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1970s Cracked Magazine accurately predicted 2009

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:02:16 -0700

This post is slightly OT, as I am discussing print cartoons, not animated cartoons. I received several old issues of Cracked Magazine over the holidays and I couldn’t help noticing how one humor piece, predicting life in the 21st Century, was surprisingly accurate.“Today’s Swinger is Tomorrow’s Square”, illustrated by John Severin, appeared in the 1974 [...]
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The Velveteen Rabbit Trailer

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:02:14 -0700

Thought of the moment: someday in a more enlightened future there will exist a court of law where we can bring to justice the people responsible for animated atrocities like The Velveteen Rabbit. No child should be forced to endure cartoons this ugly and poorly made.(Thanks, Ryan McCulloch)
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'WordGirl' Animation Meets the Upright Citizens Brigade

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:02:12 -0700

The local Hollywood UCB theater will play host to Dorothea Gillim's heroine of the english language in late January. Two events, one a live onstage reading with popular comedians, the other a family screening, offer the public a chance to experience 'The Adventures of WordGirl' like never before. The animated edu-comedy is a production of Soup2Nuts and Scholastic Media.
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Barkeater Lake turns 10; go read anniversary blog

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:02:10 -0700

Corey Pandolph’s Barkeater Lake turns 10 years old this year. It was first called Social Order and ran in the Casco Bay Weekly in Portland, ME before being picked up in 2002 by United Media and ran on comics.com with the new title Barkeater Lake. In commemoration of the last 10 years, Corey has launched [...]
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Rall picks another fight, this one with Newsweek

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:02:08 -0700

After writing a plucky letter to Time Magazine for their selection of Top 10 editorial cartoons for 2008, AAEC President Ted Rall has written a letter to the editor of Newsweek regarding their cartoon selections. It reads:To the Editor:There’s a saying among political cartoonists: “I thought my cartoon was good. But then it appeared in [...]
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Comic strip finalists announced for Weblogs Award

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:02:06 -0700

The 2008 Weblog Award finalists have been announced. In the category of best comic strip, the final 10 include: Day By Day, Calamities of Nature, Town Called Dobson, Garfield Without Garfield, What The Duck, The Book of Biff, Medium Large, Dilbert, Jesus and Mo and xkcd.Voting begins sometime today through the 12th. On a related [...]
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Boondocks Garden Party Part2

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:27 -0700

Boondocks A huey freeman Xmas part2 of 3

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:26 -0700

Boondocks Season 2 Epi 8 Ballin part2

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:25 -0700

Boondocks S1 Epi 7 A Huey Freeman Xmas(santa stalker) Part1

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:23 -0700

Boondocks The Garden Party Part1

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:22 -0700

Boondocks The Itis Part 2

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:20 -0700

Black Jesus is the Cure

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:19 -0700

Boondocks Passion of Rukus Part 3 of 3

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:18 -0700

slibling fight

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:18 -0700

Boondocks A huey freeman Xmas Part 3 of 3

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:16 -0700

Boondocks the Itis Part1

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:15 -0700

Boondocks season 2 Epi 8 Ballin part1

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:14 -0700

Boondocks Passion of Rukus Part 2 of 3

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:12 -0700

Boondocks The passion Of Rukus Part 1 of 3

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:10 -0700

Riley vs Huey [HD] Mode!

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:09 -0700

Huey and Riley fight

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:07 -0700

Boondocks Redub:Popcorn Scene

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:06 -0700

boondocks season 2 theme song

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:05 -0700

boondocks riley vs huey shooting

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:04 -0700

Boondocks Story of gangstalicious part2

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:03 -0700

Dreamworks to broadcast 3D MvA trailer

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:02:08 -0700

Leave it to Jeffery. No stone is left unturned in promoting a Dreamworks animated feature. Now comes word that the studio will telecast a 3D trailer for Monsters Vs. Aliens during the Super Bowl on Sunday February 1st.The special 3D glasses required, which are of the old comic book variety (anaglyph, red and blue), will [...]
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2009 Animation Book Preview

