The Tin Man is coming. Here is a brave new spin on the The Wizard of Oz by the Sc-Fi Channel. Richard Dreyfuss stars in…
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The Boy with Two Belly Buttons My 8 year daughter is curious about anatomy in general. She came home last night and asked me why…
Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating Parents are always trying to find ways to tell picky eaters to eat properly…
Charlie Brown will get a rock once again this Halloween but PBS will get the life of Charlie Schulz for the American Master series this…
Dog Trick or Cat Treat: Pets Dress Up for Halloween I will never understand dog owners who dress up there dogs, now they have gone…
The Art of William Steig The cream of the crop, in the middle part of the 20th century, a New Yorker magazine cartoonist was king of…
Timing is everything. Young film students are creating great little CGI animated shorts on Youtube. Here is another perfect example of creative film making by students…
There’s Nothing to Do on Mars Seems the world’s nations are gunning to land on Mars. Every media outlet is leaking the buzz word of…
Dino-Hockey (Carolrhoda Picture Books) Didn’t the ice-age do the dinosaurs in. Apparently not, the dinosaurs took up hockey in this exciting Jurassic confrontation not seen…
Angry Little Girls (Running Press Minature Edition) Anger management has some new poster girls. If Lucy from Peanuts went the extra mile then she would…
Beetle Bailey: Complete Collection Seems Beetle Bailey has been in service for the longest time. Fifty-seven years and counting and still I don’t know what war he…
Paul Dini has signed to do a screenplay for the new exciting CG animated movie called Gatchaman for 2009. Most people know Gatchaman as "Battle of the…
GoComics has picked up what I believe will be the next Calvin And Hobbes in the comic strip business. The Sunday Funnies just don’t have…
If you can’t beat them join them, or in this case rip them. Knight Rider is coming back to NBC, with a twist. K.I.T.T. the…
Barbie Girls Business is getting tougher all over. Mattel toys is no different from any other business model. With sagging sales for Barbie, they came…
Parade (with fireworks!) is a free online comic, that was recently published by Image Comics. This is a great piece of free comic book work.…
Graphic novels and manga are exploding like mushrooms all over North America. The major publishing companies are grabbing anything that comes down the pike after…
White Rapids From Flint, Michigan to any little town that is dependant on one industry to stuff the city coffers and a decent meal for…
Rocket Robin Hood might have the distinction of being the worst cartoon in the minds of many kids from the 70’s who grew up watching…
Kidrobot has a whole menagerie of favourable unique action figures unlike the usual organic offering from companies that churn out the latest craze of fad.…
van Gogh and the Sunflowers (Anholt’s Artists Books for Children) I don’t think many people would agree that Vincent van Gogh is exactly the most…
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir The age of innocence is gone. Imagine yourself between as a kid in the 50’s…
Here is a bold prediction, France has entered Persepolis as its candidate for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s animated film will…
Zip and Li’l Bit the brother and sister duo of the free webcomic adventure are back for another round. Their new tale is called The…