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The Tin Man

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…

The Boy with Two Belly Buttons

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…

The Art of William Steig

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…

Time After Time

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

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

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

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

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…

Gatchaman and Astro Boy Movies for 2009

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…

Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac

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…

Dark Knight

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 Recall

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!)

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.…

Pascal Blanchet’s White Rapids

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 Worst Cartoon

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 Coolest Toys on the Web

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

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…

Marjane Satrapi Wins Oscar

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

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…