Comedian George Lopez will voice the Looney Tunes character Speedy Gonzales on the big screen. New Line is producing a live-action/CG hybrid movie featuring the famous 50’s character. Over the years, Speedy appeared in the live-action/animation features “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Space Jam” and “Looney Tunes: Back in Action.” But the character has often courted […]
Details of what may be the forth Seth MacFarlane show was released by Alex Borstein recently.-Alex will voice the show?s main character, who is female. -The show will be developed by Alex and Gary Janetti, a television writer who helped in writing ?Stewie B. Goode?, which later became the first part of Stewie Griffin: The […]
Veteran animator Rudy Larriva, whose animation credits extend to Warner Bros, United Production of America (UPA), Format Films, Ruby-Spears, among others, passed away on February 19th. He was 94.Despite his long range of credits, he is without a doubt known among animation fans as the director of several low-budget Road Runner cartoons, which were made […]
Brevity co-creators Rodd Perry and Guy Endore-Kaiser worked with RingTales to create a Google commissioned video to help people learn how to share videos through social media.Here it is:
The Hart family is shopping Wizard of Id and B.C. to Hollywood for an animated feature or television series. Portfolio.com reports that animator Mark Simon has signed a production and development agreement with the Hart Estate last December and is now working with Creators and a Talent agency to pitch the idea for a movie […]
E&P has stories on fourth-quarter earnings reports of two newspaper companies. Regarding the Washington Post Co. The Washington Post Co. Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter profit of $82.2 million, or $8.71 a share, a big jump from its year-ago net income of $18.8 million, or $2.01 a share. The Post Co.’s Kaplan education and cable television […]
King Features Syndicate has made an official decision regarding Eduardo Barreto’s status as the artist for the Judge Parker strip. Eduardo, who had taken a temporary leave from the strip citing a medical condition, gave final word to KFS editor Brendan Burford that he will not be returning to the strip. Brendan has selected Mike […]
I’ve got confirmation that Stephen Pastis, Dan Piraro, and Richard Thompson have been nominated for this year’s Reuben Award For Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. The nominees are selected by a secret ballot from the members of the National Cartoonists Society. Both Stephan and Dan were nominated last year for the award (Dave Coverly took […]
I have no recollection of the strip running in any papers I grew up with, but in case you did and you’re interested: During the 1980s, author Michael Vance and several well-known cartoonists produced a comic strip, “Holiday Out”, that was syndicated in more than one hundred newspapers, magazine, and fanzines during its peak. Three […]
I’m not seeing anything on Amazon quite yet, nor the Slate store, but after watching this, I think something is coming down the line.
E&P reports that E.W. Scripps, the parent company of United Media Syndicate, is “exploring” the option of selling its licensing business which would include Peanuts and Dilbert characters. The company also reports that it would also consider joint ventures. Scripps President and CEO Rich Boehne said the process of exploring alternatives is just that, an […]
Just received word from John Read about issue five of Stay Tooned!. The cover has been kept under wraps, but he’s allowing me to post it here today. This issue features profiles of Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey), Jack & Carole Bender (Alley Oop), editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba, caricature artist Joe Bluhm, New Yorker cartoonist Roz […]
Congrats to Greg Evans, whose feature Luann turns 25 this March.From the press release: Luann may still be a teenager to her fans, but Greg Evans’ popular strip is turning 25 next month! On March 17, Luann marks a quarter-century in the comics with a special tribute strip and a thank you to its loyal […]
» Today, Keith Knight will present his slideshow of his favorite and controversial Knight Life, (th)ink and K Chronicle comic strips at Google Headquarters.» The K Chronicles will no longer be posted on Salon.com due to a shift in priorities. Keith had a 10 year run on the site.» Keith also mentions that he is […]
Last week, I mentioned that Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis was auctioning off an original sketch of his comic characters with the proceeds going to the Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund. The auction has closed and the winning bid came in at $2,050. Over the course of the seven day auction, there were 65 […]