 100 animated shorts …
Was privileged to see two new CG shorts last week: Disney Animation’s Glago’s Guest and Pixar’s Presto. Both films couldn’t be more …
A fire broke out this morning on the Universal Studios backlot. Current live TV news reports are saying that, in addition to the …
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 …
The cartoons posted below are two semi-rare TV pilots. They are not particularly good and I direct you to them only for historical …
This Variety article explains how 20th Century Fox TV and Fox Broadcasting Co. are launching Fox Inkubator, a new inititative designed to …
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 …
Among a cache of recently discovered American silent films from 1912-1927 was one cartoon, Mutt and Jeff in On Strike (1920). It, along …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences new lobby exhibition, Ink & Paint, opens to the public on Friday May 16th. It highlights …
The great American diplomat and Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson may have well been talking about Li’l Abner creator Al Capp when …
Comic book writer Fred Van Lente and cartoonist Ryan Dunlavey have teamed up to create Comic Book Comics, a concise illustrated history …
The American Cinematheque and the Art Deco Society are presenting a lecture by David Pacheco, Walt Disney Art Classics creative art …
With all the debate over scripts versus storyboards, animation writer Steve Marmel (Fairly Oddparents, Danny Phantom, et al) has jumped …
There are certain details of animation history that have always bothered me. For example, how did Tex Avery, arguably the greatest …
I’m way overdue in posting, plugging and praising these two fine publications. In this day and age of blogs and dedicated websites, …
The ultimate Looney Tunes collectible, the historic Bob Clampett studio on Seward Street in Hollywood, is for sale. I don’t know the …
Steve Stanchfield is one of the unsung angels out there who does the important work finding and restoring lost pieces of our animation …
Times Square Spectacular: Lighting Up Broadway by Darcy Tell, traces the story of the famous Times Square advertising signs, as seen in …
I ran into Willie Ito at The Animation Guild Holiday Party on Friday night in Burbank. Ito, as you may know, started his animation career …
Several years ago, when Playhouse Pictures closed its Hollywood office, cartoonist Mike Kazaleh purchased some old files being sold off …