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East Coast animators paid less than West Coasters
Of late we've been much focused on the economics of creating comics as a career, and the challenges of such an undertaking. Animation is often viewed as the "money spout" for comics types—more competition, more exposure more money. But an investigation by animation writer Amid Amidi reveals a disquieting [read more]
WATCH: MetLife’s cartoon team up Super Bowl ad
Or as "Damon Lindelof tweeted,
Affordable Care Act, MetLife's commitment to affordable insurance. It is questionable whether everyone in the spot would currently be insurable, however, [read more]
Voltron has life insurance? I cry foul, MetLife.
The video shows every cartoon character from Charlie Brown to Jabberjaw joining together to celebrate theSCOOP: From the people who brought you Adventure Time….James Kochalka’s SuperF***ers
Move over Finn. Jack Krak is on his way.
Over at the Cartoon Hangover blog, this image of James Kochalka's Superf***ckers has appeared with the headline "Too Wild For T.V." If you've read the debauched adventures of Kochalka's NSFW teen superheroes—imagine Beavis and Butthead without the intelligence and restraint—you know [read more]
SCOOP: From the people who brought you Adventure Time….James Kochalka’s SuperF***ers
Move over Finn. Jack Krak is on his way.
Over at the Cartoon Hangover blog, this image of James Kochalka's Superf***ckers has appeared with the headline "Too Wild For T.V." If you've read the debauched adventures of Kochalka's NSFW teen superheroes—imagine Beavis and Butthead without the intelligence and restraint—you know [read more]
Aardman’s awesome DC Nation trailer
Okay this might just be the coolest comics-related promo of the year. Aardman Films -- the claymation studio behind Wallace and Gromit -- has made a promo piece for the DC Nation cartoon block debuting on the Cartoon Network later this year. It takes a conceit first used on their [read more]
Wilco produced new Popeye cartoon for “Dawned on Me” video
Much loved indie band Wilco is back with a new video -- their first in 12 years -- which doubles as a new Popeye cartoon. Directed by Darren Romanelli and art directed by Frank Caruso, the video recalls the classic Fleischer Bros. animation. [read more]
Cool free things: ADVENTURE TIME storyboard storybook
Another cool free thing on the internet! A downloadable book collecting the best storyboard spots featured on the Adventure Time tumblr. SInce Adventure Time is just one big indie comic come to life, by presenting these comics like storyboards, now we've come full circle. [read more]
Disney XD rolls out Marvel Universe programming block in April
From the moment Disney purchased Marvel, people were drawing a line between their Disney XD channel -- an attempt to lure more of the lucrative audience of young boys -- and the Marvel characters. Marvel animation has been running non-stop on the cable channel ever since, but in April, the [read more]
Holiday reading: Dave Roman’s Christmas Cartoon Timeline!
Cartoonist/writer/editor Dave Roman has created a Christmas Classic: [read more]
Watch the Neil Gaiman Simpsons episode
"The Book Job," the sixth episode of the 23rd season of The Simpsons, co-stars Neil Gaiman. Not in a cameo, but as the main storyline. [read more]
‘Youngblood’ vs. ‘WildC.A.T.s’ vs. ‘UltraForce’: Which Had The Most X-Treme Intro?
Filed under: Television, Humor
During the boom years of the early '90s, printed comics weren't the only medium that saw a sudden influx of new, extreme super-heroes. The influence of the popular Fox cartoon based on the X-Men was obvious in a second... [read more]
Halloween Supplemental: Robot Chicken DC Episode: the horrifying NSFW trailer
We meant to post this yesterday but somehow it got lost in the shuffle. This fall ROBOT CHICKEN-- the toy-motion animation satire that uses lookalikes of your favorite childhood toys to enact grisly jokes -- is doing an entire 15-minute episode devoted to DC comics. Recently, Geoff Johns, a [read more]
GREAT ART: Mary Blair
It's Mary Blair's birthday and if Google can celebrate her, so can we. And so should we all. As an animator and designer, Blair is among the most influential artistic figures of the mid century era, an icon and the creator of some of the loveliest art you'll ever [read more]
GREAT ART: Mary Blair
It's Mary Blair's birthday and if Google can celebrate her, so can we. And so should we all. As an animator and designer, Blair is among the most influential artistic figures of the mid century era, an icon and the creator of some of the loveliest art you'll ever [read more]
Batman teams with Katana in BEWARE THE BATMAN cartoon
Batman's got a new cartoon and a new sidekick: Katana, the female ninja character created in the 80s and lately part of the New 52 Birds of Prey comic (above, foreground). Talking at the MIP JR tv conference in France, Cartoon Network programing head Sam Register said that BEWARE THE [read more]
Gender battles: Miyazaki is shocked to see a woman driving a bus
It might come as a shock that Hayao Miyazaki, the revered animator behind such enduring and magical characters as Totoro and Nausicaa -- a creator whose body of work nearly defines entertainment that everyone can enjoy -- might have some odd ideas about women animators but that's what this [read more]
Cartoon mash-up: David OReilly and NWA
New World Animation -- the makers of those amazing Taiwanese news cartoons -- and experimental animator David OReilly have teamed up! OReilly wrote and NWA animated -- in their typical deadline-busting style -- "Children's medium used for dissemination of truth." It's pretty cool but NWA should totally collaborate with other [read more]
Wooo-ah! Lots of now TINTIN stills
And we do mean STILLS. Still not quite feeling it, but obviously this is going to be a labor of love that tries to capture the feeling of the books.
Produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Steven Spielberg, the all-mocap TINTIN opens this Christmas, starring Jaime Bell, Daniel Craig, [read more]
Stop Motion Jonny Quest by Roger Evans
A fan-made homage to the opening credits. If you want to know where Brock Samson got his mojo, check out that little look Race Bannon gives near the end. [read more]