Animators

Tony Peters R.I.P.

Animation writer Antony (Tony) Peters passed away this past Sunday in New York. He was a longtime Asifa-East board member and veteran …

Cartoon Culture

Sailor Man

Sailor Man, billed as a “darkly comic tribute to the exploits of a beloved spinach-eating seaman,” will premiere Aug. 9-22 as part of the …

Ideas/Commentary

Bone Marrow for Emru

Animation writer and critic Emru Townsend was diagnosed last December with leukemia and a condition called monosomy 7. He is in need of …

Old Brew

Restoring Santa and Rudolph

The boys and girls at one of my favorite stop-motion studios, Screen Novelties, were recently assigned an unlikely task: restoring the …

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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 …

CGI

OLI’S CHANCE

OLI’S CHANCE is a new German short that I discovered on character designer Harald Siepermann’s blog. The film can be viewed HERE (Windows …

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RUDOLPH RESTORED!

Several of the original animation puppets from the 1964 Rankin/Bass TV classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer have been found:”Stored …

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Song Cut From the Oscars

This story appeared in several papers today – but since subscription is required, we’ll post it complete below:Cut From the Oscars: …

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FRED PATTEN IN HOSPITAL

Good friend of the BREW, anime historian Fred Patten was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday, diagnosed with pneumonia.Fred is a Japanese …

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Collect All 99

Baby Tattoo is a new company I found out about while down at the San Diego Comic-Con. It’s a publishing company founded by Bob Self with …

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