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:02:07 -0700

While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished our thirst for print animation books. To the contrary, there are more and better quality animation books being published today than ever before. This new year promises to be no different with a [...]
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Your Chance to Make The Ultimate Music Video

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:02:05 -0700

I have a feeling that 2009 is going to be an awesome year. The new year is only three days old and already amazing opportunities are popping up in my email. Just this morning, musician Nigel emailed me about his cartoon character Surf Rat and he wants ME to animate him! I’m a little busy [...]
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Disturbing Kids Cartoons

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:02:03 -0700

Too violent, too scary, too depressing and no longer suitable for kids! On Tuesday January 13th, at 8pm I’m returning to the Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood with a full program of classic cartoons no longer shown on television and not on DVD. This time the theme is cartoons originally made for children, but no [...]
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Swedish Designer Exands Hello Kitty Brand

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:02:04 -0700

Swedish fashion designer Bea Szenfeld, with international licensing and marketing group Plus Licens, recently hosted the Hello Kitty Celebration Party. The exhibition celebrated classic and contemporary Hello Kitty consumer products. Plus Licens announced that Szenfeld would partner with Eastern European home textiles group Almedahls for a new line of teen merchandise.
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Miffy Migrates to Fashionable Nordic Territories

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:02:02 -0700

Dick Bruna's famous little bunny design for preschool readers has been acquired under license by regional brand managers Kidz Entertainment/EEMC, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Miffy brand will make an appearance in high end retailer KappAhl in the near future, as local partners plan to expand the property's appeal to teenage girls. The 120th 'Miffy' book is due this year.
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Road Runner Float

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:02:07 -0700

As a follow up to my post yesterday about the Road Runner and Coyote float in today’s Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, here’s the coverage from KTLA. Moderators Stephanie Edwards and Bob Eubanks get points for mentioning Paul Julian (correctly) and Leon Schlesinger (erroneously), but earn a demerit for not pointing out Linda Jones [...]
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Cab Calloway in Cartoons

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:02:03 -0700

In case you were wondering if anyone has started archiving all the caricatures of Cab Calloway in classic Hollywood cartoons… I suggest you check the amazing French language Hi-De-Ho Blog. Among its treasures are links and frame grabs to Calloway’s many animated homages. His Max Fleischer cartoons are curiously missing, but that aside I highly [...]
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G-Force trailer

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:02:16 -0700

Silly me! I thought the forthcoming live action G-Force film from Disney was an adaptation of of the anime series Battle of the Planets. Instead it’s another hybrid live action/CG talking animals movie - but this time it looks pretty funny!
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The Financial Woes of Astro Boy’s Producer

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:02:15 -0700

The Animation Guild blog linked to this Variety article about the financial woes of animation outfit Imagi Int’l, which has studios in both Hong Kong and Los Angeles. The studio, which last year worked on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and is responsible for the forthcoming Astro Boy, also has three other features in the pipeline: [...]
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Director Andrew Stanton Talks Wall-E and Finding Nemo

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:02:13 -0700

Courtesy of Creative Screenwriting magazine, a 70+ minute audio interview with Andrew Stanton (68mb MP3 file) discussing his films Wall-E and Finding Nemo.
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Viacom uses Cartoon Stars to ask for a raise

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:02:11 -0700

Viacom is asking Time Warner Cable for a raise - and if they don’t get it they will pull their channels off the cable service AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! Oh, by the way, Happy New Year.If Time Warner Cable and Viacom can’t reach a deal, the channel blackout would occur after midnight in each time zone. [...]
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Korea Adaptation of Manga/Anime 'Hana Yori Dango'

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:02:09 -0700

One middle-class girl's amusing romantic and increasingly dramatic relationship with four posh boys at her upper crust high school makes its live-action premiere in South Korea. 'Hana Yori Dango' ("Boys Over Flowers") is a successful manga series, anime series, and live-action drama in Japan and Taiwan; now, Korean audiences will get a taste Tsukushi Makino's undeniable charisma.
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New Dora Visits on Three Kings Day

