Disney

Was Bambi Jewish?

Was Bambi Jewish? It sounds like the setup to an unfunny "Family Guy" joke, but it's actually the fascinating argument put forth by Paul Reitter, an author and professor at Ohio State, in a newly published "Jewish Review of Books" piece entitled "Bambi’s Jewish Roots."

Bill Schwab
Artist of the Day

Artist of the Day: Bill Schwab

It's Frozen week on Cartoon Brew's Artist of the Day, and so we continue to feature artists who worked on Disney's latest feature. Bill Schwab works as a character designer and visual development artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios. On "Frozen" he is credited as supervising the character design work.

Talkback

“Free Birds” Reader Talkback

Dallas animation studio Reel FX makes their big splash into animated features this weekend with the release of their first film Free …

Ideas/Commentary

“Turmoil in the Toy Box” Revisited

Author Phil Phillips spent the 1980s warning parents about the occult forces in children's TV animation. While his notoriety has passed, fear of the messages in cartoons still exists today.

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