Animators

MGM Shorts Story

Here’s something you may not have seen. During the 1930s, MGM published a bi-monthly in-house magazine, MGM Shorts Story devoted to its …

Shorts

Unnatural History of Wall Street

Today is bad news if you work on Wall Street, but it’s good news for folks who want to watch cartoons about Wall Street. Animator Gary …

Ideas/Commentary

Who Writes Cartoons?

If there’s one thing the animation blogging community guarantees, it’s plenty of controversy. The latest squabble that has evolved is …

Cartoon Culture

Cartoons Summoned to Court

In a “clerical error worthy of a Looney Tunes cartoon”, a court in Naples sent a summons to Tweety, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck ordering …

Classic

Animation History Round-Up #3

• Disney theme park designs by animator Marc Davis. • Funny frame grabs from an Iwerks Willie Whopper …

Classic

Animation History Round-Up #2

A lot of readers seemed to enjoy the first Animation History Round-Up posted here a few weeks ago, so here’s another guide to rare …

Classic

Animation History Round-Up

Golden Age comics by animation artists Rod Scribner and Dan Gordon. Even B-animation studios get love online: “Why we love Famous …

Books

Halas & Batchelor Cartoons

Though mentioned on the Brew back in May, I just stumbled upon a copy of Halas & Batchelor Cartoons today, at my local Barnes and …

Ideas/Commentary

Geena Davis on Cartoons

Actress Geena Davis spoke at the National Conference for Media Reform in January, discussing her new foundation, See Jane. This group …

Old Brew

OLD MOVIES AND CARTOONS

I’ll be spending the next five days (as I do every Labor Day) over at Cinecon 42 based at both the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel (at …

Old Brew

1960s THEATRICAL CARTOONS

John McElwee, on his Greenbriar Picture Shows blog, recalls the horror of 1960s theatrical cartoon shorts:These were dark days for …

Animators

Charles Solomon on Talky Cartoons

One of my biggest grievances against contemporary animation is that characters won’t shut up. Too often in American animation, dialogue …

Animators

Toy Story 2 Requiem

This is a genius trailer mash-up of TOY STORY 2 and Darren Aronofsky’s gritty REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. (Click on the image above to watch the …

Old Brew

ANIMATION HISTORY FORUM

Our good friends at The Animation Show have revived their lively FORUMS which were taken down a few months ago due to technical snafus. I …

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