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Popeye Update

Once again, the original title from Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves. This time I was able to grab the frame from the DVD …

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Popeye DVD: Bonus Materials

This is the original main title, unseen for 70 years, to Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves, shot with my cel phone camera …

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Viacom sells Famous Music

Well, there goes Popeye the Sailor Man, It’s A Hap-Hap Happy Day and Casper The Friendly Ghost. Not the characters (they were sold off …

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Popeye DVD

Here it comes! The first official release of the classic Max Fleischer cartoons on DVD, from Warner Home Video (who own the master …

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Id These Pig Cels

Brew readers with a keen eye and a vast knowledge of Disney TV and movies, here’s a question for you. These cels (above) were recently …

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LOONEY TUNES TOYS

DC Direct, the action figure division of DC Comics, is releasing a series of Looney Tunes figures this spring which look pretty hot. The …

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POPEYE PANCHINKO

Reader Aaron Neathery sends in this observation:I saw this on Ebay and had to share. I really, really don’t understand Pachinko, but the …

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ANIME LOST & FOUND

Here in the U.S., the fine folks over at The Right Stuff are looking for several lost episodes (in 16mm) of the original 1963 ASTRO BOY …

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OLIVE’S SWEEPSTAKES TICKET

Brew reader Tony Sykes in Sydney Australia spotted this down under:I was somewhat shocked the other day when I saw a prime-time TV …

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One More François Fan

SHEEP IN THE BIG CITY creator and super-successful children’s book author/illustrator Mo Willems writes to express his admiration for …

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André François, RIP

Another major cartoonist of the 20th century has passed away. Romanian-born André François, whose drawing style was imitated …

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POPEYE’S PIPE

Not to prolong any debate about Popeye’s politics, but we just received this missive from Dana Larsen, editor of Cannabis Culture …

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THE SIMPSONS DO CARL BARKS

Highly recommended is the latest issue of SIMPSONS COMICS (#102, now on sale) featuring a tribute/spoof of Western Publishing Carl Barks …

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Preserved Popeye

The Library of Congress has announced its 2004 additions to the National Film Registry, and there are two cartoons on it: Fleischer’s …

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Remembering J.P. Miller

Here at Cartoon Brew, we are pleased to present this exclusive remembrance of animation/illustration legend J.P. Miller, who recently …

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POPEYE SCRAPS THE J—!

Funniest thing I’ve seen in weeks!Camp Chaos imagines Popeye going anime – a hallucinatory cross between Dragonball Z, Star Blazers and …

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Popeye’s Darkest Hour

I can’t imagine how awful Mainframe’s CG Popeye looks in motion, but these stills are disgusting enough. Frank Panucci, who posted the …

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CARTOON SNACK BREAK

I’m still hungover from two mind-blowing nights of classic cartoons with John K. at the Egyptian theatre. So while I recover, here’s an …

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