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1600 BROADWAY
The site of the Fleischer Studio during it’s heyday of the 1930s is about to come down. An apartment building will probably take its …
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A Great Day In Iceland
The Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – would like to thank Ken Pontac for being our “Guest Brewer” the last couple months and …
INCREDIBLES PREMIERE PARTY
I was invited at the last minute, last night, to attend the world premiere party for THE INCREDIBLES. Antran Manoogian (president of …
Engel and Braxton History
Here’s a two-minute VIDEO CLIP of the late Jules Engel discussing a conflict he had with Walt Disney about a cartoon frog. He also takes …
Classic Disney Artists In Their Own Words
I’m excited about WALT’S PEOPLE – TALKING DISNEY WITH THE ARTISTS WHO KNEW HIM, a new book project being edited by Didier Ghez. Each book …
GENNDY INTERVIEW
Genndy Tartakovsky discusses his Emmy win, Samurai Jack, Clone Wars and his forthcoming ASTRO BOY feature with the Chicago Sun Times.
AN OPEN LETTER TO COMCAST
Sony officially announced it’s intent to buy MGM this week. To raise the billion-dollar plus asking price needed to make the purchase, …
The John Kricfalusi Interview, Part 1
An interesting thought occured to me as I was reading this intense exchange of cartoon ideologies between John Kricfalusi and …
GOLDEN AGE CARTOONS
Seven dedicated classic cartoon historians have banded their websites together under a new central banner Golden Age Cartoons.GAC is run …
The Best Anime Blog
Since discovering his site a few weeks ago, Ben Ettinger’s AniPages Daily has become one of my favorite blogs around, which is perhaps …
BILLY WEST INTERVIEW
Radio talk show host Alex Bennett interviewed cartoon voice actor Billy West back in April on Sirius satellite radio – and now it’s on …
THE VOICE HAS BEEN SILENCED
Jackson Beck (no relation to ye Brewmaster), the Voice of Bluto, Brutus, the narrator of radio’s (and Filmation’s) Superman, Buzzy the …
MY COMIC CON PLANS
The San Diego Comic Con is so huge (80,000+ people expected this year), so overwhelming, so impossible to meet up with friends that I’m …
THE BUZZ ON “PRIDE”
This doesn’t sound too good:Silence greeted the NBC sales presentation of FATHER OF THE PRIDE, the Dreamworks CG animated comedy based on …
Genndy’s New Gig
Genndy Tartakovsky (creator of SAMURAI JACK and DEXTER’S LABORATORY) has been signed by Sony Pictures to write and direct a live-action …
Sketchbooks Galore
Last week I wrote about Stephen Silver’s excellent new art book. I also saw another great hardcover sketchbook recently (thanks Bob) – …
Katzenberg Genius Moment of the Week
Here’s a photo of Will Smith, Angelina Jolie and Jack Black at the Cannes Film Festival riding atop an inflatable SHARK TALE pool toy. …
Tim Biskup’s 100 Paintings
Tim Biskup’s new book 100 PAINTINGS is tiny – about 5″ x 5″ – but that’s because the 100 paintings in it are even tinier – 3-1/2″ x …
The TV Animation Business Part 2
How Multinational Corporations Thrive As I mentioned in the last installment, the paradox of the TV business is that the increasing …
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