{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=16232 The Big Cartoon Database}} informs us that “employees at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank will find that Disney’s internal Internet service has already blocked their access to”…

{{link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83201.html Playbill}} reports that a musical based on the classic cartoon character Betty Boop is in the works. David Lindsay-Abaire will write the book while Jason Robert Brown will…

…Simpsons animation producer Film Roman Productions, according to {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=16157 The Big Cartoon Database}}. Anchor Bay serves as a “boutique” producer of rare and cult titles, which it brings to…

…about a peasant girl who falls for a prince. When the evil queen banishes her from the cartoon kingdom, she lands in live-action New York. She falls in love with…

…is. Or consult your favorite dream dictionary. Also, Jerry Beck’s Cartoon Research page points us to a page started by Roy Disney and Stanley Gold themselves called Save Disney that…

According to the forum at the Big Cartoon Database, the United States Postal Service revealed Tuesday that Disney characters Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio, Bambi, Thumper, Simba,…

The Big Cartoon Database has the official synopsis for Mickey’s Three Musketeers: “While pushing a broom in Musketeer Headquarters, Mickey dreams of the ultimate promotion to Musketeer-hood. But he knows…

{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=16011 The Big Cartoon Database}} reports that according to a local TV affiliate Walt Disney World will be laying-off an as yet unknown number of workers over the holiday…

{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=17980 The Big Cartoon Database}} reports that this year’s {{link http://www.sundanceonlinefilmfestival.org Fourth Annual Sundance Online Film Festival}} includes 12 films in the Animation section. The films were chosen to…

The Big Cartoon Database reveals that two of the stories featured in Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas include Donald trying in vain to resist the joy of the season, and…

…to the Oscars – in the Meilleur (Best) Film, Best Debut Work of Fiction, and Best Original Music categories. {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=18490 The Big Cartoon DataBase}} has more on the ceremony….

…film, Teacher’s Pet. There’s a lot of emphasis on cartoon history and the issues involved in bringing something to the big screen that was originally designed for the small screen….

…a “cartoonist’s cartoon.” The feature is a dark comedy about a stepfather who has to reluctantly watch his stepson while his wife enjoys a little time away from the homestead….

…reading about a cartoon than any grown man has the right to spend”. #100-75 are up now, with #74-50 slated for sometime today and #49-25 tomorrow. The final countdown to…

TV Shows on DVD reveals that the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series may be heading to DVD in April 2004. However, whether the DVD’s will be “best of”…

The official {{link http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/index.html Star Trek website}} is celebrating the 30th aniversary of the Star Trek Cartoon with a {{link http://www.startrek.com/startrek/cda/html/images/feature/community/contests/031202_animated/detail.jsp contest}}, {{link http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/features/bst/article/2843.html interview}} with the animated shows story…

{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=17866 The Big Cartoon Database}} has a report that suggests that “the closure of Disney’s Orlando feature animation unit signals that an extension of the entertainment giant’s deal with…

Jerry Beck, at his {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/ Cartoon Research}} site, links to a story at {{link http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2059770 Adweek}} which reports that Bugs and Daffy are appearing in a new TV commercial…

…McDuck in Mickey’s Christmas Carol, from 1983, through TV’s Duck Tales and House Of Mouse, talks to {{link http://www.filmstew.com/Content/ReviewsViews/Details.asp?ContentID=7617&Pg=1 Film Stew}} about the show and his cartoon career, as well…

…as to which network (Cartoon Network, Kids WB! or some other outlet) that the show, targeted at younger viewers, is planned for. Thanks to Superhero Hype! for the heads up!…

…the first series, which debuted last November, the ten new episodes, each again between three and five minutes long, are slated to begin on March 26 on the Cartoon Network….

TV Guide interviews the cartoon icon in “Seven Silly Questions for Mickey Mouse.”…

The {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=17522 Big Cartoon DataBase}} announces that Finding Nemo has become the second biggest hit of 2003 in the UK, following the huge opening of the third Lord Of…

Over on his {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/reviews.html Cartoon Research}} site, animation historian Jerry Beck takes a look at a new DVD that compiles vintage and recent “produced-in-New York animated short films”. Avoid…

The Big Cartoon DataBase reports on a new development from those ever-imaginative Imagineers at the Epcot Center in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Apparently chefs there are using cucumbers molded into…

Jerry Beck’s Cartoon Research page points us to a new article at MSN’s Slate all about Carl Stalling, the genius discovered by Walt Disney in the early 1920’s and the…

The forum at the Big Cartoon DataBase reports that The Walt Disney Company has decided to keep Michael Eisner in his position as CEO despite protests from Roy E. Disney…

According to the Big Cartoon DataBase the Disney Board has recently been discussing the issue of replacing CEO Michael Eisner. The discussions do not appear to be a crisis response…

…we can’t do those little fake news crawls on the bottom of the screen in a cartoon because it might confuse the viewers into thinking it’s real news,’ he said.”…

…Schlesinger Studio, the styles of the backgrounds, working for Chuck, and their involvement in the cartoon strikes of the 1940s. Once again a great read from Barrier (who also served…