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Olive Oyl sells sauce

A live action-animation TV commercial starring Olive Oyl has caught my eye. It’s currently airing as part of an advertising campaign for …

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WALT’S VAULT 28

Just last week I’d been posting on the upscale urban merchandising initiative Warner Bros. is promoting in an effort to contemporize the …

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 …

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KRAZY KAT SCREENING

ASIFA-Hollywood will be screening a dozen extremely rare KRAZY KAT cartoons on Saturday October 29th at 3pm – at the AFI in …

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TODAY’S OPUS

I don’t know if anyone else noticed today’s OPUS strip by Berkeley Breathed – but it certainly caught my eye. (If anyone can lead me to …

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CARTOON REMAKES

Unlike Amid (see commentary below), I’m not against the idea of reviving classic cartoon characters. For me, it’s all about how they are …

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Remembering J.P. Miller

Here at Cartoon Brew, we are pleased to present this exclusive remembrance of animation/illustration legend J.P. Miller, who recently …

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BUTTONS & PINS

One of my little hobbies beyond (but related to) animated cartoons is collecting buttons of cartoon characters. Specifically, I like …

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