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Dick Van Dyke And Terrytoons

Dick Van Dyke. The star of Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bye Bye Birdie and Diagnosis Murder. He was “Chairman of TV LAND”, …

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Fleischer At The Trocadero

Dave Fleischer left Miami based Fleischer Studios in 1942 and bolted to the west coast where he was offered the job of producer, …

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NEW ANDY PANDA AND OSWALD

Who says they don’t make ’em like they used to? Everything old is new again… Over at Ain’t It Cool News they’ve got some nice pics from …

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Two New Books

Two great new books, mentioned prevously on this site, have finally been published and both are a lot better than I imagined – and highly …

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JIM FLORA INSPIRATION

Art by Jim Flora is being posted by guest blogger Irwin Chusid this week on Leif Peng’s Today’s Inspiration blog. Chusid, author/editor …

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RIK MAKI AT VAN EATON GALLERIES

Rik Maki began his career as a baseball pitcher in the minor leagues for seven years before trading in his wooden bat for a wooden …

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BEFORE WALT

For years, Ray Pointer of Inkwell Images has been compiling the best of early American cartoon art and preserving animation history …

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YO GABBA GABBA

Could this be the coolest kids show since Pee-Wee’s Playhouse? YO GABBA GABBA has that surreal-1970s Kroft-meets-New Zoo Revue vibe, and …

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Korgoth of Barbaria

I don’t like to use the term “genius” a lot, but if there’s anybody working in the current industry scene who can be classified as such, …

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JANET KLEIN PLUG

Regular Brew readers already know that once a month (the first Thursday of each month) Jerry Beck shows vintage 16mm musical shorts and …

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SGT. DAVE MONAHAN

In honor of Memorial Day, we are happy to once again highlight this link to Sue Larkin’s tribute blog to her dad, Warner Bros. storyman …

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ALEX TOTH (1928-2006)

Comic book artist and legend Alex Toth passed away on Saturday, May 27th, at age 78. Toth contributed significantly to animation – …

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TEN TURNING POINTS

I was asked to write an article for today’s Variety on the top ten “turning points” in animation history. The idea was to celebrate the …

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SPRITE ANIMATION

Sprite Animation Studios has set up shop over at the Howard Hughes Center in West Los Angeles. The image above is from their first …

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CalArts at MoMA

“TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures” is an ambitious film program (curated by Josh Siegel) that aims to document the work of …

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NEW BOOKS

I caught up with Leonard Maltin last week and he told me about two new books he contributed to – and I think you ought to to know about …

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More Disney Insignia

A bit of a follow-up to all the recent posts about Disney insignia from WWII (here and here). There is currently an exhibition at the …

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