Category Archives: Animation

Tintin Celebrates 80 years

By tone | Published: January 10, 2009
The year 2009 promises to be a big year for both Marvel and the world of Tintin. Tintin is celebrating 80 years since he made his way and conquered many kids’ hearts throughout the world from January 10th 1939 and on. There is something missing. Did [...]
Also posted in Art, Books, Cartoons, Comics, Movies, graphic novel | Tagged batman, dc, Marvel, superman, Tintin | Comments closed

Spider-Man Music

By tone | Published: January 2, 2009
Grantray-Lawrence Animation is the Canadian animation by brought the world The Marvel Super Heroes and Spider-Man television shows. They also created the in-house show called Rocket Robin Hood. We don’t realize it but sound is a major key in animation. It brings the whole experience alive. The animation of these shows were not exactly the best of the crop back [...]
Also posted in Cartoons, Movies, TV, Web, music | Tagged Alan Hawkshaw, Bill Martin, David Lindup, Johnny Hawksworth, Phil Coulter, spider-man music, Syd Dale | Comments closed

The End of the Comic Strip?

By tone | Published: December 28, 2008
Is it really the end of the world for comic strips? It’s back to the drawing board for many syndicates who had to re-evaluate their present situation. Kids no longer are attracted to comic strips. The main source of these strips has always been the newspaper. How many kids do [...]
Also posted in Art, Cartoons, Comics, Web, webcomic | Tagged comic strip, kids, newspaper, Online, Peanuts, reading, Stephan Pastis | Comments closed

Max Fleischer’s Superman

By tone | Published: December 24, 2008
It’s about time! Warner Brothers and DC Comics have finally put their heads together to bring clean crisp copies of the original Max Fleischer Superman cartoons. Considered by many as the best Superman incarnation of the character. You have seen the cartoons either in Youtube or in dollar bins in many stores. [...]
Also posted in Cartoons, DVD, Movies | Tagged Animation, Cartoons, DVD, Max Fleischer, superman | Comments closed

Futurama Into The Wild Green Yonder

By tone | Published: December 17, 2008
The fourth and final of the Futurama movie series Into the Wild Green Yonder is making way to stores on February 24. The special voice appearances will include illusionist Penn Jillette, hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg, talk radio superstar Phil Hendrie, and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.All the other galaxies will be green with envy! In [...]
Also posted in Cartoons, DVD, Movies, TV | Tagged futurama, Wild Green Yonder | Comments closed

Wildsville: The Art of Derek Yaniger

By tone | Published: December 9, 2008
Derek Yaniger’s art is truly wildsville. The cocktail generation art influenced illustrations are a fresh breath of old air. He has taken the classic and remolded it into the new. From Cartoon Network to Marvel Comics, Derek has graced many unusual milieus for his retro tiki [...]
Also posted in Art, Books, Comics | Tagged Art, Derek Yaniger, Wildsville | Comments closed

SpongeBob vs. The Big One

By tone | Published: December 3, 2008
The newest SpongeBob direct to DVD is an extra bonus for the new collection of six episodes from Nickelodeon. Johnny Depp makes a rare voice appearance in the kid friendly show. SpongeBob vs. The Big One still proving that this show still has legs and longevity. Many shows don’t make it this far in the short attention span [...]
Also posted in Cartoons, DVD, TV | Tagged Cartoons, DVD, johnny depp, kids, Nickelodeon, SpongeBob, The Big One | Comments closed

Astro Boy Teaser Trailer

By tone | Published: November 21, 2008
There must be a cookie-cutter formula with CGI movies out there as of late. They all look alike. Astro Boy’s appearance in the 60’s was the building block of the Anime empire. The trailer is finally up and going and honestly I don’t know where it’s going. There [...]
Also posted in Cartoons, Comics, Movies, youtube | Tagged America, Anime, appearance, Astro, block, Boy, building, CGI, empire, formula, Japan, movie, Osamu Tezuka, pizazz, Roundabout, sandboxworld, Teaser, Trailer | Comments closed

The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Tom and Jerry Insight Mini-Classic Books

By tone | Published: November 9, 2008
Insight Mini-Classic Jerry Beck is the foremost quintessential chronicler of animation history. He delves into the foundation of every subject,tackles and sheds some interesting light into his subjects. Animation is more than cels and paint,there is the whole human aspect of the process. He dissects the politics of animation studios to give us the human side of the funny business for [...]
Also posted in Books, promotion | Tagged Classic, Doo, Flintstones, Insight, Jerry, Mini, Scooby, Tom | Comments closed

Peanuts on Itunes

By tone | Published: November 4, 2008
  There are 20 new webisodes Flash animated Peanuts for Itunes. They are true to the original animated shows of old. The new technology is no different from traditional animation techniques. Gone are countless painted cells which encumber the cost of animated shows. Warner is behind these 4 minute episodes [...]
Also posted in newsarama | Tagged Itunes, Peanuts | Comments closed