Cartoon Brew is an animation news website created by Amid Amidi and animation historian Jerry Beck that was launched on 15 March 2004.[2]

Cartoon Brew
The letters "c" and "b" overlapping, surrounded by the words "Cartoon Brew" on the left and right
Type of site
News website
OwnerCartoon Brew, LLC.
Editor
  • Amid Amidi
  • Jerry Beck (2004–13)
URLcartoonbrew.com
Launched15 March 2004; 20 years ago (15 March 2004)[1]
Current statusOnline

Cartoon Dump

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It also created Cartoon Dump, a weekly podcast showing poorly made TV cartoons featuring Mystery Science Theater 3000's Frank Conniff. [3]

Reception

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The site has published news articles, commentaries and reviews regarding the animation industry.[4] The Comics Beat called it the "essential cartoon blog",[5] while animator Francis Glebas cited it as "the place to go for the latest in animation news".[6][7]

Cartoon Research

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Beck departed from the site in February 2013 and began writing for his first blog, Cartoon Research, instead.[7][8][9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Amidi, Amid (2024-03-15). "We're Launching A Weekly Industry Livestream And A Print Edition To Mark Our 20th Anniversary". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  2. ^ Amidi, Amid (2024-03-15). "We're Launching A Weekly Industry Livestream And A Print Edition To Mark Our 20th Anniversary". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  3. ^ "Cartoon Dump: Episode 1". Archived from the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  4. ^ Levy, David B. (2006). Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive. Allworth Press. p. 223. ISBN 1581154453.
  5. ^ Anon. (November 23, 2009). "Were the '90s Really a Golden Age of Cartoons?". Comics Beat. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  6. ^ Glebas, Francis (2013). The Animator's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Animation. Taylor & Francis. p. 280. ISBN 978-1136130229.
  7. ^ a b Zahed, Ramin (February 12, 2013). "Jerry Beck Ankles Cartoon Brew". Animation Magazine. n.p. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  8. ^ Yamato, Jen (February 12, 2013). "Blogger Jerry Beck out at Cartoon Brew". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  9. ^ What Dave Fleischer did after “Mr. Bug”|Cartoon Research Archived 2019-08-09 at the Wayback Machine (first post of CR)
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