Here is a fox of an idea. Fox TV is lending support to a new show based on those lovable "hosers" with a new series called, The Animated Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie. Way past their prime, the duo who recently brewed a conflict about the show. Moranis and Thomas well known actors who appeared on the CBC and NBC show SCTV where the The McKenzie Brothers graced the screen in 1980. Rick Moranis appears not to want to be part of the show and is at odds with Dave Thomas about lending his voice since he became reclusive to the entertainment industry since his wife died. Word has at they they will replace Rick’s voice with a sound alike voice. Fox has high hopes for Animax?s, The Animated Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie to join their family of animated shows for mature audiences.

What does New Zealand native Alex Hallatt who lives in a town called Lyttelton in South Island know about the Arctic Circle? Plenty more than you and me who live closer to it. This UK born artist you migrated to New Zealand is the latest world cartoonists to make an impact with her new strip called Arctic Circle about the environment perils that face us in the next 30 years. The inconvenient truth of it all is that Alex with her awareness is trying to bring out the dire straits of our world situation. This grave situation is laced up with a well thought out strip that all can enjoy and laugh. Ed the Penguin the main character like herself is an emigrant. He is from the Antarctic and now lives in the Arctic and the cast of original characters bring a fresh look into the melting top of the world. This is one strip you cannot put on ice, it will generate enough heat and buzz. Keep an eye on this strip as it grows. Read bio>> 

With the advent of gaming and lackluster interest in reading, illiteracy is on the rise. Who better to come to the rescue but Letterman and Easy Ready from the Electric Company. Turn up those generators cause the "The Electric Company" is coming back this January on PBS to help the young tykes to be better readers. Will Spidey be back once again to the series? Not much is known, but this is good news if the series is made in the same vein as the original series that ran from 1971-1977 which featured Morgan Freeman and was syndicated till 1985.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick is the latest in many projects with Lego and M2 Films for Cartoon Network?s Toonami. The latter have enjoyed success with Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick CG animation in the past. The drive behind these shows comes from the video game versions which spawned the following two shows. This is a new market that Lego is incorporating hot well known properties and creating in essence a Lego universe based on the characters acquired by the company. It’s a great exposure for all concerned and fun at the same time. The mini movie will debuting on Saturday, May 10 at 9 p.m., hosted by Shia LaBeouf, co-star of the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

John Read is putting his best foot forward with a valiant new quarterly magazine about cartooning with the apropos name of  Stay Tooned! Magazine. The magazine caters to the artistic inclined cartoonist who wants to find out more about his craft and how the masters of past and present go about their business. It is more of a niche magazine for a specific readership who want to hone their art and learn interesting new tidbits and stories of cartoonists in this domain of more cartoony art.

Growing up with bugs was the most natural thing in the world for Creepie, but her parents knew she had to learn to survive in the outside world. So they decided it was time to send Creepie to school…with oversized, clod-footed bipeds…the humans!!!  Read more>>

The Amazing 300 Classic Cartoon Collection

This collection of cartoons is a real bang for your buck. Where can you spend about 16.99 and get 35 hours of classic cartoons of your favorite characters in the history of animation. All these cartoons are in the public domain. A stigma to some, but for the true fan of animation this is an amazing deal. Some of these cartoons are not meant for kids, bigotry is abound with racist overtones of a time of ignorance long gone.

 

This amazing collection features some of the greatest classic cartoons ever put together. Popeye, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Betty Boop, Felix the Cat–the list goes on and on, and every one is a little slice of animation history. Whether young or old, these 300 charming animated tales will bring a smile to anyone’s face.

Inside Woody Allen

How can you turn mundane into a popular comic strip, and how many newspaper strips are based on a real life Hollywood actor. Stumped? Inside Woody Allen, was first published in 1976 and ran until 1984. This would be the longevity of Allen’s geek popularity on pop culture. For eight years newspapers were subjected to Woody’s life in comic strip form. Not exactly the best illustrated or thought out strip, but enough to merit a collected book of the strip. Stu Hample is the man co-responsible for bringing the lined neurotic rants of Woody.  Stu is alive and kicking with a blog on Amazon and you can buy the original Inside Woody Allen art on Ebay.

Ralph Bakshi with a rare cartoon from Paramount called Marvin Digs. Dig it man!

101 Ways to Kill Your Boss

Graham Roumieu is not your regular writer/artist he has gone from his latest oeuvres from last book simply entitled ” Me Write Book: It Bigfoot Memoir” to the latest “101 Ways to Kill Your Boss “. This is not a manual folks. Repeat not a manual! This little romp of a book pokes fun at the everyday hatred for your boss and interesting ways of disposing him or her. This book is not on the violent side, if you like Charles Addams and Edward Gorey, then this book is for you. A bit milder than the other two but a great little book.