Feature Film

Kung Fu Panda trailer

Based on what little I’ve seen from this film, it looks awesome. Here’s the latest trailer from Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda.

Music Videos

Animated on Post-It notes

Directed by Andrei T. Bakhurin, this fun collaborative animation jam (Multfilm) from Russia (whose full title translates as St. …

Animators

Adventure Time T-Shirts

UPDATE: More details about new Adventure Time merchandise here. I was a fan of Pen Ward’s warped cartoon genius before I saw his two …

TV

Spongebob Voice-Overs

One of the highlights of the Annie Awards last Friday night was a small video concocted by the cast of Spongebob Squarepants (M.C. Tom …

Events

Best. Birthday. Ever.

Yes, it’s me with my June Foray Award. I just got in from a wonderful night at the Annie Award ceremony, and yeah, it’s my birthday …

Internet/Blogs

Ain’t It Cool ‘toons

Harry Knowles (of Ain’t It Cool News) has posted a top ten list (with YouTube links) of his some of his all-time favorite animated films. …

Internet/Blogs

Script That Classic

With all the debate over scripts versus storyboards, animation writer Steve Marmel (Fairly Oddparents, Danny Phantom, et al) has jumped …

Classic

Mimiche

Here’s a rare treat—thanks to YouTube. Milton Knight discovered this upload of a rare 9.5mm silent home movie film featuring …

Shorts

Rhapsody Of Steel

ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Archive has post a complete Quicktime movie of John Sutherland’s industrial film Rhapsody of Steel (1959) on …

Cartoon Culture

Band of Bugs

Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California, has an upcoming art show, A Band of Bugs, featuring work from animators and illustrators such as …

Cartoon Culture

Chuck-staposed

Last week an exhibition of original oil paintings by the late animation director Chuck Jones opened for public viewing at Chapman …

Comics

Lio

A very strange comic strip I’m really starting to enjoy. Today’s Lio by Mark Tatulli.

Anime

Anime Alert!

Heads up, East-coasters! Several worthwhile anime screenings are scheduled for later this month. The Japan Society, in New York, …

Cartoon Culture

WB Studio Store blog

Remember how cool those Warner Bros. Studio Stores were – at least for the first ten years of their existence, before they went all …

Cartoon Culture

Bullwinkle Statue Update

The good news: It’s still there! The bad news: It’s been “improved”. Brew reader Brent Swanson sent in this recent photo. I have …

TV

My Favorite Martian

This post is only slightly on-topic, as I want to give a plug to a new soundtrack CD for one of my favorite live action sitcoms of the …

TV

Rubik the Amazing Cube

One of the silliest cartoon shows ever contrived by network executives and foist upon kids, back in those deep dark days of network …

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