National Film Registry adds “Pink Panther”, “Tarantella”
Each year the National Film Preservation Board of The Library of Congress names 25 “culturally, historically or aesthetically” …
Each year the National Film Preservation Board of The Library of Congress names 25 “culturally, historically or aesthetically” …
Looking for holiday gifts for that special animation someone…or maybe just for yourself. Look no further than Cartoon Brew’s 2010 …
That’s me and Amid, John Lasseter and our late friends Walt Disney and Chuck Jones in the latest “Starring You” Sendable Christmas video …
The legacy of animation designer/writer John Dunn (1920-1983) is secure–if unheralded–as the writer of hundreds of animated shorts …
There’s a holiday weekend coming up – and as usual, I’ll be spending most of it in a darkened theatre – starting tonight! I’ll …
Ron Cole, the person who made the cable-controlled skull mechanism for the Chuck Liddell puppet in the Lipton Brisk ad, directed and …
This Friday, May 14th, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will host its annual Marc Davis Celebration of Animation. This …
Concept art from John Hubley’s Finian’s Rainbow This repost of John Canemaker’s article about John Hubley’s unproduced feature …
Dear Sesame Street, We, the undersigned, would like to register our concern over the contest you are now conducting with Aniboom. We …
Back around 1975-1977 there was a 3rd-rate non-union animation studio in New York that many of my friends worked for. It was called …
Here is second installment of Cartoon Brew’s guide to the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. Below are my recommended picks of animation panels …
When Shamus Culhane took over the creative controls of the Paramount Animation Studio in 1966, he clearly understood the opportunity he …
This week we open the Brew Vaults to examine the various ways the world’s first super-hero was animated, portrayed and even lampooned in …
Thank you Mark Evanier for pointing us towards a must-read L.A. Times article by former Chuck Jones/Bill Melendez/Richard Williams …
Inappropriate it may be, but the music video for Lele’s “Breakfast” gets a chuckle out of me. The raunchy lyrics (NSFW) are made that …
Last year Joe Dante (Looney Tunes Back In Action) established a terrific website called Trailers From Hell, featuring audio commentary by …
The San Diego Comic Con commences next week and I’ll be there. If you want to meet me and say hello, I’ll be signing copies of my book …
John and Faith Hubley in Annecy Cima Balser, the wife of animation director Bob Balser, has written a fantastic piece for AWN about …
The tortured history of the TMS feature film Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland (1992) could rival that of Richard Williams The Thief …
Cartoonist Rex Hackelberg has posted a ton of development artwork that he created for a project called The KidMan and Lemon Show. The …