Books

Saturday Book Review

If you ever wished one of the creators of a cartoon series on Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network would just explain everything about how they …

Cartoon Culture

Cap’n Crunch Retro

As we mourn the seemingly non-stop multilation of the beloved cartoon characters of our youth, let’s stop to applaud the decision by the …

Events

Animation Block Party in LA

NYC based Animation Block Party, is coming to Los Angeles this week. ABP is an annual New York festival dedicated to showcasing the …

Books

Seaweed and the Cure for Mildew

Ben Balistreri, currently a storyboard artist at Dreamworks on How to Train Your Dragon, and a character designer and board artist for …

Comics

Comic Cover Browser

Philipp Lenssen’s ambitious comics website Cover Browser attempts to compile the covers to every popular comic book ever published. He …

Classic

Thurl, Thurl, Thurl

Ahhh… The joys of Thurl collecting. If you love old cartoons (or are simply addicted to Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes) then you …

Advertising

Goodbye Toucan Sam

An era has ended. Kellogg’s has announced it will no longer market its sugared cereals to children. Kellogg’s also said it would stop …

Old Brew

CEREAL FIGURES FROM JAPAN

These little plastic Japanese statues are GRRR-REAT! Megahouse is making a whole series of these collectible Kellogg’s cereal character …

Old Brew

DC REPRINTS FOX & CROW!

Well not quite.The Fox and Crow, Flippity & Flop, Sugar & Spike, and Nutsy Squirrel are a few of the characters who get a page devoted to …

Old Brew

LINUS THE LIONHEARTED

One of the cleverest Saturday morning cartoons ever produced may never be seen again. LINUS THE LIONHEARTED (1964), produced by Ed Graham …

Old Brew

Friday Linkage

A few interesting animation artist websites I’ve run across recently… Ben Balistreri, who has done design work for Disney and …

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