UP has received a nomination for the Hugo award. The award is in the “Best Dramatic Presentation-Long Form” category. It goes up against Avatar, District 9, Moon and Star Trek.The award will be given during the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, in Melbourne, Australia on September 2-6, 2010.Hat tip to Animated Views.
There are tons of reviews on the device – some from people who have had longer time with than I have so far. But here’s my impressions after taking my company’s iPad home last night. First the negatives. It’s smaller than I had envisioned (not necessarily a bad thing) and it’s a bit heavy for […]
I feel a disturbance in the force.Variety reports that Lucasfilm Animation is developing a new animated Star Wars TV comedy series. Yes, you read correctly? a Star Wars comedy series. But really, are you surprised? If there is one thing George Lucas loves, it?s milking the Star Wars franchise for every golden drop.
Lots of anniversaries lately. Here’s another. According to John Glynn over at the GoComics editors blog, editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant is celebrating 30 years with Universal Uclick.
Kudos to RingTales and Richard Thompson for two more Cul de Sac animations.
I will admit, I’ve always liked Andy Rooney ever since a rant a decade or so about how technology doesn’t really make things better (microwaves don’t make better food than oven, computers don’t make better writers than a typewriter, etc.). Like him or not, here he sounds off about how “funny” the funny pages are.Hat […]
The AP reports that terrorism charges have been filed against Jamie Paulin-Ramirez. Originally from Colorado, she was one of the seven arrested in Ireland allegedly plotting to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks. Paulin-Ramirez is linked to Colleen LaRose (aka JihadJane) who was earlier arrested in Pennsylvania.
Congrats to Dave Whamond whose panel Reality Check turns 15 years old tomorrow. Dave doesn’t see the world in the same way most of us do. Dave finds humor and silliness in everything, which is exactly why his comic panel Reality Check continues to give readers a laugh. On April 3, Reality Check celebrates 15 […]
Steve McGarry, creator of Biographic and Kid City has added a third package for the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament. If having three features wasn’t interesting enough, he’s now represented by three different syndicates: Universal (Biographic); United Media (Kid City) and now Washington Post Writers Group (World Cup 2010). Anyone know if this sets a […]
Last check, Ted Rall’s efforts to fund a trip to Afghanistan is $3,275 shy of raising the $25k. Only three days left of fundraising. Would be awful to get so close and not make it.
It’s the future I tell you. At least for today.
Three publications have listed the 1997 comic strip April Fools switcheroo as one of the all time best. Klue.com lists their top three as: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest, BMW Revolutionary Technology and The Great Comics Switcheroonie. Bob Eckstein, posting on dscriber.com puts the stunt at number two, behind a PC computing article that “noted” legislation […]
A hearty congratulations to Brian Crane, whose feature Pickles turns 20 years old tomorrow. Brian attributes the longevity of Pickles to “dumb luck and clean living, I guess. It’s all been kind of a wonderful mystery to me. I never had a master plan, or anything like that. My only real goal was to do […]
Earlier this week the Daytona Beach News-Journal laid of 10% of their workforce including editorial cartoonist Bruce Beattie. Bruce has been with the paper since 1981 and is currently syndicate through Creators. In 1986 he launched a panel feature called SNAFU which later became Beattie Blvd. The strip ran for 11 years and was a […]
With the upcoming new season of Boondocks, USAToday reports Aaron McGruder has launched an “official unofficial” site.McGruder has been good about keeping us posted via Twitter, and now he has launched an “official unofficial” Boondocks site at http://www.boondocksbootleg.com. Here, you can find screen shots from the new season, video clips and behind-the-scenes stuff, as well […]