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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 […]

Ted Rall has posted his first foray into animated editorial cartooning with a near four minute short depicting a would be President Barack Obama’s first day in office. Ted wrote, drew and designed the characters for “President Obama’s First Day.” The animation was done by David Essman a student at the School of the Art […]

Bill Melendez, the only person Charles Schulz authorized to animate his Peanuts comic strip has passed away at the age of 91. His career started in 1938 at Walt Disney Studios but went on to work for Warner Bros and United Productions of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions where he was a director […]

The Norm creator Michael Jantze has launched a new feature called “Audio Comics.” According to the Director of Animation at the Jantze Studio, Kelly McNutt, the emphasis of this new feature is the performance of the strip. Michael has named them Audio Comicsâ?¢ because the emphasis is on the performance of the strip; using motion […]

Drew Litton, sports cartoonist for the Rocky Mountain News, has teamed up with Rich Moyer to produce five political animations in time for the Democratic National Convention that will be held in Denver starting the 25th of August. See the other four at Drew’s site.

The International Animated Film Society has announced this year’s Winsor McCay winners are Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park. The award honors animators who are “best known as a prolific artist and pioneer in the art of comic strips and animation.” The three will receive trophies next January at the 36th annual Annie Awards.Mike […]