This looks like it has potential. The Boxtrolls is a 3D stop-motion and CG hybrid featuring voice talents from Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Elle Fanning, Jared Harris, Toni Collette and Tracy Morgan.Official Teaser Here’s a promotional video showing some of the intricacies of doing stop animation. Due out in September of 2014

Great to see Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau talking about Alpha House himself.H/T: Mike Lynch

The 41st annual Annie Awards nominees have been announced. The Annie is the equivalent of an Oscar in the animation industry.Best Animated Feature A Letter to Momo – GKIDS Despicable Me 2 – Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures Ernest & Celestine – GKIDS Frozen – Walt Disney Animation Studios Monsters University – Pixar Animation Studios The Croods […]

Roy Peterson passed away in September of this year. He was an amazing talent. The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists has posted a remembrance of his life and work. By the end of his career, Peterson had won seven National Newspaper Awards, produced several books, co-founded the ACEC and was one of only two Canadian […]

Tom Racine has released a three part Tall Tale Radio podcast with The Economist editorial cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher. From Tom: Kevin Kallaugher, or KAL, world famous editorial cartoonist and caricaturist of ?The Economist? and ?The Baltimore Sun,? talks to Tall Tale Radio about his early days and influences, how he went from scraping wallpaper […]

Interesting look at the collaboration between Baby Blues co-creators Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman.

 While I saw my first “Don’t wish me ‘Happy Holidays'” Facebook graphic two weeks ago, now they’re really starting to pop up.Clay Bennett is right, of course: We have all these holidays at the same time of year because it gets really dark and cold, and we need to celebrate the fact that, from that […]

I’m wrapping up the shipping of the various perks that were offered by some very generous individuals and companies. I’d like to take a moment and recognize them for their generosity. I approached a few individuals personally but the majority came to me offering their help.In alphabetical order, I give huge thanks to…Abrams Books for […]

TrackingBoard.com is reporting that Warner Bros has picked up a biopic script by Dan Dollar about Bill Watterson. The script is called A Boy and His Tiger and chronicles the early Watterson struggles to become a cartoonist, dealing with the popularity and then his fight with the syndicate. The film will be produced by Leonardo […]

Norm Feuti’s Gil will exit out of syndication on December 29 after a two year run. Norm writes on his blog that the reason is due to lack of newspapers to make it profitable. This is sad news for me as a Gil fan. I always thought the strip was clever and original. I asked […]

Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with their pretend-bargains and ginned-up gotta-shop hype, have ended and yet Christmas and portions of Hannukah remain.I recently posted some shopping suggestions for comics fans here and then here, and, if you didn’t look then and you’re shopping now, well, there they are.Now some additional possibilities for shoppers who haven’t […]

As I teased earlier today, King Features Syndicate is launching a new comic portal called Comics Kingdom. The go-live date is tomorrow. The new portal will replace their DailyInk comic subscription service. Paying Comic Kingdom subscribers will enjoy an ad-free experience, deeper archives not available to non-subscribers. Non-subscribers will still be able to read their […]

Editorial cartoonist Donna Barstow is allegedly asking Google to delist sites that have posted her cartoons – most notably a particular site that posted it to critique it. From Boing Boing: Now, nearly 18 months on, Barstow apparently used Google’s takedown tool to request that it remove links to former federal prosecutor Ken “Popehat” White’s […]

King Features Syndicate has announced that they are launching a new public comic portal called Comics Kingdom this week. This new site will replace their DailyInk website and service and include a deeper archive, more puzzles and expanded vintage comic offerings. You will also be able to search for specific comics or comics related to […]