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Toon Goggles Launches iPhone, iPad App
Online kids channel Toon Goggles (www.toongoggles.com) has released a free iPhone and iPod app now available in the Apple App Store. The app gives viewers access to a fun and engaging experience at the free COPPA-compliant online kids’ channel and its rich library of more than 500 hours of kid-friendly [...]
‘Toonopedia’ Creator Don Markstein Dies
Donald D. Markstein, a longtime fan and activist for comics and animation and creator of the Toonopedia website, has died due to respiratory failure at age 65. According to his biography at the Toonpedia website, Markstein fell in love with cartoons and comics at an early age. He accumulated tens [...]
‘Tintin’ and ‘Happy Feet Two’ Dance Onto Home Video
The world’s most famous boy reporter and the return of the light-footed penguins headline a strong week for animated home video releases. Steven Spielberg directs and Peter Jackson produces The Adventures of Tintin (Paramount, $30.99 DVD, $40.99 Blu-ray and DVD combo pack, $49.99 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD combo pack), which [...]
Disney Channels Unveil Toon-Heavy Program Lineup
New animated programs from Craig McCracken, a new Marvel Universe programming block and preschooler series Doc McStuffins are front and center at Disney, which is unveiling this week its 2012-13 lineups for Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD. The programs will be presented this week in New York to [...]
‘Lorax’ Tops Weak Opening for ‘John Carter’ at Box Office
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Warlord of Mars was no match for Dr. Seuss. In a disappointing debut, Disney’s John Carter — adapting Burroughs’ seminal, century-old science-fiction tales — opened to a weak $30.6 million at the box office. Despite heavy hype and intense industry scrutiny of the picture and its hefty [...]
Acclaimed Comics, Film Artist Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud Dies
Jean Giraud, whose comic book work and film designs under his own name and his science fiction nom de plume Moebius made him one of the most acclaimed and influential artists in the world, died Saturday after a long struggle with cancer at his home in Paris at the age [...]
Mario & Peach Voted Cutest Game Couple
With the Game Developers Conference taking place in San Francisco this week, leading online opinion-based community SodaHead.com has revealed their poll results for the “cutest video game couple of all time.” Nintento’s Mario and Princess Peach came out on top with 30% of the vote. Mamma mia! Second place went [...]
Rare ‘Calvin & Hobbes’ Drawing Sells for $107,550
Seventeen years after the last comic-strip was created by elusive artist Bill Waterson, an original Calvin & Hobbes drawing for the 1989-1990 calendar fetched $107,550 at an auction this weekend. The price more than doubled Heritage Auctions’ presale estimate of $50,000. The name of the buyer was not disclosed. The [...]
‘Rio 2096' from Gullane for Grown Ups
Brazilian studio Gullane will be bringing a new animated feature to the international market that will target adult audiences, Variety reports. The film, titled Rio 2096, will be a traditional cel-animated flick. The film will be directed by newbie Luiz Bolognesi, who has served as screenwriter for the studio on [...]
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