Books

Bear Manor Books

While I was traveling to New York and Canada last week, I had the opportunity to catch up on several new books – including a trio of …

Classic

TV Felix on DVD

I never thought I’d say this, but Classic Media’s new DVD collection Felix the Cat: The Complete 1958-1959 Series is better than it has …

Shorts

Lost and Found

Independent animator Jeff Scher (who won the New Media prize in Ottawa on Sunday for his TimesSelect piece L’eau Life) made another …

Cartoon Culture

Cartoon Q&A

In today’s edition of South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel, television columnist Tom Jicha answers reader’s mail. Here is a slightly edited …

Classic

1955 Terrytoons article for kids

Animator Mark Kausler (who has a great new blog, by the way) recently unearthed this 1955 article on Terrytoons, written for children, …

Classic

Bugs Bunny’s Autobiography

Once again the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive provides a new piece of the giant jigsaw puzzle that is the history of animated …

BrewFilms

Cartoon Dump: Episode 1

Combine the contents of my annual Worst Cartoons Ever! screenings with the warped comic mind of Frank Conniff (“TV’s Frank” from Mystery …

Cartoon Culture

Op-Ed Cartoon

Does it mean anything that filmmaking icons Ingmar Bergman and Michaelangelo Antonioni passed away the same week The Simpsons Movie …

Events

Comic Con Finds

Strange stuff! Good things and scary things abound. Here are just a couple of my comic book finds from this year’s San Diego Comic Con …

Advertising

Jack Zander Interview

Animation World Magazine has an interview with 99-year-old animation veteran Jack Zander whose career includes stints at studios like …

Events

Tonight in Hollywood

If you live in L.A. you really have no excuse not to go out and have a good time tonight! Today we are shooting our forthcoming …

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 …

Events

Woody Woodpecker event

In honor of the forthcoming Woody Woodpecker and Friends DVD box set (on sale July 24th), Universal Pictures will be holding a premiere …

Animators

Carl Barks estate auction

Auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields will hold an Entertainment Memorabilia and Animation Art sale on June 4th 2007 in Los Angeles, …

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 …

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 …

Animators

Flickr Animation

Animator Dan Meth (of Hebrew Crunk fame) just completed an animation experiment. He animated his latest film while getting drunk in a …

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