Kwik-E-Mart a hit!
Brandweek reports that the Simpsons/7-Eleven cross over has been a big success especially in the Northeast where the Simpsons have a strong fanbase.
The Simpsons-related...
Simpsons history recalled
This month's Vanity Fair has a sunstantive oral history of The Simpsons, with quotes from some familiar faces.
Gary Panter, friend of Matt Groening's,...
KIWK-E-MART revolution
As you have all probably heard by now, 7-11 has converted a dozen of its stores into Kwik-E-Marts to tie-in to the launch of...
Michel Gagné and Ratatouille
RATATOUILLE triumphed at the domestic box office this weekend with $47.2 million, great news for those--like me-- who think this is an instant...
Notable quotables
§ Tintin Pantoja goes to a comicon in INDONESIA!:
Since I couldn't attend MoCCA this year, I dropped by an Indonesian analogue- KONDEFEST- this weekend....
We’re not just imagining these things, you know
Old Disney Rejection Letter via Boing Boing.
UPDATE: to those who thought this was not a form letter --- nope, it was SOP.
Land of a thousand links
A lot of stuff to catch up on. So just the quick hits:
§ John Jakala looks at manga that don't hold up over multiple...
PERSEPOLIS film removed in Thailand
Thai officials have cancelled a screening of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis after complaints from the Iranian Embassy:
The Bangkok International Film Festival has dropped the Cannes...
RATATOUILLE
Last night, I was lucky enough to catch an early screening of RATATOUILLE, the new Brad Bird movie from Pixar. After THE IRON GIANT,...
SPEED RACER toon zooms to TV
We were at the Licensing Show yesterday but will have to present out picture parade tomorrow. Lots of Speed Racer news, however, including the...
Thunderbirds are STILL GO!
A few days ago we were fretting that THUNDERBIRD fandom might be dying out/. The evidence? An excessive number of Geocities pages and dead...
