Cartoon Network exposure sells manga!
ICv2 notes that since BLEACH starting airing on the Cartoon Network, manga sales have soared.
The BookScan list of graphic novels sold in bookstores for...
The heartache of Tugger: The Jeep 4×4 Who Wanted to Fly
Over the weekend we got a mailing from animator Mark Simon leading to a story in the Orlando Sentinal about an animator named Jeffrey...
PERSEPOLIS stills on line
Sony Pictures Classics has up some still from the PERSEPOLIS animated film which is due out in 2007. Creator Marjane Satrapi wrote the script...
Otomo meets Cup Noodles!
Coolest thing ever for today. A site promoting Nissen for the 35th Anniversary of Cup Noodles presents an animated video by Katsuhiro Otomo...
Japanese toon biz update
Earlier in the week we told you about Itochu and Comic Book Movies possibly teaming to make a CYBORG 009 movie. But that...
Sony Pictures enter CGI glut
Speaking of CGI, earlier this week, the LA Times thoroughly examined Sony Pictures' new animation unit, and their debut production OPEN SEASON, based on...
Who Buried Roger Rabbit?
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? is a film still fondly remembered by some. Melding animation and live action back when it was hard, the Robert...
Cartoon Friday @ The Beat!
As we continue to swim around in our flotsam-filled observation tank, we've collected a bunch of links that have nothing to do with comics....
Grace Reading Series returns with cartooners
The Grace Reading Series, a monthly multi media mix focusing on women writers, returns with a series of readings by cartoonists. The series kicks...
Licensable Bear™ PSAs
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Licensable Bear™, Net Gertler's eminently appealing marketing opportunity, is now appearing in an animated PSA standing up for one of our most forgotten minorities.
VENTURE BROS. news
Jackson Publick has a long update on all things Venture along with the news that Season 3 looks like a go -- no duh.
We've...
FF toon ratings strong
The FANTASTIC FOUR cartoon debuted over the weekend on the Cartoon Network, and either due to the holiday weekend launch or our own holiday,...
