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The movie looks more interesting now than after I watched the first trailer.

Charles Brubaker wrote an interesting piece over at Cartoon Research about the attempts to make The Wizard of Id into an animated TV show. I always considered The Wizard of Id to be one of my big cartooning influence. I always had a thing for Johnny Hart?s dry sense of humor, and I consider Brant […]

Upcoming Pixar sums up a few rumors regarding Pixar’s fourth installment of their Toy Story series.Morris also mentioned that the film will be a romantic comedy. And that?s not all, the relationship the toys have with children and people will not be explored. Now this is interesting, because we would have to infer that Bonnie?s […]

Sad news from DreamWorks Animation. The LA Times reports that the animation studio has cut 500 jobs in a restructuring effort and will scale back its film production and close its studio in Redwood City.From the LA Times: The announcement is a bruising moment for Katzenberg, who once presided over one of the industry’s leading […]

We finally get a peek at Pixar’s Inside Out which is due out next June. Looks like a funny premise.

Lucy Caswell, Founder, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Vijaya Iyer, President and Co-Publisher, Cartoon Books, Jeff Smith, Award-Winning Cartoonist and Co-Publisher, Cartoon Books and Tom Spurgeon, Editor and Co-Publisher, The Comics Reporter have announced the creation of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) – a four day comic festival to be held each year in Columbus […]

Today, Blue Sky Studios released the official trailer for The Peanuts Movie. I loved the first teaser they put out. This trailer has me a bit more worried about the film. Despicable Me didn’t feature the minions enough. Once the studio saw how likable and entertaining they were, Despicable Me 2 featured them too much. […]

Looks like LEGO Movie 2 is being pushed back in order to make LEGO Batman. From Hollywood Reporter:Chris McKay, the animation supervisor on Lego Movie, was initially set to direct that project’s sequel. However, the movie is being pushed back and McKay is now helming the Lego Batman movie, which is being written by author-screenwriter […]

This is cool music video for Brunettes Shoot Blondes for their song Knock Knock. Essentially an animation that plays in sync across several devices. Brunettes Shoot Blondes – Knock Knock (Official Video) from Brunettes Shoot Blondes on Vimeo.From a technical standpoint, the animation is fairly simple. Syncing it all together seems like the harder part.

Producers of The Simpsons hinted last fall that they would be killing off a character. Last night on the season premiere they made good on that promise. Krusty’s father, Rabbi Hyman Krustofski died while “Krusty was seeking validation from his father.”From The Daily Mail:Krusty, whose real name is Herschel Krustofski, later sought out his father […]

Almost like clockwork, someone is suing a major movie studio claiming plagiarism. This time Isabella Tanikumi claims Disney based Frozen on her book Yearnings Of The Heart and not the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tell.Here’s how Tanikumi’s book is described by Entertainment Wise:“This is a compelling, introspective account of the life of Isabella Tanikumi, who […]

Funny and depressing at the same time. Steve Cutts shows us where all our favorite 1980’s comic characters are today. Where Are They Now? from Steve Cutts on Vimeo.

This year’s Toonfest 2014 celebrating cartooning in the hometown of Walt Disney (Marceline Missouri) will include editorial cartoonist Steve Artley, Nancy cartoonist Guy Gilchrist, Tank McNamara co-creator Bill Hinds, animator/artist Eddie Pittman, and Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price.I’ve never been, but those who have all report that it’s a great experience for both the […]

A lot of tributes have been posted regarding Robin Williams. I found this one of Robin presenting an Oscar to legendary animator Walter Lantz.

I hadn’t heard of the film until this morning, but the imagery and style of the animation has me intrigued to seer he movie.