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Oliver Postgate, RIP
 The BBC reports that British animator and TV show creator Oliver Postgate has passed away at age 83. He’s responsible for TV series like Ivor the Engine, the Clangers, the Pogles, Noggin the Nog |

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Cartoon Sushi
 No, we’re not referring to MTV’s old animation show; this is real cartoon sushi. Anna the Red creates aesthetically delightful cartoon bento boxes, including a lot of Mario and Miyazaki |

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The Flinstones on Broadway
 And you thought the live action movies were the end of it? Think again! I don’t know how I missed this news item buried in a story about writer Marco Pennette (Ugly Betty) in Daily Variety last |

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Sour Videos
 This isn’t new, but I feel the videos from the Japanese pop band Sour are certainly worthy of Brew attention. Hangetsu, above, combines hand shadows and animation; their latest, Omokage No Saki, |

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L.A. Critics say Wall•E Best Film of the Year
 Variety is reporting that the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. has named Disney/Pixar’s “Wall-E” its best picture of the year, the first time in its history that it has given its top |

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A Century of Stop-Motion Animation
 Has anybody gotten their hands on this book yet? A Century of Stop-Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman is co-authored by animation legend Ray Harryhausen and film historian Tony Dalton. It looks |

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TMS reassures its creators that business is good
 With the news that Tribune Co. has filed for chapter 11 to protect itself from creditors while it restructures its debt, Mary Elson, Tribune Media Syndicate managing editor, has sent an email to its |

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News Briefs for December 10, 2008
 » The Pulitzer Prize board has opened up the requirements to allow internet-only media to be considered for the prize.» uClick hopes to roll out hundreds of comics for the iPhone.» Bob |

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Raggedy Ann pencil test
 Sorry this is a bit hard to see, but it’s an early pencil test of Tissa David’s “Candy Hearts” sequence from Richard Williams Raggedy Ann and Andy (1977). I meant to post this |

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