Classic

Thurl, Thurl, Thurl

Ahhh… The joys of Thurl collecting. If you love old cartoons (or are simply addicted to Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes) then you …

Events

Woody Woodpecker event

In honor of the forthcoming Woody Woodpecker and Friends DVD box set (on sale July 24th), Universal Pictures will be holding a premiere …

TV

The Beagles

In all my years of watching and collecting animated cartoons, only a scant few of the shows I grew up with have eluded my review in …

Books

The CIA and the Filming of Animal Farm

When the CIA isn’t busy destabilizing other countries, they apparently like to help animation studios create cartoons. At least that’s …

Cartoon Culture

Brew Radio: TODAY!

Here’s the reminder: yours truly, Jerry Beck, will appear on a live Internet radio chat today at 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific. I will be …

Cartoon Culture

Brew Radio on Wednesday

Yours truly, Brewmaster Jerry Beck, will appear on a live Internet radio chat Wednesday afternoon (4/25) at 4pm. I will be joined by …

BrewFilms

Mark Kausler’s It’s The Cat

Today we are very proud to add a new title to the CartoonBrewFilms library. Mark Kausler’s engaging and heartfelt homage to 1930s …

Books

New Animation Magazines

Two new animation magazines appeared in my mailbox last week. Both are very well done, though aimed at completely different …

BrewFilms

Announcing CartoonBrewFilms

We are happy and excited to announce the launch of CartoonBrewFilms.com, a new site that makes the world’s finest animated shorts …

Illustration

Animators Up for Pulitzer Prize

The journalism trade magazine, Editor and Publisher is reporting that the three cartoonists reported to be Pulitzer Award finalists all …

Cartoon Culture

A Coffeeshop for Animators

Finally, somebody has combined two of my passions: coffee and cartoons. Flip Cafe is a coffeeshop in Bangkok that, according to their …

Old Brew

Zagreb Film

What happens when a bunch of young animation artists are given their own animation studio and assigned to create hundreds of animated …

Old Brew

CEREAL OBSESSION

After old comic books and classic animated cartoons, the number #3 most influential art to aspiring animators has to be on cereal boxes. …

Old Brew

The Less You Know…

Below is an excerpt from an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE article about the new Cartoon Network series CLASS OF 3000. In it, the show’s …

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

Terry Teachout on Why YouTube Rocks

Despite some missteps on YouTube’s part, like the unnecessary removal of dozens of public domain cartoons from its site, I’m still a huge …

Old Brew

JERRY IN OTTAWA

Today’s a travel day. I’m on my way to Ottawa to attend the International Animation Festival, this time as a spectator. Last year I was a …

Old Brew

YAM ROLL

Animation designer Pete Emslie wants us to to be aware of a new Canadian cartoon show. Pete writes:I’d like to direct your attention to …

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