Mark Mayerson, noted animation historian and an instructor at Sheridan College, has written on the movie Avatar and motion capture in general.In what we would all acknowledge as typical animated films (Snow White, Toy Story), animation is production, not post-production. In films that have animated elements added (Jurassic Park), animation is done in post-production. This […]
Shortly before beginning this project, I asked a comics exec what the copyright issues might be, though I assumed it was fair use. He replied that, while it was technically a gray area, it would not be the kind of thing anyone was likely to really get upset over.Well, if I used Richard Thompson’s “Cul […]
Having been a business writer, I both laughed at and admired this “Arlo and Janis” when it ran more than a decade ago. Today, it’s even more obvious that we were cruising along on stuff that nobody could explain because they didn’t really understand it themselves. In fact, in this Frontline program, one of Bernie […]
Okay, today’s Frazz may be TOO subjective a choice. For those who have never lived in the northern reaches of civilization (as Jef Mallett and I both have), ice fishermen really do periodically float off into the bay. For some reason, ice fishing is an obsession, and they get out there as soon as the […]
It’s been a long day, most of it on generator power with no Internet connection, so I didn’t get to the funnies until about 12 hours after I normally would have. I don’t know if that makes a difference or not, but I had a couple of witty strips picked out that really told some […]
Eddie Pitman, who launched his web graphic novel Red’s Planet, was Tom Racine’s guest on Tall Tale Radio this week. As always, an entertaining listen.
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 […]
The ever traveling Daryl Cagle returned recently from a trip to Columbia to attend a conference of cartoonists. I gave lectures at colleges, to the public and to groups of journalists in Bogota, Medell’in and Cartagena. I was impressed with the audiences; they understood everything and laughed at all the same things an American audience […]
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 […]
I support health care reform and I think Obama has done a pretty good job overall, but I also support good cartooning and John Deering’s take on the situation cracked me up this morning. He’s not only got a good concept, but he’s dressed it up with some very funny art. The facial expression, the […]
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 […]
An endowment fund has been created in honor of Honolulu Star-Bulletin editorial cartoonist Corky Trinidad who passed away last year. The fund was established by the Friends of Corky, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Society of Professional Journalists of Honolulu, Pamana Dancers, and the Filipino Community Center. Together they raised $42,916. The purpose of this fund is to […]