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A Tale of Old Whiff

(click on the image above to see more of this model sheet) With so much attention being paid nowadays to film gimmickry like …

Books

A Book About Golden Books

Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children’s Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became An American Icon Along the Way is a book …

Disney

New Pixar Little Golden Book

I’ve been going ga-ga over the Disney and Pixar Little Golden Books for several years now. Jenny Lerew tipped us off to the new …

Books

Halas & Batchelor Cartoons

Though mentioned on the Brew back in May, I just stumbled upon a copy of Halas & Batchelor Cartoons today, at my local Barnes and …

Old Brew

3-D CARTOON FESTIVAL

I’m telling you for the last time! Tomorrow afternoon, Saturday September 16th at 3:30pm, a once in a lifetime screening of all six …

Old Brew

SDCC: Cartoon Modern

My book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION will be making its official debut in San Diego this week. These are the …

Old Brew

Cartoons, Copyright and YouTube

So, what’s new in the world of animation this week? Well, YouTube has bowed to pressure from the movie studios and removed hundreds of …

Old Brew

A LOST WARNER BROS. CARTOON

Thanks to the restoration efforts of Warner Home Video, and the series of Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets, there are (or will be) …

Old Brew

Rick Goldschmidt sings!

I have no idea if this new CD by animation historian Rick Goldschmidt is any good – but any excuse to post some new artwork by animation …

Old Brew

More about Cartoon Network

I received this email from a former Cartoon Network artist, who prefers to remain anonymous but has worked on a number of their projects …

Animators

Charles Solomon on Talky Cartoons

One of my biggest grievances against contemporary animation is that characters won’t shut up. Too often in American animation, dialogue …

Animators

Classic Cartoon Video Podcasts

Michael Barrier posted an article excerpt on his site from yesterday’s WALL STREET JOURNAL that said the Vintage ToonCast, which is an …

Old Brew

GO FOR THE GOLD

I know Jerry has already mentioned this, but it’s worth doing so again. I received my copy of GO FOR THE GOLD: A MEATHAUS SKETCHBOOK when …

Old Brew

WORST CARTOONS EVER

Super PresidentThe 2005 San Diego Comic Con was overwhelming. Huge crowds, movie stars, people in costumes… and, oh yeah, a couple of …

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