Joe Murray, creator of animated series Rocko’s Modern Life (1993-1996) and Camp Lazlo (2005-2008), announced on his blog that his eBook, Crafting a Cartoon, has been picked up for print publication by Random House. The eBook will be discontinued as a result (although it’s still available as I type this) and the book will come […]
Nina Paley, an American cartoonist and animator, has released her feature length animated film, Sita Sings the Blues, online for free. “There is the question of how I’ll get money from all this. My personal experience confirms audiences are generous and want to support artists. Surely there’s a way for this to happen without centrally […]
ComicsDC Mike Rhode notes that Andrews McMeel has posted animations of Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac and Scott Hilburn’s Argyle Sweater on YouTube. I also notice that they have a Mark Tatulli Lio animation as well. The animation is reportedly done by RingTales who does all the New Yorker and Dilbert animations.UPDATE: Received notice from […]
Yves Bigerel (known as Balak01 on DeviantArt) has created a set of comic demonstrations using Flash.
Girls and Sports co-creator Andrew Feinstein is involved in a CGI project for Fox Sports’ NASCAR broadcast this season. The animation entitled “The Adventures of Digger and Friends,” first appeared last Sunday before the Daytona 500 and another cartoon will air before the Auto Club 500 this Sunday. Andrew is the producer, writer and executive […]
The Simpsons went high-definition last Sunday. As part of the change a new opening was created, which can be seen on YouTube.
» After 20 years, The Simpson’s has a new intro. I’m glad to see the inclusion of more characters, but I still prefer the classic intro.» uClick (the tech company behind Universal Press Syndicate) is the number #1 mobile comic distributed for iPhone and iPod Touch. uClick CEO was on CNNMoney touting his iPhone funny […]
» Ed Hall lost four clients in December during the newspaper turmoil. He reports he’s picked up a new paper. » Animated News reports that Kung Fu Panda swept the Annie Awards in 10 categories. The Annie is the animation industry equivalent of an Oscar. Charles Brubaker wonders if Dreamworks rigged the voting (Dreamworks is […]
Craig Kausen, grandson of Chuck Jones has launched a new blog devoted to the legendary animation director. Chuck Reduxcan be found here.
While known primarily for his work on Village Voice, Jules Feiffer also worked in animation under cartoonist Gene Deitch. Below are two examples.First is “Foofle’s Train Ride”, a Terrytoons short released in 1959. Feiffer was credited for art designs in this short. It was directed by Dave Tendlar and originally released in CinemaScope by 20th […]
An Australian judge has ruled that an internet animation depicting “The Simpsons” cartoon characters engaging in sexual acts is child pornography and has declared a Sydney man guilty for having it on his computer. The defense argued that the cartoons were not real children no even realistic representations of humans, but the judge found that […]
E&P is reporting that 20 new 3-4 minute Peanuts animations are being released today on iTunes. The animated shorts are taken from classic 1964 comic strips and produced using Flash technology with new voices by Warner Bros. Motion Comics. Each episode contains 2 shorts for $.99. In an interview with E&P, Jeannie Schulz, the wife […]
Rich Moyer, creator of the formerly syndicated Ick comic panel, has posts new YouTube Obama animation parody of Barack Obama winning over the most racist Americans. So far the video has been viewed nearly 12,000 times. Rich wrote and animated the parody and Mike Kaminski did the voice portion.Rich was also Drew Litton’s animation partner […]
Jonathan Mahood, who’s gocomics.com web comic Bleeker the rechargeable dog, is one stop closer to seeing his comic creation on television. Radical Sheep Productions, who optioned his strip back in 2007 for television has made a deal with TVO to develop an animated comedic series for children. Script writing and animation design is already underway […]
Mark Fiore, one of the first editorial cartoonists to go exclusively to editorial animations has been awarded the Online News Association award for online commentary. According to E&P, he’s won the award before, but this time it was for recognition for his markfiore.com. The former newspaper cartoonist received the ONA prize before, but “the difference […]