Tag "William Shatner"

‘Adventure Time’ and More Mathematical Toons on DVD

June 5, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

If you’re anything like us here at Animag, the first tastes of summer have left you with an itchy sunburn and vicious allergies. Luckily there are a few fun new animated releases on disc this week to keep you company as you nurse your seasonal ails. We highly recommend Adventure [...]

Long Weekend News: ‘Tad,’ ‘Simpsons,’ ‘Planet Earth’

February 18, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

It was another big weekend of awards for animated titles. Fox-TV’s long-running animated series The Simpsons received a Writers Guild honor for the episode “Ned and Edna’s Blend Agenda” written by Jeff Westbrook. The episode was competing against three other episodes of the show and the “Forget-Me-Not” episode of Family [...]

‘Zenoids’ Blasts Off with Social Media

October 11, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

A new web series is taking interactivity to a new level, with hopes its ‘net popularity will bring the toon to TV. The show, titled The Zenoids and starring sci-fi legend William Shatner, is bringing fans into the creative process through contests on its social network site MyOuterSpace.com. According to [...]

Check Out Animation Magazine at Comic-Con

July 19, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

If you are braving the crowds at Comic-Con in San Diego, make sure you stop by the Animation Magazine Booth (#1535) and take advantage of our special subscription deals and drawings for toon-related book and DVD giveaways. We will be hosting a special book signing by Bryan Tillman, author of [...]

William Shatner Talks ‘The Zenoids,’ MyOuterSpace.com

January 24, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Having won the contest to animate William Shatner, Jeremy Appleman is set to help contribute to a new animation project called The Zenoids that is being launched on the sci-fi social networking website MyOuterSpace.com. The site is an interested project in itself. More than just being a hub for sci-fi [...]

Appleman’s Animated Shatner Wins MyOuterSpace-Toon Boom Contest

January 22, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

In the booming world of animation, there are multiple paths to success for each link in the chain — producers, technology companies and talent. All three of which have come together in a recent animation talent contest run by the website MyOuterSpace.com in conjunction with Toon Boom Animation and the Academy [...]