Animator/Director Gerald Potterton Turns 90
Happy 90th Birthday to animator and director Gerald Potterton. Most famous for directing the animated Heavy Metal movie from 1981, Gerald also animated cartoons and directed live action films. From Wikipedia: Potterton has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: as director on the National Film Board of Canada […]
Posted on: Mar 8, 2021, Section: Animation, Anniversaries, Movies, Comments: Comments Off on Animator/Director Gerald Potterton Turns 90
Clifford Controversy: Too Big, Wrong Red
Fans of Clifford The Big Red Dog are upset about the live-action movie since they saw CGI Clifford in the newly released movie teaser. Fans say Clifford is the size of a monster and the shade of red is all wrong. Clifford looks weird I don’t like it, why is it realistic clifford is already […]
Posted on: Nov 27, 2020, Section: Animation, Children's Books, Controversies, Movies, Comments: 2 Comments
A Cartooning Menagerie
Small Newspapers and Freelance Cartoonists Small Market Sports © Bill Charbonneau Darren Johnson on getting cartoons for small newspapers: Still, when I started publishing newspapers 11 years ago – after working at other publications – I imagined that a cartoonist would be important to this hoped-for media empire. I did an Internet search and found […]
Posted on: Nov 17, 2020, Section: Animation, Books, Comic strips, Movies, Newspaper industry, Television, Comments: 3 Comments
Mistakes Were Made (but not by Stephan Pastis)
Mistakes Were Made, the first Timmy Failure book by Stephan Pastis, has been adapted to the moving picture medium and will hit theaters early next month. Today Disney released the official trailer (above). Here The Oregonian previews the movie, shot on location in Portland, Oregon.
Posted on: Jan 7, 2020, Section: Books, Movies, Comments: Comments Off on Mistakes Were Made (but not by Stephan Pastis)
Movie Promos of the Comic Strip Kind
Now playing in the local Bijou Theater are some movies that would seem custom-made for advertising in a comic strip format. That supposes movie companies spend money on print advertising these days. In the past comic strips were used to promote movies, though I don’t want to imply that it was a frequent occurrence. […]
Posted on: Oct 25, 2019, Section: Comic strips, Movies, Comments: Comments Off on Movie Promos of the Comic Strip Kind
Once Upon a Time … in MAD … with Tom Richmond
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood takes place in 1969 and it is filled with meticulously researched and re-created period detail. Leonardo DiCaprio plays television star Rick Dalton, whose western series was once a big hit but whose career has faded. How bad is it for Rick? He’s relegated to doing guest shots on […]
Posted on: Aug 2, 2019, Section: Caricature, Cartooning, How-to, Movies, Comments: 1 Comment
Flash Gordon Now Planned as Animated Movie
Among the properties Disney gained when it bought the film and TV assets of 21st Century Fox earlier this year was the rights to Flash Gordon. In development for years, without movement, as a live-action movie it has now been turned over to Taika Waititi and is planned as an animated film. Mike Fleming, […]
Posted on: Jun 25, 2019, Section: Animation, Comic strips, Movies, Comments: 2 Comments
Watched the newly released The Peanuts Movie
Today 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios released a new trailer for THE PEANUTS MOVIE!. It’s the most extensive peek into this anticipated release (November 6, 2015). My first reaction to the announcement was of worry that this was going to totally wreck any positive feelings for the original Peanuts. As more of these […]
Posted on: Jun 17, 2015, Section: Animation, Movies, Comments: 5 Comments
Pixar’s Inside Out teaser trailer released
We finally get a peek at Pixar’s Inside Out which is due out next June. Looks like a funny premise.
Posted on: Dec 11, 2014, Section: Animation, Movies, Comments: 1 Comment
Video: Check out the new Peanuts movie trailer
Today, Blue Sky Studios released the official trailer for The Peanuts Movie. I loved the first teaser they put out. This trailer has me a bit more worried about the film. Despicable Me didn’t feature the minions enough. Once the studio saw how likable and entertaining they were, Despicable Me 2 featured them too much. […]
Posted on: Nov 19, 2014, Section: Animation, Comic strips, Movies, Comments: 3 Comments
Marvel to increase super-hero movie output to match DC Comics. Spandex shortages expected
Marvel announced they’re increasing their super-hero releases from two films a year to three. DC Comics has previously said they’re releasing 10 films in the coming years. From Business Week: Then, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, Marvel released a plan for a slate of nine new superhero movies featuring the Avengers, Thor, and a Guardians of […]
Posted on: Oct 30, 2014, Section: Comic Books, Movies, Comments: Comments Off on Marvel to increase super-hero movie output to match DC Comics. Spandex shortages expected
Video: Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer is released
Yesterday Marvel/Disney released a trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron. It hints at Marvel is adding a few more characters from the Marvel Universe: Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. The movie comes out in May of 2015.
Posted on: Oct 24, 2014, Section: Comic Books, Movies, Comments: Comments Off on Video: Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer is released
Video: Chad Carpenter’s Moose movie
The movie Tundra creator Chad Carpenter raised money to make has posted its first trailer online (see below). The live-action movie is based off the graphic novel written by Chad and his brother Darin Carpenter. It was illustrated by Robert Duckett.
Posted on: Aug 25, 2014, Section: Comic strips, Movies, Comments: Comments Off on Video: Chad Carpenter’s Moose movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles beats Guardians of the Galaxy; sequel announced
This weekend box office numbers are in and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles knocked out Guardians of the Galaxy for the top grossing film (domestically $65 million). That was good enough for producer Michael Bay who announced he’ll make a sequel for a 2016 release date according to Hollywood reporter. From Hollywood reporter: Heading into the […]
Posted on: Aug 11, 2014, Section: Movies, Comments: 1 Comment
Join the worldwide viewing and live-tweeting of STRIPPED
This Saturday night will be a worldwide viewing and live-tweeting of the documentary “Stripped“. Anyone who has the film and wants to participate need to queue up the film and hit play at 7:00 pm PST and then jump over Twitter (computer, tablet, phone) and share your thoughts. Using the hashtag #strippedfilm you can see […]
Posted on: Apr 25, 2014, Section: Comic strips, Movies, Comments: Comments Off on Join the worldwide viewing and live-tweeting of STRIPPED
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