Nickelodeon has announced the launch of the first-ever global SpongeBob SquarePants-inspired short film competition, SpongeBob SquareShorts: Original Fan Tributes. Fans of the absorbent yellow hero around the world and filmmakers of all ages are invited to create original short films inspired by the network’s breakout character for a chance to [...]

Dark Planet Comics has released its first digital comic, Silver #1, now available for download on ComiXology. The 12-issue miniseries marks the comic book debut of animation veteran Stephan Franck, whose many credits include supervising animator on The Iron Giant, storyboard artist on Despicable Me and story artist on How [...]

At its annual MAX conference today in Los Angeles, Adobe Systems announced that its market leading Creative Suite, will be replaced entirely by Creative Cloud, the company’s software subscription option. The new suite version ties in with the company’s push to this Creative Cloud subscription model that includes downloads of [...]

Southern California studio Shade VFX has announced the company has relocated to a new facility at Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station, doubling the available space for the growing effects house. The new studio at the region’s largest art gallery and cultural center complex includes stage space that can accommodate green-screen shoots [...]

Two very different but equally worthy animated efforts are topping the Animag home entertainment shopping list this week. First, for comic-book fans, the 16th film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line Superman: Unbound brings the 2008 Brainiac story arc to life thanks to Warner Bros. Animation and director [...]