Monday, January 26, 2015
Animators Seek ‘Lost Treasure’ Aid on Kickstarter
We don’t normally post news items about Kickstarter campaigns — if we did, we’d just have to change the name of the magazine to Animation Kickstarter Magazine — but ... Continue Reading →
PBS Kids Schedules ‘Cyberchase’ Movie
PBS KIDS and Thirteen will celebrate Earth Month by presenting the first-ever television movie based on the Emmy-winning series Cyberchase. The Cyberchase Movie will find character ... Continue Reading →
9 Story Multiplies ‘Peg + Cat’ Sales
Toronto-based 9 Story Entertainment has inked a raft of new sales for its educational preschool cartoon Peg + Cat, which follows an inquisitive girl and her pet sidekick on imaginative ... Continue Reading →
In Toon With The Universe
For a long time I’ve opined to anyone who would listen that I would regain hope for humanity when Neil deGrasse Tyson had his own television show instead of Honey Boo Boo and ... Continue Reading →
‘Adventure Time’ Season 3 Arrives with Extras
If you love cartoons, odds are you love Cartoon Network’s surreal and hilarious Adventure Time series. That makes this week’s release of Adventure Time: The Complete Third ... Continue Reading →
Ask a Baboon – Issue #238
As head writers go, Baboon Animation team member Carin Greenberg is one of the busiest in the biz. An Emmy winner and eight-time nominee, Carin has masterfully helmed such hits as 101 ... Continue Reading →
‘Daniel Tiger’ Hangs Around for Season 2
The Fred Rogers Co. has announced a second season of its animated hit Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, with 25 new episodes set to roll out later this year.
The first original TV ... Continue Reading →
‘Simpsons’ Takes Top Toon Honor at WGA Awards
The winners of the 2014 Writers Guild of America Awards have finally been unveiled, and The Simpsons has snapped the top Animation prize in an all Matt Groening competition which pitted ... Continue Reading →
Oscar-Nominated Animator Michael Sporn Dies at 67
We are sad to report the passing of Oscar-nominated American animator Michael Sporn at the age of 67 from pancreatic cancer. The influential New York-based artist was working on Poe, ... Continue Reading →
‘Riddick,’ ‘Marvel Knights’ Top Busy Week for New Discs
The return of Vin Diesel’s cult-favorite sci-fi hero in Riddick leads a strong and diverse week of animated and visual-effects home video releases.
Riddick (Universal, $29.98 ... Continue Reading →
