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‘SpongeBob’ Launches with Massive $56 Million Weekend
America went crazy for SpongeBob this weekend, leading his second feature film to a massive $56 opening weekend.
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‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ and Mickey Mouse Shorts Dominate Annie Awards
After a difficult week for DreamWorks in which they announced their largest layoff ever, the studio dominated the Annie Awards tonight.
FXX and ADHD Teaming Up to Launch Late-Night Animation Block
Fox's youth-oriented cabler FXX will launch a late-night animation block next month with ADHD.
42nd Annie Award Nominations Announced: Complete List
Laika's "The Boxtrolls" topped the noms with a total of thirteen; the awards will be handed out January 31, 2015, in Los Angeles, California.
Happy 55th Birthday, Rocky & Bullwinkle
55 years ago today: "Rocky & His Friends" premiered.
Animation Breakdown Festival Unveils Amazing Line-up of Screenings and Guests
Next week, the Cinefamily in Los Angeles will present its Animation Breakdown festival comprised of nineteen events over six days.
Mondo Announces Feature Film Plans for ‘Happy Tree Friends,’ ‘Dick Figures’ and ‘Deep Space 69’
Mondo Media may be expanding their brand into the kid-friendly market, but that doesn’t mean they’re neglecting their adult-oriented successes.
‘Gravity Falls’ Does Stop Motion Ray Harryhausen Tribute
The latest episode of Gravity Falls, which is done in an anthology format a la The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror,” includes an ambitious …
Behind “BoJack Horseman” With Its Creator and Supervising Director
"BoJack Horseman" creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg and director Mike Hollingsworth speak with Cartoon Brew about the making of the show, its dark but sincere tone, and the lighter side of bestiality.
Comedy Central Launches Raunchy Webseries ‘Biatches’
This morning, Comedy Central debuted "Biatches" a new animated webseries made exclusively for release on their digital platform CC:Studios, YouTube, and the network’s mobile app.
How Contemporary British TV Animation Went Off the Rails
British TV networks wanted to find the next "Simpsons" and "South Park," but things didn't go quite as planned.
‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Mickey Mouse,’ Harry Shearer Win Primetime Emmys
Last night was a night of cartoon firsts at the 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards as "Bob's Burgers" and "Simpsons" voice actor Harry Shearer each won an Emmy Award for the first time.
San Diego Comic-Con Animation Open Thread
San Diego Comic-Con 2014 begins tonight. If you have an animation-related project or merchandise that you want attendees to know about, post it in the comments.
7 Quirky Animation and Comic-Related Programs At This Year’s San Diego Comic-Con
Comic-Con International: San Diego is almost upon us, and the organizers have released the event's mammoth program schedule. The madness, taking place from July 24-27, includes hundreds of panels, discussions, art demos, and screenings, with everyone from Buzz Aldrin to Betty White getting their moment to shine.
How Garfield Got His Groove Back: The ‘Garfield’ Remix Phenomenon
Poor Garfield. In his heyday, he was amongst the most beloved characters on the funny pages, his plush likenesses fastened to car windows and his sarcastic barbs adorning office walls around the globe. Then, somewhere along the line, he underwent a pop-cultural re-evaluation. Jim Davis’ strip is now something of a pariah: just look at how "The Simpsons" paired it with "Love Is" as the kind of strip that Milhouse reads. What a comedown for a character once hip enough to be quoted in “Two Tribes” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. But yet, the orange cat has been saved from cultural oblivion by a peculiar trend: the remixed "Garfield" strip.
Animake It Software Allows Anyone to Make Animation—In One Minute
The world of animation software is dominated by a handful of industry-standard titles. However, the margins are dotted with more specialized pieces of software, often designed for animators who prefer to work outside the demands of studio production. One such program is Animake It, a piece of software that aims to provide an accessible animation experience that ties in with current trends in online content.
25 Beautiful Stills From the New Anthology Feature ‘The Prophet’ (Gallery)
The producer of this year's most intriguing and visually eclectic animated feature may well end up being the Mexican/Arabic actress Salma Hayek, who screened a work-in-progress version of her pet project, "The Prophet," last week in Cannes.
Animation’s Domination Slips on Fox Sundays
While Fox’s Sunday night lineup was dubbed Animation Domination in May 2005, it did not officially become all-animated until 2010. Now, the announcement of their fall 2014 schedule reveals that the cartoons will be ceding some of their Sunday night territory to live-action comedies "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Mulaney," which will be taking over the 8:30 and 9:30 time slots, respectively.
Fox Is Scrapping Its Late-Night Animation Block ADHD
Fox's experiment with late-night animation didn't go as well as they had anticipated. The network will end its Saturday late-night animation block ADHD (Animation Domination High-Def) in June, less than a year after it began. It was originally created as a replacement for the cancelled sketch comedy show "MADtv."
John K. Animated A Bizarre Milkshake-Making Machine
After a relatively quiet stretch, John Kricfalusi ("Ren & Stimpy") is popping up everywhere nowadays: at the front "Simpsons" episodes, behind Miley Cyrus, and now, in your milkshake machine.
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