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We wanted to take a quick timeout to thank Cartoon Brew’s sponsors from the last couple months. The support of these companies allows us …
While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished …
Comic art collector Eric Sack is an old friend who has perhaps the finest collection of original underground comix art in the United …
After surviving internment in concentration camps in the United States, these artists paved the way for Japanese-Americans in the animation industry.
Don’t Cry for Me, I’m Already Dead is a tearjerker of a comic about brothers who communicate only through Simpsons quotes. The artist is …
Kristen Morgan, an artist and professor at Cal State Long Beach, has a current installation in Hollywood which combines pop culture …
Here are three cartoon and film-related books that aren’t on my bookshelf but will be soon. The Adventures of Herge: Creator of …
Meltdown Comics in Hollywood is celebrating the “wonderfully mesmerizing phenomenon of ’80’s era cartoons” with a gallery show …
Visions of Frank is a dvd that came out last year collecting eight animated shorts by Japanese animators, all based on Jim Woodring’s …
Have enough animation books already? Here are ten books from the past year which, while not necessarily about animation, are well worth …
It’s not just blogs that offer valuable animation-related content nowadays. Here are three recent audio podcasts with three super …
“Holy Sh-t!” I gotta have this book. That was my reaction when I first saw it – and now I have it. I’d heard about the book, but had …
In the photo above, the guy on the left is yours truly, Jerry Beck, blathering on about the fine points of American animation to the guy …
Todd Goldman is a talented artist whose t-shirt/apparel company David and Goliath, Inc. made $90 million in 2004. That’s hardly a …
In this new installment of Alone, Stinking and Unafraid, Chris Robinson assesses the life of troubled Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who …
Forget the fact that Glenn Barr did backgrounds for Ren & Stimpy, or The New Woody Woodpecker Show, or has contributed to Mad Magazine …
A few weeks ago, I commended New York animator Pat Smith for making this comment in an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE interview: “The …
My first exposure to the talented artists at Blue Sky Studios was a couple years back when I wrote the ART OF ROBOTS book. The general …