Cartoons

Cartoon Brew points us to Screen Novelties News which has a harrowing tale of the restoration of the original Rankin/Bass puppets used to make RuDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER. The puppets were in bad...

Found on YouTube via The Comics Journal Message board, two cartoons from Michael Kupperman which aired on Saturday Night Live as part of the TV Funhouse series. First up...the amazing Pablo Picasso! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b59yD9P61zI&w=425&h=350] Next...CAPTAIN MARGINAL,...

Having escaped a dangerous ceiling collapse, Evan Dorkin updates his fans with various projects, including the possibility of more SHIN-CHAN: Sarah and I have begun "punch-up" work on a new batch of episodes for the...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1uqB7hUEkc&w=425&h=350] Eric at Flog points us towards this YouTube video of Richard Sala's INVISIBLE HANDS which ran, believe it or leave, on LIQUID TELEVISION back in the day, along with Beavis and Butt-head and...

MTV's wretched website has the new all-CGI TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES movie trailer up. The dialog is dire, and yet, it DOES look more interesting than yet another story about funny chipmunks who live...

We just can't stop linking to John K's blog, but this time he gets Hanna Barbera background designer Art Lozzi to explain his color theory, which does come down to forest green and salmon...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YceMsNXYmaw&w=425&h=350] We haven't seen this get too much play at the big blogs, but Scott Kurtz recently announced PvP: The Animated Series, to begin on February 1. These will not be simple little flash...

These came out yesterday, but it took us forever to find A full list of nominees. Highlights: Best Animated Feature * Cars - Pixar Animation Studios * Happy Feet - Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with...

Jackson Publick hints... and gives details on the Venture Bros. Season Two DVD: Big Plans being discussed in dark places. Idle machinery being oiled and slowly creaking back to life, etc. etc.What I can tell...

Speaking of John K. we've linked to his blog all kinds of stuff before, but it's really must reading. Kricfalusi is notoriously cranky and disdainful of bad work, and on his blog he has...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdqgLxMAaYU&w=425&h=350] In the Pleistocene days of the internet, one of the first sites to create original content for the Web was Icebox. People said showing cartoons on the World Wide Web was crazy and...

"Do you expect me to talk, Goldfinger?" "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to waddle over to that ice floe and guard your eggs fiercely.": A cadre of singing and dancing penguins beat out the monkey-suited...