Marvel’s ‘Next Big Thing’ Call – Avengers Assemble!
Phone time! Earlier today our lovely old antique phone started ringing from somewhere in Stately Beat Mansion's attic, so I braved the cabinets and cobwebs to pick up the receiver and see what was going on. It turned out Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada, VP of Animation Cort Lane and Executive Producer, Man Of Action Studio's Joe Kelly were on the line, to discuss the new Marvel cartoon series Avengers Assemble which'll be airing on Disney XD!
Disney and Marvel Team Up to Create a Big Hero 6 Movie
With Disney owning Marvel and all their characters, it was expected that they'd eventually set their film-makers to work on a Marvel Universe project...
Nostalgia Reigns as IDW Announce ROCKY & BULLWINKLE, MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN
Coinciding with all of the big C2E2 announcements from just about every comics publisher, IDW released some information about more than one upcoming series...
Holy cow: COWBOY WALLY animation test
Kyle Baker has posted a very short animation test for what appears to be an animated version of Cowboy Wally, a strong contender for...
Axe Cop Season Two webisodes have begun
But it's the Rugburn-produced motion comic AXE COP—not the yet-to-premiere animated version that will debut in July as part of Fox's ADHD adult animation...
Doing it their way: Cyanide & Happiness
Since we've been talking about career paths and what not for the last few days, here's another one: after turning down three TV development deals, including Comedy Central, the webcomic Cyanide & Happiness has decided to go DIY.
Achewood Test Footage — WITH VOICES
A longer version of the animated Achewood being put together by creator Chris Onstad is now available.
Has your mind been blown? Did it...
Animated Achewood may rescue a world mired in gloom
After a long, lonely world without the seminal webcomic Achewood, creator Chris Onstad busted out a big rainbow of hope yesterday with the epic news that he's been working on an animated series. He even gave us a clip of his efforts, above. And from there, to the big show:
IDW and Cartoon Network team up for Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Ben 10, etc.
The people at IDW are no slackards. After taking a look at the sales of their My Little Pony comics -- their best selling comics EVER -- and the current 90s cartoon nostalgia trend, they've pacted with Cartoon Network to bring out a bunch of old favorites—and current hits —in comics form, in a deal announced at last week's ComicsPRO meeting in Atlanta. Titles include The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Johnny Bravo and Generator Rex.
The Beat’s Annual Guide to Winning the Oscar® Pool: Best Animated Shorts 2013
So, once again, Hollywood confabulates and celebrates the best of motion picture arts and sciences tonight, at the 85th Academy Awards. Among the many...
Everything you always wanted to know about The Adventures of Tintin
The opening titles of The Adventures of Tintin, while not technically part of the screenplay, offer a jaunty, tongue-in-cheek symposium on the action-adventure genre. Or,...
The lesson of South Park: just do it
The other day the New York Times interviewed South Park's Matt Stone which you should be able to read unfirewalled here, and Stone delivers a confirmation of Content as King:
