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August 14, 2011 12:05 am
We celebrated the date August 11th, 1991 earlier this week by marking the anniversary of The Ren & Stimpy Show. But that same second Sunday morning in August also marked the beginning of Nicktoons itself and the start of a creator driven cartoon explosion. Since today is 20th anniversary that symbolic second Sunday of August, I thought another post to mark the occasion was due. Long gone – but not forgotten – is the cool Nicktoons ID intro and several character bumpers created by J.J. Sedelmaier. His collaborator Craig Yoe recalled how it came to be:
Sedelmaier just posted the original Nicktoon bumpers on his site. Click the image below to see them:
34 Comments » posted in TV, Craig Yoe, J.J. Sedelmaier, nickelodeon 
August 11, 2011 1:33 pm
On this day, twenty years ago—August 11, 1991—Nickelodeon debuted The Ren and Stimpy Show, and animation hasn’t been the same ever since. The show, created by John Kricfalusi and produced by Spumco, reinvented the idea of television animation. Its incalculable influence on the animation art form and industry remains present and highly visible to this day. Share your memories of the show and how it influenced you. 109 Comments » posted in TV, John Kricfalusi, Ren and Stimpy, Spumco
August 6, 2011 3:17 pm
Seth MacFarlane, who has made a career of creating nuanced and thoughtful animated programs that broaden the horizons of viewers, is lending his expertise to the scientific community. He’s teaming up with Carl Sagan’s widow and astrophysicists Steven Soter and Neil deGrasse Tyson to create a sequel to the milestone science series Cosmos. The new series, Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, is “the story of how human beings began to comprehend the laws of nature and find our place in space and time,” according to the press release:
The thirteen-part series will debut on that bastion of scientific inquiry, FOX, beginning in 2013. Between this and his reboot of The Flintstones, there’s seemingly nothing that MacFarlane can’t do. Perhaps someday he’ll surprise everyone by actually doing something well. (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore’s Flickr) 108 Comments » posted in TV, Carl Sagan, Seth MacFarlane
August 4, 2011 6:00 am
Toy Masters is a feature-length documentary (currently in production) on the story behind the toy line and animated series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. In addition to interviews with all the principals behind the toys and Filmation cartoon, the preview below contains the central conflict of the film – the stories of toy designers Roger Sweet and Mark Taylor, both of whom claim to have created He-Man: 30 Comments » posted in TV, Filmation, He-Man
August 2, 2011 12:01 am
Here’s another one of those wonderful articles from Popular Mechanics magazine (September 1960) explaining the tricks behind creating animated cartoons: “TV Hit From A Cartoon Factory” by Thomas E. Stimson, Jr. The piece includes a Huckleberry Hound storyboard sequence, character mouth chart and some great behind the scenes photos. Check out Carlo Vinci animating on the article’s second page (page 121). Read the whole piece through this link to Google Books. (Thanks, Wynn Hamonic) 9 Comments » posted in TV, Hanna Barbera
July 28, 2011 12:05 am
Avatar: The Last Airbender was a very successful anime-inspired seies for Nickelodeon. Unfortunately the franchise took a hit last year with the M. Night Shyamalan live action feature. Undeterred, Avatar creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are supervising 26 episodes of a new spin-off limited series, The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra, which is scheduled to debut next year. Last week at Comic Con Nick released this first taste: 88 Comments » posted in TV, Avatar: The Last Airbender
July 6, 2011 12:30 am
1972 was a low-point in the history of the medium (the theatrical release of Fritz The Cat and Snoopy Come Home excepted). That year may also have been the nadir of bad Saturday morning cartoons. Critical writing relating to animated films was practically non-existent (Funnyworld #14 was all we had). Brew reader Tony Wisneske was looking through some old LIFE magazines and found this rather cynical little write-up on the status of the Saturday morning shows. Worth a read to experience the mind-set back then, when the best we had to offer was The Brady Kids, Roman Holidays and The Osmonds. The date of the magazine was December 1, 1972. 66 Comments » posted in TV, Life Magazine
June 22, 2011 2:30 pm
This parody of Marvel Super Heroes and Adventure Time aired on Cartoon Network’s MAD show last month. Even though its gone viral the past few weeks, it is just too good not to share here. Bravo Mad-men! (Thanks, Bill Field) |
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