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UCLA FESTIVAL OF PRESERVATION

Every two years the UCLA Film and Television Archives opens it’s vaults and presents it’s latest restorations to the public in a gala …

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FRANK MOSER

Reason #432 Why we love ebay…Who knew that Frank Moser – partner of Paul Terry from the early 1920s to the mid 1930s – was an artist …

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Set the TIVO

Turner Classic Movies is without contest my favorite cable channel so it’s a pity that I rarely have reason to plug them here on Cartoon …

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CUTTING EDGE CLASSICS

Shout Factory has released a second set of animated shorts from the Spike & Mike Festival archives,

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Arthur De Pins

Here’s a name to start watching closely. I mentioned in my Annecy Festival report a few weeks back that De Pins’ funny and stylish …

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The 2D Expo: Flash Panel Wrap-up

I was planning to post a summary of the Flash & TV Animation panel that I moderated a few days ago at ASIFA-Hollywood’s 2D Expo, but …

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FELIX AT THE FAIR

Brew reader Chris Merritt has posted this gallery of vintage Felix the Cat merchandise pictures:”I’ve been doing a lot of research on old …

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CARTOONS AT CINEFORUM

Reg Hartt is a controversial figure on the film scene in Toronto. I’ve never met the man myself, but I’ve been following his enthusiastic …

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PLUGS! PLUGS! PLUGS!

What kind of person reads CARTOON BREW?Robin Joseph, a struggling cartoonist at Sheridan College in Ontario, does. That’s Robin’s …

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MEET AL BRODAX AND FRED LADD

Two names that helped shape early 1960s TV animation – Al Brodax and Fred Ladd – will both be making live appearences in the Los Angeles …

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SCRAPPY’S PUPPET THEATRE

If you act fast, and have $2,295. dollars, you can own the uber-rare, uber-cool one sheet poster for SCRAPPY’S PUPPET THEATRE. It’s on …

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BELVISION

Belvision’s ink & paint staff working on PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE (1965)(Click on picture above for larger image.) While everybody was …

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Annecy Report #3

In Robert Kohr’s Thursday Annecy report posted at AnimatorsUnite.com, he writes about the jubilant atmosphere of the screenings: the …

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TAKE AN INKER TO LUNCH

Would you like to talk to a woman who’s animation career spans more than 50 years?Women in Animation Los Angeles presents a salon …

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Annecy Report #1

I’d originally planned to write daily reports from Annecy, but there’s so much to see and do here that I’m not exactly finding a whole …

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AnimationMentor.Com

Here’s a website that looks quite promising: AnimationMentor.com. The concept is an on-line animation school where students can receive …

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SIAN KA’AN

Here’s more proof that there’s life after Disney.Raul Garcia, who was an animator at Disney on most of their major features of the past …

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HERITAGE AUCTION

Once again, my friends at HERITAGE COMICS AUCTIONS have released their latest drool-inducing catalog of “stuff I would buy if I were a …

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CHINESE TOM & JERRY

Reader “Lyris” sent this in: “You may or may not know about this, but there’s a DVD in China of Tom & Jerry featuring all the …

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