Events

CARTOON DUMP – LIVE!

Starting next Tuesday, Frank Conniff and I will presenting our live comedy show, Cartoon Dump, once a month at the Steve Allen Theatre in …

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Fred Seibert on Pitching

Fred Seibert, the only major animation producer who has his own blog, weighs in with his thoughts on the recent discussion about pitching …

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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 …

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CEREAL BOX CARTOONS

The relationship between animated cartoons and breakfast cereal goes back to the 1930s. But it was the weekly TV cartoons shows of the …

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CARTOONS: NO LAUGHING MATTER

Heads up, New Yorkers! The Film Forum is presenting CARTOONS: No Laughing Matter?, a program of new animated shorts begining Wednesday, …

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Captain Capitalism

The latest Flash episode of CAPTAIN CAPITALISM, “To Bleep or not to Bleep”, deserves some kind of award for its final iris-out gag, …

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OH YEAH! CARTOONS

Heads up all you creative types: Frederator Studios is calling for new submissions for a fourth season of Oh Yeah! Cartoons to be …

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CARTOON REMAKES

Unlike Amid (see commentary below), I’m not against the idea of reviving classic cartoon characters. For me, it’s all about how they are …

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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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