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:02:07 -0700

The first new 'Dora the Explorer' television special of the new year, "Dora Saves Three Kings Day" will land on Nickelodeon in the first full week of January. In the episode, Dora and her friends celebrate the season when the three magi made their ancient and memorable travel, while helping animals along the way. The episode will be available online after the premiere.
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Shaun the Sheep

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:02:06 -0700

Review of the first Stateside home video release of 'Shaun the Sheep.' A hilarious stop-motion adventure always ensues when a fun and sometimes trouble-making little sheep named Shaun gets an idea. From Aardman Animations, the 'Shaun the Sheep' TV shorts are giggle-worthy from start to finish, and should consistently serve as a wonderful treat for younger viewers.
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Year end review for 2008: Rollercoaster

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:02:03 -0700

2008 might well be described in a word as a roller coaster or to many a third and fourth quarter stock market ride. Clearly many cartoonist achieved career highs and milestones, but for many cartoonist who live and die in the newspaper, there was a lot of dying. In writing this review, I can’t help [...]
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Road Runner makes the Rose Parade

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:02:06 -0700

If you can pull yourself away from Cartoon Network’s New Years Day marathon of Looney Tunes, you might tune into coverage of the annual Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena. The 33rd of 100 floats entered represents New Mexico, and the state chose the Road Runner (their state bird) and Wile E. Coyote to celebrate [...]
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LoC honors Harryhausen, Lye and a Disneyland home movie

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:02:04 -0700

Each year the National Film Preservation Board of The Library of Congress names 25 “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant films to the National Film Registry, a collection of movies selected to be preserved for all time. Chuck Jones’ What’s Opera Doc?, Bob Clampett’s Porky In Wackyland, Fleischer’s Snow White (1933), Pixar’s Toy Story and several [...]
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Betty Boop Lottery Tix

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:02:03 -0700

Looks like Betty Boop has returned to her pre-Code roots… gambling! Dave Filipi (Film Curator of Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio) found these Lottery Tickets (above) while visiting his family in Minnesota over Christmas (Alas, no winners).An iconic symbol during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Betty’s been used for Lottery promotions [...]
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Mr. Bug Goes to Town Screens in NY

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:02:08 -0700

Here’s a special end-of-the-year treat for New Yorkers: the Fleischer’s second and last feature, Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941), is playing at the Film Forum (209 West Houston Street) through New Year’s Day. The daily 1pm matinee presents a new 35mm print of the film and also includes the Fleischer short Betty Boop’s Rise [...]
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“Haru Mamburu” by Slava Ushakov

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:02:07 -0700

This Russian music video dates back to 1994. It’s infectious energy makes it the perfect post-holiday pick-me-up. Directed by Slava Ushakov, it brings to life the nonsensical lyrics of the song “Haru Mamburu” by the Russian rock band Nogu Svelo. There’s an AWN article that offers some details about the director Ushakov. Also, an MP3 [...]
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Popeye goes PD?

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:02:06 -0700

According to this article in today’s London Times, Popeye the Sailor will lose its copyright protection in Europe on January 1. Supposedly anyone, starting Thursday could use E.C. Segar’s earliest drawings to create T-Shirts, posters, or whatever. In the United States the character is protected until 2024, as U.S. law protects a work for 95 [...]
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The CW4Kids January 2009 Schedule

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:02:04 -0700

Saturday morning programming block The CW4Kids (7:00am-12n) has announced their tentative schedule for the first month of the new year. New adventure animation 'Huntik' joins up with network carryovers 'Chaotic: M'arrilliam Invasion' and 'Sonic X' alongside relative favorites, such as 'TMNT: Back to the Sewer.' The block airs on The CW Network, and is looking to bolster its position on broadcast network weekends.
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YTV January 2009 Programming Highlights

