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Fox Announces Two New Animated Series, “Allen Gregory” and “Napoleon Dynamite”
[Editor’s Note: As part of today’s announcement of Fox’s 2011-2012 Primetime Schedule, two new animated series will be joining the …
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Universal Studios Singapore Launching New Attraction, “Madagascar: A Crate Adventure”
Universal Studios Singapore, the world-class theme park within Resorts World Sentosa, the first integrated resort destination in …
Animation at MOCA’s “Art in the Streets” Show
“Art in the Streets,” the first major museum survey of street art and graffiti, opened last week at the Museum of Contemporary Art in …
Disney Artist Rolly Crump Announces New Representation by Brentwood Licensing
Brentwood Licensing is excited to be representing the art of Rolly Crump. A master Disney animator and cartoonist, Rolly Crump has …
Sony Pictures Animation Acquires “Muncle Trogg”
Sony Pictures Animation has acquired the motion picture rights to Janet Foxley’s Muncle Trogg, The 2010 Times (of London)/Chicken House …
Disney Bumps Original Series Slate 30% In the Disney Channel Family Upfronts
Press Release – After delivering a year of best-ever ratings across each of its kid-driven, family inclusive platforms, and deepening …
Looney Tunes Stoners – III
Yesterday, as a Christmas gift to its listeners, New York area radio station WFMU posted on its Beware of the Blog a series of rare 1982 …
The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation
The Hub, a network owned partly by toy company Hasbro, launched a little over a week ago with new animated series including Strawberry …
Bill Littlejohn (1914-2010)
Word has just reached us that veteran animator Bill Littlejohn passed away in his sleep last night. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in …
John Stanley
I’ve always been aware of John Stanley, the comic book writer and artist best known for his classic Little Lulu stories (drawn by Irving …
Meet Dan Lin, Clueless Producer of CGI Tom & Jerry Pic
The only thing worse than knowing they’re making a live-action/CG hybrid of Tom & Jerry is reading an interview with the film’s producer …
SDCC ’09: Van Eaton’s Book Booth
If you are going to the San Diego Comic Con, don’t miss Booth #501, Van Eaton Galleries. Forget the voluminous amount of vintage …
Harry Happy (1963)
I got such a good reaction to the previous 1960s Paramount cartoon that I posted last week, I couldn’t resist torturing you with …
“I don’t have SpongeBob. I have SquishyGuy.”
There was a funny story in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (link to article on another site) about how companies that provide costumed …
Dick Sutcliffe, Jack Hanrahan, Mel Leven, RIP
Some animation-related deaths to report from the past few months: Dick Sutcliffe, the creator of Davey and Goliath, passed away on …
Pingwings Rediscovered
Tony Mines of Spite Your Face Productions sent me a note about an early-1960s British animated series, The Pingwings, which had been …
Gumby World
It’s easy to knock Gumby… He’s been mocked by Saturday Night Live, trivialized in junk merchandise, and mostly ignored by the …
Alexei Karayev’s Welcome (1986)
What would happen if some Russians took a Dr. Seuss story and turned it into a paint-on-glass animated short? The results would be …
Jan Svochak (1926-2006)
J.J. Sedelmaier sends us this sad news:I just wanted to let you and others know that Jan Svochak passed away yesterday afternoon. He was …
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