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The NY Times Compares Walt Disney to Hitler for Apparently No Reason
In last weekend’s NY Times Sunday Magazine, the paper published a profile of artist Paul McCarthy in connection with his new show WS …
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Disney Hand-Drawn Animation Still Exists…As Papercraft
Why produce expensive hand-drawn animation when you can placate your audience for the cost of lunch at Spago’s? Animation artist Henrique …
BREAKING: Disney Just Gutted Their Hand-Drawn Animation Division [UPDATED]
Nine top Disney animation veterans were laid off today including Nik Ranieri, Ruben Aquino, and Brian Ferguson.
Screenwriting Teacher Claims He Wrote Disney’s “Tangled,” But Film’s Director Says He Didn’t [UPDATED]
Are you an aspiring screenwriter who dreams of creating magical and intimate moments that simply teem in human behavior? If you answered …
RIP: Edward Levitt, 96, Disney Background Painter and Cartoon Modern Designer
Edward Levitt, an unsung hero of the Golden Age of animation, has died. He was 96. Levitt died on Tuesday, April 2, in Palmdale, …
Walt Kelly’s Even-More-Lost “Pogo” Storyboard
Here’s a little added-bonus to the recent post about Walt Kelly’s self-animated Pogo short.. Before he began animating, Walt Kelly laid …
Rediscovering Walt Kelly’s Lost “Pogo” Short
If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. Walt Kelly had had a regrettable experience making The Pogo Special …
Disney Is Producing New Mickey Mouse Shorts and Premiered the First One Today [UPDATED]
Disney unveiled a new Mickey Mouse short today called Croissant de Triomphe, that can be viewed HERE. It is one of 19 new shorts that …
How Disney Bought Lucasfilm
Good long-read in Businessweek about how Disney bought the Star Wars franchise and Lucasfilm. The article is short on major revelations, …
Disney’s “Paperman” full short now online
Directed by John Kahrs - and talked about frequently here on the Brew - Disney has just posted the complete film online.
Advance Praise for the Book That Disney Doesn’t Want You To Read
This week was supposed to be the release date of my biography about artist, animator and director Ward Kimball. However, my publisher, …
Four Fantastic New Books: On McKimson, Gottfredson, Henson and Wreck-It Ralph!
To recap: this season has already brought two must-have books – J.B. Kaufman’s Snow White history, The Fairest One Of All and Charles …
The Disney Purchase of Lucasfilm: What Does It Mean?
Disney’s $4.05 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm has generated more questions than answers. The Mouse has made it clear that they bought …
Disney Buys Lucasfilm, “Star Wars” Franchise for $4 Billion [UPDATED]
It’s not April Fools’ Day. The Walt Disney Company is acquiring Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise for $4.05 billion. The press …
Jeannette Thomas, Widow Of Legendary Disney Animator Frank Thomas, and Gamble House Historian/Author, Dies At Age 91
Jeanette Armentrout Thomas, the widow of legendary Disney animator Frank Thomas (one of Walt Disney’s renowned “Nine Old Men”), …
Rhinestone Gorilla Burlesque Presents “Good Idea/Bad Idea: A Fully Scripted Burlesque Tribute To ‘Animaniacs'”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mYOp3Q7-cw with a performance by Rob Paulsen–the original voice of Yakko and Pinky–and all live …
Disney Promotes Programming Execs at Disney Channel
Jennilee Cummings has been promoted to Vice President, Disney Channel and Disney XD Original Series, and Nikki Reed has been named Vice …
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Wreck-It Ralph” Scores Big with Composer Henry Jackman, Plus Original Music from Skrillex, AKB48, Owl City and Buckner & Garcia
BURBANK, Calif. (Sept. 13, 2012) – The story of an arcade-game bad guy who embarks on a quest to prove he’s really a good guy, …
Walt Disney Animation Studios Debuted Newly Restored, Once-Thought-Lost 1928 Oswald Short “Hungry Hobos” At Telluride Film Festival
BURBANK, Calif. (Sept. 4, 2012) —Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) debuted a newly restored digital print of the once-thought-lost …
William A. Emmons: The Disney Animator Who Almost Was
The old adage goes that history is written by the victors. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t other stories worth telling. Recently, I’ve …
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