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:02:03 -0700

The YTV network is planning a couple of series and movie premieres in the new year. New programs to Canada's youth network include 'Kid vs. Kat' and two recently produced 'Zorro' animated specials. As a side note, Treehouse TV, for younger audiences, will be premiering 'Wubbzy's Big Movie' to kick off the new year.
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TELETOON Retro Winter 2009 Schedule

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:02:02 -0700

The Early 2009 schedule for the Canadian specialty-network TELETOON Retro. From classic 1960s and 1970s television animation to more recent favorites ('The Smurfs,' 'ReBoot'), Retro houses slightly older cartoons twenty-four-seven. The daily schedule for winter 2009 is inside.
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Huey and Riley air soft fight

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:30 -0700

The Boondocks--Riley's New Wear

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:27 -0700

Happy Birthday Black Jesus!

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:26 -0700

Riley vs Butch vs Huey

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:25 -0700

Bushido Brown Vs Huey Freeman UNCUT

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:24 -0700

fort minor-remember the name-huey freeman tribute

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:23 -0700

Word, na mean? (The Boondocks)

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:20 -0700

The Boondocks - A Huey Freeman Christmas

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:18 -0700

Jan's Shoe

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:17 -0700

The Boondocks--Man Time

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:15 -0700

Nigga News 4 _BOONDOCKS!!!

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:14 -0700

The Boondocks--Coming to Terms

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:12 -0700

[The Boondocks Intro Movie]

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:11 -0700

The Boondocks--The Secret

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:09 -0700

Huey vs Riley Fight

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:08 -0700

The Boondocks - Best Fights

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:05 -0700

The Boondocks - History Of Christmas

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:07:02 -0700

R.I.P. WB Cartoon Mural

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:02:03 -0700

Here’s a sure sign of the apocalypse — or at least the end of a local cartoon landmark. Warner Bros. has quietly removed its huge Looney Tunes/Hanna-Barbera/Warner Animation mural (above) during Christmas week. Bugs Bunny and company have adorned the Burbank studio at Olive and Pass Avenues for over 15 years. I was driving past [...]
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More Hubley Goodness

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:02:11 -0700

Remember when animation used to be lively? Full of verve? Even – dare I say it – playful? I’m back with another sterling example of the genius of John and Faith Hubley; this time it’s 1958’s The Tender Game, about the process of a young man and woman falling in love. There is a wealth [...]
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How to Draw “Fleischer”

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:02:05 -0700

Comic art collector Eric Sack is an old friend who has perhaps the finest collection of original underground comix art in the United States - and he has recently post most of it online. Of specific interest to Cartoon Brew readers is Sack’s original art to what I consider a Holy Grail item: a mid-30s [...]
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The Fine Art of Animator Len Glasser

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:02:06 -0700

Did you know that legendary animation director Len Glasser is also a prolific fine artist. This video shows examples of his metal sculptures, paintings and furniture designs.Though Glasser spent years working in commercial animation and live-action film, he studied fine art in school. During the 1950s while attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, he [...]
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Roger Ebert Raves about Sita Sings the Blues

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:02:04 -0700

Roger Ebert has discovered Nina Paley’s Sita Sings the Blues and he’s written a lengthy piece raving about how wonderful it is. Among other things, he writes: “I am enchanted. I am swept away. I am smiling from one end of the film to the other. It is astonishingly original. It brings together four entirely [...]
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Daily Cartoonist closed for holidays

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:02:02 -0700

I’m taking the rest of the holiday off. I’ll be posting the annual End of the Year review sometime between today and, well the end of the year. If something big and newsworthy does happen, I’ll post that as well.Enjoy the holidays and I’ll see you back here on January 5th.
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Krazy Kat stop-mo

