Stories By Mercedes Milligan
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Television
‘Secret Mountain Fort Awesome’ Blows Up CN
September 26, 2011There are some cool new kids on Cartoon Network’s Monday night animation block as Secret Mountain...
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Features
Superfad Tackles Chapman’s ‘Liar’s Autobiography’
September 15, 2011Monty Python fans, rejoice! A new 3-D stereoscopic animated feature based on Monty Python trooper Graham...
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Television
Cake Gets Slice of Zinkia’s ‘Pocoyo’
September 15, 2011Kids’ and family entertainment specialist CAKE has been appointed as distributor for global content creator/brand manager...
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Festivals and Events
Filmmaker Junction, Hype Host VFX Panel
September 14, 2011Filmmaker Junction and entertainment communications agency Hype have joined forces to present an evening of visual...
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Features
Kadokawa Reveals ‘Momo’ Release Plans
September 14, 2011Kodakawa Pictures will be releasing director Hiroyuki Okiura’s (Jin-Roh) latest animated effort, A Letter to Momo,...
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Internet
‘Dick Figures’ No. 1 Toon on YouTube
September 13, 2011Original online animated series Dick Figures has nabbed a top spot as the number one Animated...
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Top Stories
Wacom Debuts Cintiq 24HD
September 13, 2011Interactive pen display leader Wacom has revealed its newest must-have tech tool for designers, illustrators, animators...
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Television
‘Clone Wars’ Season 4 Premieres Friday
September 12, 2011Prepare for a splash landing as the new season of the CG-animated “mini-movie” series Star Wars:...
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Festivals and Events
‘Run Amok’ Makes Off with GRAPHIC Prize
September 12, 2011Newly formed Australian artist team ZZZ Collective has blitzed the 2011 GRAPHIC Animation Competition with Run...
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Features
GKIDS Scores Ghibli Distribution Deal
September 8, 2011Distributor of award-winning animated films GKIDS has forged an agreement with Japan’s legendary Studio Ghibli to...
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Television
Moonscoop’s ‘SamSam’ Soars in Europe, Australia
September 8, 2011Global brand management and entertainment company Moonscoop has signed new deals for their CG-animated preschool series...
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Festivals and Events
VES Preps for Production Summit
September 7, 2011The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced it will hold its third annual Production Summit for...
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Festivals and Events
‘Doong Doong’ Nabs CICDAF Prize
September 7, 2011Paris-based international distributor awol animation and Korean producer Sunnyside Imaginary Space are celebrating a Grand Prize...
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Television
Fox Strives for Flippin’ Good TV
September 7, 2011Fox TV’s new animation lineup sees the awkward teens of Napoleon Dynamite get a toon makeover,...
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Television
Disney Jr., Guru Nab New Territories for ‘Justin Time’
September 6, 2011Guru Studio and Disney have announced a new deal for Guru’s 26 x 11 preschool series...
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Television
Target Sets Sights on Monster’s ‘Punky’
September 6, 2011Leading rights management company Target Entertainment has nabbed global distribution rights to Monster Animation’s groundbreaking 2D...
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Festivals and Events
Toon Spooktacular at Disney Family Museum
September 1, 2011Need to brush up on your skeleton dance? Then mark your calendars for HallowScreen!—a family friendly...
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Festivals and Events
‘One Piece’ Pops Up on the Champs-Elysées
September 1, 2011Anime fans in France will be cracking open their wallets as Toei Animation sets up shop...
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Festivals and Events
Matt Groening Judges Film of the Month
August 31, 2011September is Animation Takeover month at web-based independent filmmaker networking hub Shooting People, and in honor...
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Licensing
What’s Your Spirit Muppet?
August 31, 2011The latest headwear craze that has graced the pates of pop idols Ke$ha and Katy Perry...
The Universal Kids TV network has announced new animated preschool adventure series Powerbirds will premiere ...

***This interview, updated Dec. 11, originally ran in the November ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine ...

The traditionally animated Disney classic Sleeping Beauty was the sole representative of toon history to ...
