Cartoon Culture

Live-Action Geri’s Game

Here’s something that’s cool for cool’s sake. Brazilian film students Cesar Turin, Dalila Martins, Dani Libardi and Dhyana Mai have …

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A DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY

What are you doing on Pearl Harbor Day?This Thursday (tomorrow, Dec. 7th) John Canemaker will be in Hollywood, hosting a program to …

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LIVE-ACTION ANIME FROM 1960

Here’s an oddity I just had to share. If you thought a live-action Flintstones was a bad idea, check this out. A live action Japanese …

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CARTOON NETWORK’S RE-ANIMATED

Yesterday, Cartoon Network released the trailer for their first original live-action production RE-ANIMATED. We’ve already discussed this …

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OLD MOVIES AND CARTOONS

I’ll be spending the next five days (as I do every Labor Day) over at Cinecon 42 based at both the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel (at …

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Cartoons And Janet Klein

Thursday night, August 3rd, in a small theatre in Hollywood I will be projecting several celluloid 16mm cartoons as the “opening act” of …

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FOX TROT ON CARTOON NETWORK

Today’s FOXTROT comic strip, by Bill Amend, sums it all up. Earlier coverage of Cartoon Network’s decision to begin producing …

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More about Cartoon Network

I received this email from a former Cartoon Network artist, who prefers to remain anonymous but has worked on a number of their projects …

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The New Cartoon Network

Here’s a roundup of news related to our earlier post about Cartoon Network’s rebranding efforts, and its new programming direction, which …

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Cartoon Network

An article in last week’s VARIETY reports that not only will Cartoon Network continue to air live-action films like ACE VENTURA and DUMB …

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CARTOONS AT UCLA

Heads up for those in Los Angeles area. On Friday (3/3, 7:30pm) the UCLA Film & Television Archive is running a tribute to Comic Art …

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CARTOON REMAKES

Unlike Amid (see commentary below), I’m not against the idea of reviving classic cartoon characters. For me, it’s all about how they are …

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TASHLIN / OSCAR CARTOONS

Frank Tashlin was great.His live action films were hilarious – but, as we know, his print cartoons and animated films were even funnier. …

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