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Books We Love: Summer Reading Edition
British Animation: The Channel 4 Factor By Clare Kitson [Indiana University Press, $29.95] Although indie British animators will tell you that it’s always been tough to put financing together for their projects, it wasn’t always as bad as today! Beginning in the ’80s, the country’s innovative Channel 4 played a [...]
Comic-Con Report: An Inspiring Tribute to Walt Stanchfield
Animation fans attending Comic-Con on Thursday afternoon had the heart-breaking task of choosing between a Bill Plympton event (in-person appearance with a screening of his latest short Horn Dog), a panel showcasing Robot Chicken and the new adult swim series Titan Maximus with Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, and a [...]
Soaking in Genius
How SpongeBob SquarePants evolved from being a clever little toon on Nickelodeon to one of the most popular characters in the history of animation in 10 incredible years. SpongeBob SquarePants, Sunder Bob Kockalone, SpongeBob Schwammkopf, Sponji Bobu, SvampBob Fyrkant, Bob Esponj! No matter what what language you speak, somehow it’s [...]
Bikini Bottom Confessions:
Creative Director, Vince Waller: Why the show has struck such a chord: ‘I think SpongeBob’s appeal to kids is that he has what they all crave’full autonomy. He is one of their peers, but he lives on his own and makes his own decisions! We also put gags into the [...]
Soaking in the Festivities
To help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the old spongemeister, Nickelodeon and sister station VH1 are planning all kinds of cool programming stunts, so mark your calendars and fire up the TiVo! Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants. This insightful, clip-filled documentary produced by Christine Creadon and Patrick O’Malley [...]
Bring In the Giant Reptiles
Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier and the rest of wizards at Blue Sky Studios give us a sparkling new Ice Age adventure in glorious 3-D’and throw in some Jurassic-era monsters to spice things up! First things first: The creators of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs are well aware of the [...]
Sam Raimi to Lead Warcraft Pic
Is the world ready for another feature based on a popular game? On the eve of Comic-Con, we got word that popular genre director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man trilogy, Drag Me to Hell, The Evil Dead) will helm a new movie based on the Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft universe. “At its core, [...]
Brooklyn’s Animation Block Party Kicks It Up a Notch
While West Coasters are busy with Comic-Con activities this weekend, Brooklynites will be beating the heat with a fantastic program of shorts at the Sixth Annual Animaton Block Party (July 24-26). Thanks to the hard work and dedication of event founder and organizer Casey Safron, this East Coast toon shindig [...]
Phineas and Ferb Creators Talk About Emmy Nom!
Since Disney’s popular Phineas and Ferb series was nominated for an Emmy in the Special Class category (for the episode titled ‘The Monster Of Phineas-N-Ferbenstein’) we contacted the show’s creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff ‘Swampy’ Marsh to hear what they had to say about the good news. ‘We’re thrilled and [...]
Wallace & Gromit to Shine on Blu-ray This Fall
Aardman fans should mark September 22 on their calendars since that’s the date the new Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection Blu-ray comes out. According to the Blu-ray.com, the new disc from HIT Entertainment will include four of Nick Park’s award-winning shorts’A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close [...]
Wiig and Cooper Guest Voice...
The parade of stars stopping by The Simpsons office to do guest voice stints on...
Boinx Unveils New Features of...
German software producer Boinx has unveiled some special upgrades the 3.1...