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:02:09 -0700

Chris Diaz led me to the YouTube link (embed below) for that Krazy Kat stop motion that I mentioned in this post last month. I could do without the narration, but the models, settings and animation are perfect. It was directed by Derek Mogford and produced by Spitting Image Productions for King Features 1n 1996.
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Huck, Yogi and Magilla Gorilla at Disneyland

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:02:08 -0700

Reader Keith Bryant made this unusual observation while watching the Disney Treasures DVD Disneyland: Secrets, Stories and Magic:There’s an old episode of The Wonderful World of Color, “Disneyland Around the Seasons” (1966), where they show the Disneyland Christmas parade. If you look closely at Santa Claus’ float you’ll see dozens of generic toys and NONE [...]
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Chicago For a Few Days by Ray Ray Mitrano

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:02:06 -0700

I’m currently visiting Chicago for a few days so it seems appropriate to share the animated short Chicago For A Few Days by Brooklyn-based artist Ray Ray Mitrano. The film, which documents Mitrano’s train trip to Chicago, was made by arranging paper and found objects onto a scanner bed. It’s an unconventional piece of animation [...]
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Christmas at the Kimballs

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:02:05 -0700

From 1959, Christmas morning at the home of Disney legend Ward Kimball along with his family—wife Betty and children Kelly, John and Chloe. Click on the image for a bigger version. And stay tuned to Cartoon Brew in 2009 to find out about the big Kimball news!
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Hanna Barbera Flickr

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:02:04 -0700

Here’s a delightful Christmas gift to all our readers whose stockings went bare… Kerry Cisneroz and Dom Giansante are lifelong H-B fanatics and have created a pool on flickr all to do with Hanna Barbera. The mission is to show as much of their collections as possible, highlight obscure characters, showcase art they have done [...]
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Christmas Cards by Ollie Johnston

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:02:02 -0700

Check out this rare collection of holiday cards by Disney legend Ollie Johnston from the 1980s and ’90s. They’re from the collection of Pete Emslie.
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Merry Christmas from Sally Cruikshank!

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:02:11 -0700

Sally Cruickshank (Quasi at the Quackadero) explains the genesis of this Christmas greeting on her blog. She created the animation in one week because, she writes, “Flash is so nifty for animating. A week! And mostly I was doing other things during that week!”
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Cartoon Brew TV #15: A Few Quick Facts

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:02:10 -0700

(Alternate commentary-free version: This link will allow you to watch the cartoon without audio commentary)This episode from the Cartoon Brew TV Vault features a rare episode of A Few Quick Facts, a companion series to Warner Bros. Private Snafu shorts. This cartoon was originally shown to servicemen during World War II as part of [...]
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Vintage Holiday Cartoon Art Roundup

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:02:10 -0700

A few nice collections of holiday-themed cartoon artwork to keep you entertained during the cold weather…Beautiful drawings by “Walt Disney Staff” illustrating a short story by Pearl S. Buck that appeared in a 1956 issue of Family Circle.Illustrations from Jingle Bells, a Little Golden Book by the great J.P. Miller.An incredible collection of Disney Studio [...]
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Cartoon Brew TV: A Few Quick Facts

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:02:09 -0700

Our Christmas present to you: episode 15 of Cartoon Brew TV. Jerry Beck is back this week with a brand-new commentary edition of “Brew Vaults.” He takes a look at a rare episode of A Few Quick Facts. This cartoon was originally shown to servicemen during World War II as part of the Army/Navy Screen [...]
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The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas #12

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:02:07 -0700

How else could we end this but with an excerpt from A Charlie Brown Christmas, the greatest piece of holiday animation ever created, directed by the estimable Bill Melendez.
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Trailer for Shane Acker’s 9

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:02:05 -0700

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Anime Midstream, Inc. Links with the Industry Upstream

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:02:04 -0700

St. Louis-based Anime Midstream is a new title licensing and production for Japanese animation in the United States. The group is hoping to give the western anime business another notch it its belt under the category of small but flexible companies. The first title they have lined up is an early nineties mecha series, 'Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh,' a humorous but well-written adventure anime from SUNRISE, Inc.
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Ghost Hunt

