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I’ve been Barrier’d
In the world of animation, you can’t get Punk’d, only Barrier’d. For those who aren’t aware of the meaning of this new verb I just made …
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Amid in Ottawa, Eh?
Tomorrow I’m off to the yearly North American gathering of the animation tribe, otherwise known as the Ottawa International Animation …
Fall ’06 Animation Reading
I just realized that I never did an announcement here on the Brew to let everybody know that my book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN …
Ed Benedict (1912-2006), RIP
Earlier this evening I received word from Van Partible and David Sheldon that animation legend Ed Benedict passed away in his sleep this …
DISNEY TREASURES: THE COMIC BOOK
No, this isn’t a picture of the latest Disney Treasures DVD. It’s a new trade paperback from Gemstone Publishing, and another …
Paul Scheurich at Comic-Con
Speaking of prints, the image above is a vintage lithograph that I picked up in San Diego (click on it for a larger version). The company …
1936 ARTICLE ON FLEISCHER 3-D SETS
One of my last-second purchases on Sunday, just before I left the San Diego Comic Con, was snagging this copy of the November 1936 issue …
SDCC: Out of Picture
My first exposure to the talented artists at Blue Sky Studios was a couple years back when I wrote the ART OF ROBOTS book. The general …
Two Classic Commercials
A very random post. Here’s a couple interesting commercials I recently saw on YouTube. The first is a beautifully animated spot for the …
Floyd Norman on Working in the Disney Bullpen
Veteran animation artist Floyd Norman has written a great piece for Jim Hill Media about what it was like to work in the Disney “bullpen” …
ARF MUSEUM
Last year I raved about Craig Yoe’s Modern Arf, but I just got a copy of Yoe’s follow up, Arf Museum, and it’s even better. Is it a book? …
Deitch’s Terrible Comic Strip Back in Print
This September, Fantagraphics is reprinting animation director Gene Deitch’s rarely seen mid-Fifties syndicated comic strip TERR’BLE …
POPEYE RESTORATION AT MOMA
New Yorkers: DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!The Museum Of Modern Art (as part of their annual film preservation festival) will be screening a fully …
BABY BUGGY BUNNY (1954) = LITTLE MAN (2006)
I had a theory years ago… the greatest generator of modern Hollywood movie ideas must be the plot synopsis sections of Leonard Maltin’s …
The Making of Pinocchio
Brew reader Chris Olson found an old issue of POPULAR MECHANICS with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of PINOCCHIO, and he was kind …
UPA’S TELL TALE HEART
I guess there is no escaping the fact that it’s UPA week here at CARTOON BREW and on Amid’s CARTOON MODERN (Mike Sporn’s Splog has even …
My Book Has a Cover
As folks may recall, I put out a call for help last December asking readers to offer their suggestions on the cover for my book, CARTOON …
Gordon Parks’s Animation connection
The passing of legendary American photographer/filmmaker Gordon Parks reminds me of an interesting fact I learned while researching my …
UPA Tribute in LA
The Egyptian Theatre website has posted more information about their highly anticipated UPA tribute taking place Sunday, March 26. It’s …
NEW DISNEY BOOKS OF NOTE
University Press of Mississippi has two great new Disney books coming out in the next few months. Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney …
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