The International Animated Film Society has announced this year’s recipients of the Winsor McCay Award. This year’s honor goes to Tim Burton, Bruce Timm and Jeffrey Katzenberg. The award is given for a “lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation in producing, directing, animating, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, technical […]
Books» The Buffalo News reviews the new biography of Herblock» Waldenbooks will be closing 200 of its stores leaving only about 130 open across the U.S.» The Washington Post writes about John Ortved’s new book “The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History”Comic Strips» Speedbump creator Dave Coverly is profiled on Michigan Live’s site. » Pearls Before […]
Titan publishing has released its first digital comic for the iPhone and iPod Touch featuring Wallace & Gromit. The cartoon is celebrating its 20th anniversary of its first screening. “The W Files,” the first episode in the iPhone App series is free, the other three episodes are $.99.
Hector Cortez has great stills posted on his The Animation Blog
Movie is due out March 26, 2010.
USA Today reports that the Berenstain Bears are heading to the big screen. Walden Media, the company behind the Chronicles of Narnia films, has acquired the rights to the ursine anthropomorphs, and [Shawn] Levy agreed to help oversee the project.The books, by Jan and the late Stan Berenstain, have maintained their popularity for almost a […]
Robert Zemeckis has told MTV that he has commissioned a script for a sequel to “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” The original film opened up in theaters in 1988 and noted for the joint appearance of rival studio cartoon properties such as Daffy Duck and Donald Duck to share the screen. No timeline is being reported […]
USA Today reports that the Berenstain Bears are heading to the big screen. Walden Media, the company behind the Chronicles of Narnia films, has acquired the rights to the ursine anthropomorphs, and [Shawn] Levy agreed to help oversee the project.The books, by Jan and the late Stan Berenstain, have maintained their popularity for almost a […]
I’ve mentioned before that there was a Marmaduke movie in the works and that even some voice talent had signed on. Yesterday it was announced the starring role of Marmaduke would be voiced by Owen Wilson, who also voiced Lightening McQueen in Cars. The movie is a mix of CG and live action and will […]
The Cartoon Network will begin running a new CGI TV program “The Garfield Show” starting next Monday. The show will run daily at 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (EST). The show of course revolves around the surly cat Garfield. The show already runs throughout Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East.From the press release: […]
ABC Family will be airing 20 Pixar shorts back to back during their annual 25 Days of Christmas. Programming includes 15 Pixar shorts, 4 shorts from the Cars Toons mini-series and a Lucasfilm produced The Adventures of Andre and Wally B. The show is scheduled for December 2 with reruns running on December 18 and […]
Animation» Hector Cortez, over on TheAnimationBlog.com, is reporting that MGM Home Entertainment’s “Spaceballs: The Totally Warped Animated Adventures!” will be out on DVD this December 29. Comic Strips» Matt Price, features editor of The Oklahoman, interviews Jill Schulz about upcoming events commemorating Peanuts’ 60th anniversary.» Paul Jon, who launched his Fort Knox comic on October […]
Pixar is releasing UP to DVD on November 10 and as customary, they are including an original short animation in the bonus section. This year’s short is entitled “Dug’s Special Mission.” See video below.Hat Tip: Hector Cortez of TheAnimationBlog.com
Animation» An “Iron Giant” reunion on is slated for October 23rd where animators and directors of the classic “Iron Giant” film will gather to discuss the movie and the art of animation. Tickets are required to attend.» The New York Times has a piece on how Pixar created a 3-D version of Toy Story 1 […]
Andrew Feinstein, co-creator of Girls and Sports was the second speaker of the day here at the Success in Comics seminar. Andrew and Justin Borus started the comic strip while in college and self syndicated to other about 80 universities papers before they attempted self syndication to dailies. They set a goal back in 2004 […]