Joshua Olsen has been named the winner of GoComics 2018 Short Shorts Animation Contest.Animators who entered their own 60-second-or-less video were eligible to win a $25,000 grand prize from GoComics.So Josh got a bit more than just a nice plaque.The GoComics blog carries the short notice with a link to ten finalists on YouTube. If you […]
GoComics has announced and posted the pubic voting site to their animation contest for ten semi-finalists. The public vote will narrow it down from ten to three finalists. The three finalists will be voted on by industry-related judges and the winner will get $25,000.https://usscpromotions.com/gocomics/shortshorts/semifinalistsGoComics and the Daily Cartoonist are owned by Andrews McMeel.
Bumped up as a reminder to all you animators out there.Only 6 days to get your short video animation in! You could win $25,000! No Purch Nec. See Rules for details. Enter now!original May 29, 2018 post:GoComics has sent out an email today announcing the start of their short animation contest.From the email:Your opportunity to […]
Q: You’ve decided to put the pen down on “In the Bleachers” … What gives? The comic is only 33 years old.A: Yeah, 33 years. Would you believe I started Bleachers when I was 4-years old?I didn’t think so. Anyway …I still have three youngsters who need to burn through Dad’s hard-earned cash until they’re […]
A few Walt Disney news items via Cartoon Brew.Released tomorrow, July 3, 2018, is ‘A Mouse Divided’ by Jeff Ryan – A New Book Exploring How Success Tore Apart Mickey Mouse Creators Walt Disney And Ub IwerksCartoon Brew’s Amid Amidi explainsThe book…explores how Walt Disney’s colleague Ub Iwerks was never given the credit he deserved […]
The Oldest Surviving Animated Films by Sarah Nour at Reel Rundown.The Oldest Surviving Animated Films Part I (1892-1909)Charles-Émile Reynaud was the inventor of optical theatre, an animated moving-picture system that he patented in 1888. In October of 1892, he screened three of his own animated films in a demonstration at the Musée Grévin, a museum […]
As reported by Animation Magazine:Parallax Media Ventures is developing a new animated feature based on John Hart’s classic comic series B.C. The feature, titled B.C.: Back to Civilization, will be eyeing an early 2021 release date.Above: presentation artwork for the project.“Today, Johnny Hart’s grandsons Mason and Mick are the wizards behind the daily comic strip,” […]
$25,000 prize to the winner. For more details, go here.bit.ly/2Ihhy5x
Peter Sciretta at Slashfilm:I?ll be completely honest ? the cartoony dinosaur designs in the posters and advertising did not excite me. It wasn?t until I really got to take in some of the movie that I fully understood the vision of this film, and how the cartoony character designs are used as a wonderful contrast […]
This is the first Pixar I’m excited about in a while.
From CNBC:Disney Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter confirmed on Friday what fans have speculated about for the better part of a year: “Toy Story 4” will revolve around a romance between the blockbuster’s main character, a toy cowboy voiced by Tom Hanks, and a nursery rhyme doll. “It’s a love story with Woody and?and this […]
Charles Brubaker has posted a fascinating piece over at Cartoon Research about the 1980’s ?The Fantastic Funnies? television show wherein actress Loni Anderson, best known for WKRP in Cincinnati, introduces and talks to cartoon characters from newspaper comics of the day. Here’s the intro video. Charles has posted seven other YouTube videos from that program […]
From 1940, the first Bugs Bunny animation wherein he delivers his famous line, “what’s up doc?’Merrie Melodies – A Wild Hare (1940)
Speaking of The Simpsons. Entertainment Weekly reports Harry Shearer, the voice behind The Simpsons’s Mr. Burns has re-joined the voice talent cast. Shearer has signed the same contract as did the other five primary voice actors?Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, and Hank Azaria?keeping the show?s original cast fully intact, EW has learned. […]
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