Books

Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy

If you haven’t been a regular reader of Leonard Maltin’s website or his quarterly newsletter – both named Movie Crazy – you should be. …

Disney

Return of the Gremlins

Dark Horse Comics has announced a Disney Gremlins book-signing taking place next week. A special signing at the Disney Soda Fountain and …

Shorts

Goobies

Brew reader Michael Losure is a graduate student at the Texas A&M Viz lab who recently finished work on a couple of projects worth a …

TV

Rubik the Amazing Cube

One of the silliest cartoon shows ever contrived by network executives and foist upon kids, back in those deep dark days of network …

Shorts

Oscar Possibilities

Circulating amongst the animation blogs this past week was a very shortlist of possible nominees in the Animation Short Film category. …

Feature Film

“Beowulf” Blitzer

Two animated films led the U.S. Box office this weekend: Beowulf came in first place, and Bee Movie is holding strong in second …

Cartoon Culture

Casper’s got Balls

A former minor-league baseball club known as the Casper Rockies will now be known as the Casper Ghosts. The club unveiled their new …

BrewFilms

Cartoon Dump #6: Sir Gee Whiz

Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Happy Harmonies… and it all came down to this: Sir Gee Whiz On The Other Side Of The Moon. Needless to …

Comics

When Richie Rich was cool

I know it’s hard to believe, but Richie Rich was a cool dude once. Once upon a time the character, originally created by Harvey …

CGI

Casper’s Scare School

I like Casper. But I hate those direct-to-video CG Casper movies. However, I just became aware of this new Casper movie which played …

Events

Too Art For TV, Too

The first one was a big success, so here comes Too Art for TV, Too, the second annual exhibition of personal art by New York’s animation …

Advertising

Classic Seventies Advertising

Chris Padilla recently hipped me to some visually striking animated spots from the 1970s. Chris actually showed some of these commercials …

Disney

New Peter Pan DVD Ruined?

I haven’t seen the new Peter Pan 2-Disc Platinum Edition, but according to the prolific UK animation director Oscar Grillo, the dvd is a …

Old Brew

Cars Kleenex In Iraq?

This may be the silliest observation ever posted on the Brew, but I was reading the paper today and I couldn’t help staring at this photo …

Old Brew

Casper Comics

Leslie Cabarga and I are conspiring to get you to be friendly to Casper – his comics that is!I’ve made no secret of my love for the …

Old Brew

Piccolo, Saxo and Company

What is it with The Weinstein Company? Harvey Weinstein is perhaps the smartest and savviest of the current Hollywood moguls, but his …

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