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The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. One
…a few years later, in 1987). Foster collected numerous awards, including the Reuben, and was always admired by his peers. Even many of the best illustrators wished that they could… |
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Teen Titans: The Complete First Season
…world, but some of the stalest stories on the comic racks. Everyone knew who Superman and Wonder Woman were, but their adventures seemed old-school, quaint, and boring to those that… |
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Another lawsuit for DreamWorks Animation
The South Florida Times reports that a Boca Raton man is suing DreamWorks Animation, claiming the studio stole his ideas to create the 2005 movie Madagascar. According to Joseph Davis,… |
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The Fox And The Hound 2
…manage to rise above its questionable pedigree? In many ways, it does. The animation by the Philippines’ Toon City Animation Inc. (with DisneyToon Studios Australia and others) is remarkably good…. |
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James Cameron discusses 3D motion-capture Avatar
…during an interplanetary war in which aliens can manifest themselves through human bodies — avatars. “Avatar is the single most complex piece of filmmaking ever made. We have 1,600 shots… |
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Star Trek: The Animated Series
…galaxy, encountering new life, new civilizations, and boldy going where no man has gone before. The Sweatbox Review: In 1966, a show debuted that would forever redefine science fiction on… |
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How Jeffrey Katzenberg came to animation
…man. It was as though he was kind of an angel sitting on my shoulder every day, telling me exactly what to do.” The DreamWorks CEO, who confirmed that a… |
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New interview, Robinsons promising for Disney, more Treasures, Popeye is coming
…and Scott Gagner of Visual Resource, a creative marketing agency that recently did some work for Adobe promoting Acrobat 8 Professional. Many thanks to Josh and our interview participants for… |
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A Charlie Brown Valentine
…directing of Phil Roman, who also manages to treat us to a more abstract sequence covered by a song sung by Judy Munsen. Case Study: Standard keepcase, with advertising insert…. |
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Christmas Contest: The Tale Of Despereaux goodies – Winner!
…a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman), a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea (Emma… |
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Ratatouille arrives, and Jason review lands
…for Brad Bird’s Pixar film being very good overall, Ratatouille may prove to have (furry) legs over the summer. Our own man James saw Ratatouille on the weekend and will… |
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Jon Favreau aiming for 2D look in mo-cap Neanderthals
Iron Man director Jon Favreau will next write, helm and produce the feature-length motion capture caveman comedy Neanderthals for Sony Pictures Animation, a project which was intially announced back in… |
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Bill Plympton's Idiots and Angels getting rave reviews
…using monochromatic digital coloring and no dialogues, follows a morally bankrupt man scrabbling to hide the good in himself—which manifests itself in a pair of angel wings that just won’t… |
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Fred Grandinetti: Talking With Popeye’s No. 1 Fan
…street hustler on T-shirts. Check eBay and you will see many different variations. Someone who still works at King told me many years ago, “Popeye is the most raped cartoon… |
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Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series
…are fully honest about their experiences with Toth, who like many geniuses could have little patience for those who couldn’t see things the way he did. Many examples of his… |
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Speed Racer takes second place
…The film made $20,210,000 with an average of $5,604 per theater. Speed Racer came behind Iron Man, which took in $50,500,000 in its second weekend, but fared better than the… |
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Superman – Doomsday
…her in on his real name, insisting she simply call him Superman. Lois looks like a kept woman, and Superman a big jerk. Things improve as Doomsday is revealed and… |
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Beetle Bailey: The Complete Collection
…buffs know about the great Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo In Slumberland, and of course there has been everything from Popeye to Boondocks; but how many people remember that the perennially… |
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TaleSpin: Volume 2
…remains intact, but otherwise this is clearly a whole new character. Just like in The Jungle Book, however, Baloo has a little buddy who idolizes him while still managing to… |
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The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume One
…up on a frozen world. Wonder Woman, Hawkman and Hawkgirl attend to a Space Emergency. 3. Superman, Batman and Robin go after a scientist’s secret plans, necessitating an encounter with… |
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The Wild
…Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: When young New York Zoo lion Ryan can’t muster up a roar to beat his legendary old man’s, he dreams of escaping into the wild, where his… |
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More Peter & The Wolf, Madagascar 2 – and a quick catch-up!
…myself and Goofy! Talk about a man and his dog…I’m just pleased we weren’t snapped the other way around! Yuk-yuk! Today we have the companion piece to Jeremie’s very recent… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2
…for fans of the Studio: unless one was collecting LaserDiscs way back in the day it was the first time many would have been able to see pristine editions of… |
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AWN launches Flushed Away micro-site
…first-hand from directors David Bowers and Sam Fell about what it was like to bridge the styles of DreamWorks and Aardman. Supervising animators Simon Otto and Jason Spencer-Galsworthy discuss bringing… |
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Ninja Scroll to get a live-action makeover
…will be produced by Appian Way as a co-production with Mad House. Alex Tse, whose recent credits include Watchmen and The Illustrated Man, has been set to write the script…. |
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Christmas specials scheduled for Cartoon Network
…Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: “Billy & Mandy Save Christmas” – To prove to Billy and Mandy that Santa Claus is real, Grim takes them to the North Pole… |
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Walt Disney, The Haunted Mansion, and…Rasputin?
There are Disney myths (i.e. Walt Disney being cryogenically frozen) and there are Disney facts, such as Walt Disney and Grigori Rasputin. When Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion was built in the… |
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Jabberjaw: The Complete Series
…having, you know, no hands) for a rock band called The Neptunes. The other four members of the band were human, comprised of familiar types for those that had watched… |
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Batman – The Brave And The Bold: Season One, Part Two
…Batman all sorts of headaches. Using his magical powers, he also conjures up various images of Batman, including The Dark Knight Returns, and even the nipple-suited Batman of the Schumacher… |
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The Incredibles
…Pixar before, and the tone gets an upgrade (from talky buddies to real emotional depth and serious, life-and-death issues). Also gone, following in Nemo’s footsteps, is Randy Newman’s usual jaunty… |
