Interesting news from King Features:The fashion industry is rolling out the red carpet for its next superstar – Beetle Bailey. The funny pages icon, who has entertained millions of readers for 60 years, is now serving as the inspiration for an all-new high fashion menswear collection. In conjunction with King Features Syndicate, fashion trendsetters Darren […]
Three men arrested in Denmark for allegedly planning an attack on the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten have denied the allegations in a hearing to determine whether the men should be kept in custody. A fourth individual is still under suspicion and a fifth man arrested in Sweden for allegedly participating in the planning is being held […]
Comic book legend Stan Lee has been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday. Lee, who has enjoyed numerous cameo roles in his characters’ superhero films, also joked that he hopes his Hollywood star will lead to more acting slots, adding, “One good thing about it: Maybe now I’ll be able to get cameos […]
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon notes that The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has relaunched their new website and notes the festival is, “free, diverse crowds, focused on artists, well-run, great city — still on the upswing and I think one of the most anticipated on the convention calendar.”
Totalfilm.com is reporting that TRON legacy writers Adam Horowitz and Eddie Kitsis have written an animated 10-part micro series that will debut next summer. The series is likened to the Star Wars The Clone Wars spin-off. Voice talent includes: Elijah Wood, Linda Moore, Paul Reubens, Lance Henriksen and Bruce Boxleitner. “The animated show will take […]
The US Postal Service will release a series of Pixar stamps in August. Since 1986, Pixar films have stretched the boundaries of our imagination with stories about unlikely heroes who explore the bonds of friendship and family. Now some of those heroes are the subjects of colorful new Send a Hello stamps that encourage people […]
Movie opens May 27 and features the voice talent of some very big names: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Victor Garber.
For those of you with the iPads and a voracious appetite for comic books, Dr. Macenstein has a great idea – buy the complete collections on DVD from Amazon and import those into iBooks. He writes: Each DVD has about a decade worth of comics on it, and we’re talking the ENTIRE ORIGINAL comic, including […]
PBS’ Newshour profiled Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher and his exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco which displays 40+ pieces from his 30 year career with the Economist. Below is a piece of that broadcast:
We’re moving quickly into 2011, but a few blog posts are still recounting the goings on of 2010. Three have posted lists of who passed away last year having some connection to the cartooning arts.Daryl Cagle posts the names of editorial cartoonists and samples of their work.Michael Cavna posts his 10 greats.Mike Rhode has posted […]
Cartoonist and animator Michael Jantze is teaching a Master Class on January 8th at the Charles M. Schulz Museum. The subject is New Media and Michael will delve into iPads, online animation, web comics, and more. Michael is well suited for this class, he currently teaches art and animation at the Savannah College of Art […]
Ted Rall and David Essman are launching a new web-series called Disposable about a family trying to survive in the tough economy. Here’s their first episode.
Tom Mason took the time to browse Amazon’s selection of comics for the Kindle. Did you get a Kindle for Christmas? Want to fill it up with comics? I went to Amazon this afternoon and searched their official comics section – but only the first 700 listings (yes, I have that kind of free time) […]
Last June I reported that Joe Martin, creator of Mr. Boffo, Willy ‘n Ethel and Cats with Hands had embedded a graphical tag into his comic strip that when viewed through a smart phone displayed an animated version of the cartoon. Joe is taking the concept one step closer and using the same technology to […]
At this point, chalk this up to a rumor. According to several sources – all citing a French Disney forum, Pixar’s “Monsters Inc 2” will be a prequel. Here’s the translation of the post:“will take us back to before a time when Mike Wazowski was top comedian, before James P. Sullivan was top scarer, even […]