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Warner Serves Up Deluxe ‘Green Eggs & Ham’

April 18, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

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Warner Home Video is preparing a hearty helping from the Dr. Seuss library with the release of Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories Deluxe Edition—a collection of favorite animated tales available on Blu-ray for the first time, out June 26. The collection will include Green Eggs and [...]

Universal’s ‘The Lorax’ Expected to Top the Charts

March 1, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

How the team at Illumination Entertainment put a shiny new 3-D polish on Dr. Seuss’ cautionary, environmentally themed The Lorax. More than 40 years after Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) wrote and illustrated his powerful children’s classic The Lorax, the alarming environmental message of the book is more urgent than ever [...]

Don’t Toot That Horn! Leonardi & the Art of Claiming Credit

September 29, 2011 by Michael Mallory 2 Comments divider image

Forget the F-word. In animation and related fields like comic books, there is only one serious danger word, the one you utter completely at your own risk: the C-bomb…Credit. I won’t take the time to go into the myriad public feuds, even lawsuits, which have resulted from one person’s taking [...]

Animation Writer and Historian Earl Kress Dies at 60

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We were saddened to learn of the recent death of beloved animation writer and historian and Animation Guild VP Earl Kress passed away recently at age 60 due to complications from liver cancer. Kress’s numerous animation credits include The Fox and the Hound, DuckTales, Ewoks, Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, Transformers, Pound Puppies, Taz-Mania, [...]

Animator, Illustrator and Teacher Corny Cole Dies at 81

August 8, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

We were saddened by the passing of beloved animator, illustrator, painter and teacher Cornelius “Corny” Cole who passed away this morning (Monday, Aug. 8th) at the age of 81 from MSA (Multiple System Atrophy) Cartoon Brew reported his passing via his good friend animator Bob Kurtz. Born and raised in [...]