Classic

The Rarest Looney Tunes of All

For years I’ve been trying to make the case for The Bugs Bunny Show. This was the original ABC TV series which first brought the …

Animators

Get Well, Mel?

Above and below are two parts of one interesting piece of WB ephemera that that one of our readers (who wishes to remain anonymous) …

CGI

Andrew Stanton Talks Wall-E

IGN has an interview with director Andrew Stanton about Pixar’s next feature Wall-E. The following comment from Stanton perfectly …

Chuck Jones, Ken Harris, and Ben Washam
Animators

Animators at Work

Animator David Nethery has created a wonderful photo album of classic and contemporary animators at their animation desks.

Animators

Update at the Ken Harris website

John Dyson, the grandson of master animator Ken Harris (1898-1982) started a website last year to post artwork, photographs and ephemera …

Classic

June Foray hears a… “Who?”

I was speaking to June Foray today and was surprised to find out she isn’t in the cast of the currently-in-production CG Horton Hears A …

Cartoon Culture

Hidden Message?

Jake Friedman sent this one in. Above is a still from Chuck Jones Now Hear This (1963). Below is a Morse Code decoder. Jake says: I …

Books

Animation Artist Autobiographies

Inspired by Michael Sporn’s recent series of posts about his favorite animation books, I wanted to share this list I’d compiled a while …

Classic

Bugs Bunny presents…

Okay, this post is only for rabid Warner Bros. cartoon fans desparate to see any lost bits and pieces of animation created by the …

Old Brew

Upcoming ASIFA-Hollywood Events

Next week, on Wednesday January 10th, if you are in L.A. and are a member of ASIFA, you can join me at Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank …

Old Brew

COYOTE CATCHES ROAD RUNNER

Scenes We’d Like To See Dept. Our thanks to Brew reader Steve Austin who sent in this incredible drawing by Chuck Jones.Sorry for the …

Old Brew

The Greatest Animation Event Ever?

Animation festivals are fine nowadays, but I can’t think of any event that could possibly compare to the Montreal Expo’s World Exhibition …

Old Brew

TIMBERWOLF

In case you were wondering (like I was the other night) what ever happened to Chuck Jones’s final productions, the Thomas J. Timberwolf …

Old Brew

Amid’s Notes from Ottawa 2006

The 2006 edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival marked my fourth straight year that I’ve attended the festival. Instead …

Old Brew

HE-MAN BLOG

I will never understand the appeal of HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, but to many of our readers under the age of 30, nostalgia …

Old Brew

Friz Freleng Blog-A-Thon

We mentioned this last month and completely forgot about it. Today is director Friz Freleng’s 100th birthday (or his 101st or 102nd, …

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