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:02:02 -0700

Review of the first half-season boxed set of the supernatural anime 'Ghost Hunt'. The Shibuya Psychic Research team could give real life ghosthunters a run for their money. Mai Taniyama is a freshman with a love for the paranormal. When handsome boy-CEO Kazuya arrives to investigate the supposed haunting of the empty building next door, Mai finds herself involved with an investigation that ultimately lands her with a part-time spook-finding job.
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The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #11

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:02:34 -0700

Directed by Bill Melendez, this is the 1974 Emmy Award-winning special Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Clause. Melendez’s years of working on the animated Peanuts cartoons is really evident in his approach to the design and animation of this special.
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New Years Looney Tunes marathon

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:02:31 -0700

Looney Tunes make a return appearance to television on New Years Day when Cartoon Network is scheduled to broadcast an all-day 14-hour marathon of classic Warner Bros. cartoons. 95 shorts, spanning four decades, begin on New Years Day (January 1st) at 6am with Freleng’s The Wabbit Who Came To Supper (pictured above). The final [...]
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JibJab’s 2008 Year in Review

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:02:30 -0700

It wouldn’t be Christmas without the traditional year-end report from JibJab:
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Fleischer Superman on DVD

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:02:28 -0700

Warner Bros. is finally releasing the classic Paramount Superman cartoons (1941-43) on a stand alone DVD set. These are the nine Max Fleischer sci-fi adventures and eight Famous Studios World War II flavored action epics as you’ve never seen them before. The two-disc collection will go on sale April 7th and will retail for $26.99 [...]
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The Hangman

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:02:17 -0700

Joe Dante’s Trailers From Hell is down for Christmas week, so instead of trailer commentaries he’s running The Hangman, a rarely-seen 1964 short subject designed by Paul Julian and co-directed by Julian and Les Goldman, based on Maurice Ogden’s classic poem. If you are only familiar with Julian’s work through his years of background design [...]
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The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #9.5

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:02:15 -0700

I can’t help it, I’m in the holiday spirit, so here’s another one for today: the Firehouse Five Plus Two, led by Disney director and animator Ward Kimball, perform holiday music with Dixie flair.
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Hornswiggle

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:02:15 -0700

Well, imagine my surprise when I sat down to watch Saturday’s installment of Random Cartoons (10:30am/1:30pm on Nicktoons Network) and up popped my own cartoon Hornswiggle. Had I known it was going to run this weekend, I would have let you all know. I was very disappointed I couldn’t give Brew readers advance notice. The [...]
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Rooftop Films Call for Submissions

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:02:15 -0700

Rooftop Films, the yearly film festival that takes place across the rooftops of New York City, is currently accepting submissions for its 2009 summer series. Next year’s festival, the 13th anniversary of Rooftop, runs from May through September. The early submission deadline is January 5, 2009. Submission fees are a reasonable $9, and everybody who [...]
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The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #10

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:02:13 -0700

Celebrating Christmas old-school Chipmunk style…
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Maliki vs. Trukillo

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:02:11 -0700

I’m a sucker for retro-nonsense like this:Paul Badilla and his friends in Chile made this for an exhibition for the artist Marcela Trujillo. I have no idea what the point of this piece is supposed to be, but here’s a production blog in Spanish with plenty of images of artists at work.
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Help This Unemployed CG Character

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:02:08 -0700

Manchester-based vfx house AHD Imaging created this timely and clever Internet viral for the holidays:“AHD168 is a computer generated robot who was written out of a TV advert due to credit crunched budgetary constraints. AHD168 now spends his days wandering the streets looking for a meaningful role in an animated TV project.”(Thanks, Aaron Bynum)
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Mad Santa by Mad Crew

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:02:06 -0700

Joel Sundberg of the Stockholm animation studio Mad Crew sent me a link to Mad Santa, a nice-looking CG holiday greeting produced at their studio.
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