Cartoons

Well, to be fair, the sixth season debuted last night, so a big media push is only natural. Emily Nussbaum did the honors for...

Yessss! The Art of the Venture Brothers will be a huge collection of original artwork, character designs, storyboards, painted backgrounds, and props from every episode of The Venture Bros. with accompanying commentary on the development of the series from cocreators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer. And as you know, those guys can commentate with the best of them. If you clicked the above link, you will have seen the list price is $39.99. Patton Oswalt pens a foreword. 


  When someone thinks of the name “Disney,” many things can come to mind; Some may think of their theme parks. Some their animated films....

Giancarlo Volpe, showrunner of Green Lantern the Animated Series has drawn a comic about a focus group test of the cartoon. It's an...

Next month sees a launch which The Beat has been following on and off for the last few weeks. A new Transformers miniseries will...

There was much rejoicing last week when it was announced 80s cartoon mainstay Jem and The Holograms is coming back as a live-action movie, with the production crowd sourced in some cases. . The movie will be directed by Jon Chu who previously made both Step Up and GI Joe Retaliation, which is the perfect resume for a movie about a female rock band that has adventures.

Following their huge success with their Adventure Time and Regular Show comics, Boom! Studios has signed a "first look" deal with Cartoon Network, meaning...

Just in case you didn't get up to see Thor announce this year's Academy Award nominations—Inside Llewyn Davis wuz robbed!—here's a cheat sheet to...

James Kochalka's unspell-out-able in a family website superheroes are back in a special digital only release called: SuperF*ckers Save Christmas. YOu can purchase it...

Okay, so there's this new software thinger called Plotagon and once you upload your screenplay and make a few other settings it uses...

Just in case you missed the memo, Natasha Allegri's Bee and PuppyCat is the new Adventures Time. Not only is it a viral video that has racked up 1,5 million views on YouTube, it's a Kickstarter with $427,000 of a $600,000 goal in the can.

I haven't really been following all the animated DC cartoon news, but Beware the Batman, the dark (!) CGI cartoon telling Batman's early days...