Events

Jerry’s October event calendar

If you can’t find me in October, you aren’t trying hard enough. But before we discuss October, tonight Cartoon Dump (9/27) returns with …

TV

Here comes The Hub

I don’t know about where you live, but popping up all over L.A. are these scary billboards (see above) promoting The Hub, Hasbro and …

Cartoon Culture

Fat Disney Princesses

BLAM! A series of obese Disney princesses drawn by Aly. Maybe they should lay off the Blam-burgers. More lovely ladies after the …

Shorts

Seventeen by Hisko Hulsing

It’s surprising that I’ve never written about Hisko Hulsing’s film Seventeen considering how much I enjoyed it when I saw it at Annecy in …

Shorts

Rubiks by Tom Bunker

A creepy film by Tom Bunker that revolves around a Rubik’s cube. The mixed media short was made at Kingston University in the UK. Another …

Illustration

Frank Frazetta (1928-2010)

His involvement with the animation world was relatively brief, but his inspiration to artists, animators and cartoonists, world over, …

Internet/Blogs

Tom Kenny interview

Podcast du jour: Jason Anders and “some creepy fan girl” do a very enjoyable phone interview with Tom Kenny at Fulle Circle Productions …

TV

Ugly just got Uglier…

This is not the ugliest kids show I’ve ever seen – but it comes darn close. Found among the 1,050 look-alike cartoon shows offered at …

Events

Halloween Animated Spook-tacular!

For the second year in a row, Brewmaster Jerry Beck will be programming a selection of strange and creepy Halloween related animated …

Books

Jerry’s Tuesday Triple Header

Take your pick: yours truly, Jerry Beck, will appear on stage, on screen and in print tomorrow, Tuesday October 21st. In Print: …

Advertising

Chester Cheetah in CG

Speaking of creepy CG translations of 2D characters, the new adult-targeted Cheetos ad campaign starring Chester Cheetah is highly …

Cartoon Culture

Band of Bugs

Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California, has an upcoming art show, A Band of Bugs, featuring work from animators and illustrators such as …

Disney

Disney exhibit at Forest Lawn

Some believe that the art of classic character animation is dead. So perhaps it’s quite fitting that the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale …

Disney

Disney Tiki Sculpture

I can’t decide if these are cool—or really creepy. These tiki garden statues are being sold through the Disney Stores …

Old Brew

Meet Zombie Redenbacher

One more interesting fact about this spot: it was directed at Digital Domain by none other than David Fincher (FIGHT CLUB, SE7EN), who …

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