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Movie is due out March 26, 2010.

USA Today reports that the Berenstain Bears are heading to the big screen. Walden Media, the company behind the Chronicles of Narnia films, has acquired the rights to the ursine anthropomorphs, and [Shawn] Levy agreed to help oversee the project.The books, by Jan and the late Stan Berenstain, have maintained their popularity for almost a […]

Robert Zemeckis has told MTV that he has commissioned a script for a sequel to “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” The original film opened up in theaters in 1988 and noted for the joint appearance of rival studio cartoon properties such as Daffy Duck and Donald Duck to share the screen. No timeline is being reported […]

USA Today reports that the Berenstain Bears are heading to the big screen. Walden Media, the company behind the Chronicles of Narnia films, has acquired the rights to the ursine anthropomorphs, and [Shawn] Levy agreed to help oversee the project.The books, by Jan and the late Stan Berenstain, have maintained their popularity for almost a […]

I just got back from a conference in Denver. While there, my company had a private dinner at Buckhorn Exchange, a famous restaurant in the city with all manner of stuffed trophy game heads mounted on the wall with famous autographs and photos of patrons over the decades (the restaurant has been open since the […]

Boeing announced it was opening a second manufacturing facility in South Carolina in part because it wasn’t a union state like Washington state where it currently builds planes. The announcement prompted Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial cartoonist Dave Horsey to draw a cartoon asking, “How many non-union South Carolinian workers does it take to attach a wing […]

Corey Pandolph, cartoonist for The Elderberries and creator of Barkeater Lake, Greene With Envy and Toby, Robot Satan, has announced he’s launching a new comic called Angry Eyebrows which is an experiment to bring all of this three comic creations into one single comic.From the Gocomics announcement: Finding that the demands of three web comics […]

After 35 years as the editorial cartoonist for The News & Observer, Dwane Powell is retiring. The paper posted the announcement this morning. Dwane came to the paper in 1975 with previous stints in Arkansas, San Antonio and Cincinnati. In the announcement, Dwane said, “The N&O was what I really considered a dream job for […]

I’ve mentioned before that there was a Marmaduke movie in the works and that even some voice talent had signed on. Yesterday it was announced the starring role of Marmaduke would be voiced by Owen Wilson, who also voiced Lightening McQueen in Cars. The movie is a mix of CG and live action and will […]

We’ve discussed the significance of comics going mobile here before. Most of the offerings out there are repurposed content. Comic panels seem to transfer well, but comic strips or comic book panes require cutting out art or scrolling/flipping to make them fit on the smaller screens. Norm Feuti, creator of Retail and Gill has experimented […]

We have three reports from cartoonists regarding their trips to the Middle East region. MAD Magazine artist Tom Richmond was part of the NCS/USO group that went to Iraq, Jan Eliot and Daryl Cagle went to Algiers for the 2009 Festival International de la Bande Dessinee d’Alger and then went on to Morocco (Eliot), Egypt […]

Former Rocky Mountain News sports cartoonist Drew Litton has landed a weekly spot on the Chicago Tribune’s sports page beginning tomorrow. The new locally themed sports cartoon entitled, “The Main Event,” will cover Chicago sports teams such as the Cubs, White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks. The new feature will run on Saturdays in print and […]

Comic history» A letter written by Walt Disney is up for auction. The typed letter on company letterhead and signed by Disney is expected to sell for $3,500 and $5,000. Comic strips» Michael Cavna leads a crusade to get Doonesbury printed at a legible size in the Washington Post and wins.Graphic Novels» Two Kentucky librarians […]

The Cartoon Network will begin running a new CGI TV program “The Garfield Show” starting next Monday. The show will run daily at 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (EST). The show of course revolves around the surly cat Garfield. The show already runs throughout Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East.From the press release: […]