Canadian cartoonist Claude Robinson has been awarded C$5.2 million in a 14-year legal battle over alleged plagiarized animated work. Cinar, which was sold in 2004 and relaunched as Cookie Jar, has been ordered to pay cartoonist Claude Robinson C$5.2 million (S$6.8 million) for using his cartoon series Les aventures de Robinson Curiosite as the basis […]
This summary written by The Animation Blog’s Hector Cortez about “Oobermind” – a Dreamworks movie set to release in 2010 – makes me want to see the movie simply based on the creativity of the plot. Ferrell replaces Robert Downey Jr. in the title role of a supervillain who imagines all his dastardly dreams coming […]
» “Up” wins Teen choice award, which I think is surprising as I felt the movie was more of an adult movie that was fun enough for kids.» WALL-E wins Hugo award in the Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form prize category» Trailer for Astro Boy due out in October. Via Hector Cortez of Animation Blog
Animation» A new Ponyo trailer has been posted.» The Animation blog has posted concept art from the upcoming Disney feature film “Rapunzel” due out Christmas of 2010.Comic Strips» Readers were quick to note that yesterday’s B.C. had two left feet.Editorial Cartooning» Pat Oliphant was awarded the Inkpot Award for his career in cartooning. The Inkpot […]
For those of you into animation, The History Channel and Aniboom are sponsoring a competition for you to animate 30 seconds of a famous historical speech and send it in. The speeches are provided, voiced by Matt Damon, Marisa Tomei, Bruce Springsteen, Morgan Freeman and others. The five first cut finalists receive $5,000 to finish […]
I read a couple of animation news blogs everyday and report what I believe would be of most interest to you all. If you’re highly interested in animation, I recommend you follow The Animation Blog, and Animated News.Here’s a couple of stories I found interesting from the aforementioned sites:» “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” […]
A pilot of Lincoln Peirce’s Spang Ho!, which was made for and rejected by Cartoon Network, has been posted online, along with a backstory on the making from the creator himself.Lincoln Peirce is a creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip Big Nate.
Animation» Wallace & Gromit fans have something to look forward to in September. Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection will be released September 22 on DVD and Blu-RayBooks» The Cleveland Scene interviews Nevin Martell, the author of the upcoming book on Bill Watterson. Not a lot of new information. My understanding was that Nevin never […]
Pixar announced that on October 2nd they are releasing a Toy Story double feature. The two week release will feature the first two Toy Story features and a 3D trailer of Toy Story 3. Toy Story 3 is due out June, 2010.Here is the double feature teaser:
Miyazaki did not come to the 2003 Oscar ceremony, where he won the award for “Spirited Away”, because he was boycotting America to protest the Iraq War, according to LA Times. However, this year he broke his boycott to be in a panel at the San Diego Comic Con.“The reason I wasnâ??t here for the […]
Animation» Ted Rall and David Essman team up for another editorial animation. Books» Moonbase Press has announced that it has the fourteenth collection of cartoonist Bill Holbrook’s groundbreaking webcomic Kevin & Kell is now available. They’ve also released a treasury edition collection of the early years of cartoonist Bill’s webcomic Kevin & Kell.Comic Strips» Stephan […]
Animated News reports that the animated TV show Family Guy has been nominated for the Best Comedy Series Emmy Award. This is only second time an animated show has been allowed into this category. Family Guy is up against 30 Rock, Entourage, Flight Of The Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, and Weeds. […]
Coming this September 9th (9-9-09) is Tim Burton’s movie “9.”
Randall Sly, over on his Character Design blog, has posted screen grabs of characters in the upcoming movie “Despicable Me” which is due out July 9, 2010.Below is the newly released trailer.
We’ve discussed the upcoming release of Ponyo by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki. There is now an official trailer for movie. Stylistically it is way different than American films a nod to its Japanese culture and the fact that it is not a CG film.