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Twenty Questions with the AV Staff
…I saw it six more times during its original run, and several times in re-release, and have every single ticket stub from every showing! 8. What was the first film… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Six: Director Kevin Lima and exec producer Chris Chase
…way. First of all, we had a pop singer, with songs that felt like pop songs ultimately. They didn’t feel like Broadway show tunes. So, this is a different rhythm… |
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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
…the collaboration class at The Academy Of Art University. In his role, he produced original live-action and animated shows. His work Borderlands 2, in association with 2K Studios, has been… |
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Seeing is Beelieving! Plus two new great contests!
We’ve been dealing with a combination of real life and site issues this week, hence the no-show from me on this here front page, but hopefully you’ll agree that we’re… |
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Seeing more spots in our Dalmatians coverage!
…how she wound up on Walt Disney’s radar and (eventually!) got a role in a classic animated feature! Our Dalmatians and Archie’s Funhouse contests are now closed, but stay tooned… |
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The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show: The Complete Series
…franchise would be known for its exploration of family dynamics. Hanna-Barbera would later take that a step further with the first of several spin-off shows, The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show…. |
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The Riverdale Gang Revealed
Jim Hill Media presents an interesting article concerning those lovable residents of Riverdale: Archie, Reggie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead…. |
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Journey Back To Oz: Special Edition
…exceptional DVD handling of their Entertainment Rights-owned catalog, the Filmation Studio and their many properties are seeing something of a reappraisal. While Filmation did turn out some spectacular shows and… |
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Andreas Deja hits the spot!
…who all win one of three copies of the new Dalmatians Platinum Edition, and to our five lucky Archie’s Funhouse set winners: Christopher Miles, L. Patterson, Mark Fleming, Jeremy Gatesman… |
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Mark Smith talks Art of Flash
…snotty teenage attitude. One time I showed my Sunday school teacher some of my stories, and she suggested I try writing for animation. Then I made my infamous quote, ‘Animation?… |
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Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!
…bad cartoons. It’s book-ended by a live-action kid show parody – a really, really down-and-out kids show, the kind that would show these bad cartoons. It’s pretty dark humored. It’s… |
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Looney Tunes: Back In Action
…and the Studio went ahead with the well intentioned, but ultimately hollow Space Jam (though it shows how powerful the legacy of Roger is in that it seems any modern… |
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The Dick Tracy Show: The Complete Animated Crime Series
…the show uses many of the classic villains, but it confuses me as to why the show’s creators felt they had to make Dick Tracy cartoons that did not feature… |
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Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Complete – Winners!
Genius Products are about to release the latest in their Archie Comics library, the original Sabrina The Teenage Witch: The Complete Series, and we have no less than 5 magical… |
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Bonhams & Butterfields celebrate Carl Barks at auction
…Bob Montana (Archie comics), Carl Barks was a story teller first and an artist second. Not unlike Herriman, Schultz and Montana, Barks controlled all aspects of his comic books from… |
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Stronger Than Spinach
…cold shower.) He also has the habit of speaking for the larger audience, with such statements as “Some of us began to ask questions of the cartoons…” or “viewers started… |
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Legends Of The Superheroes
…Morris got the plum role of mad scientist Dr. Sivana, but he’s been seen in everything from Your Show Of Shows to Fantasy Island, and also appeared in Mel Brooks… |
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And the Academy Awards went to…; plus much more in our Oscars Special!
…as ever, an entertaining show, if a little more deflated than usual. I’m not one for Oscar bashing – I like the spectacle, the on-stage presentations and can even handle… |
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Potter, Austen, de Vil…and lots of spots!
…why not try out your luck on our Archie’s Funhouse and Enchanted contests too? Elsewhere on the site, last night I posted my take on the BBC’s animated adaptations of… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #33: The Adventures of Tintin – Relax, I Interviewed A Pilot Once
…the head with a bottle. • Why Antiques Road Show is so popular. • Bad guys always have to have a pet bird of some sort. A falcon is always… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #41: Monsters University – We’re OK!
…of course, all things Monsters University. https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV9861691948.mp3 Highlights: • New host: Brock Pearson. • Experiences from the MU showings: kids, Pixar super fans, cool MU gear. • Trailers before MU:… |
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It’s a Star Wars Rebels reunion in the Ahsoka trailer
…like an Easter Egg goldmine for fans of the animated Star Wars Rebels, as it is full of cameos from that show. The new series premieres on Disney+ in August…. |
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Comic-Con@Home 2021 Coverage
…Miller (showrunner, DOTA: Dragon’s Blood), Steven Melching (writer, The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels), and Daren Dochterman (concept designer, Westworld, Riddick, Master and Commander). Premiered on Friday, July 23, 2021… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #45: Kevin Schreck Interview
…his studio affect the world of animation? “A very special place.” • Life lessons learned. • “The Supper Secret Project!” -Will show soldiers in a field. • How Kevin got… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #50: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Introducing Deafy, the Dwarf
…Dwarfs. https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV4295648503.mp3 Highlights: • Reminiscing over the past 50 episodes: no band break ups, fights or scandals! • Submit your voicemails, emails and voicemails for the 2013 best-of show. •… |
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Nimona‘s production designer Aidan Sugano: creating a future medieval world
…social rules, and that Institute mentality. PI: It also shows in the overall design of the kingdom, people, and places alike. AS: We had an opportunity to reinforce this theme… |
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Oscar Night 2023
…view or print a PDF of all the nominees and your picks to check how you’re doing at home. You can also follow along during the show as we track… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #53: Charlie Brown Holiday Specials – 1/2 Star for Nostalgia
…Charlie Brown Christmas. https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV3813010135.mp3 Highlights • Guest host: Alissa Roy! Getting to know her and “Catch & Fire!” • Vote for the show in the Podcast Awards. • News: 500… |
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A kind interview with the creators of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse
…pursue longer form animation, working as a storyboard artist on the BAFTA-winning CBeebies show Sarah & Duck, and then as 2D Animation Director for Paddington 2. In 2019 he was… |
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Elemental
…care about this relationship by showing us how it developed and how it continues to the present. There were some weird issues with the way they told some of the… |
