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Death will come to all creatures great and small. It’s a topic not too often explored in books for kids. The whimsical approach by both…
Early fairy tales were meant to terrify kids. They were sanitized many generations later. Gojin Ishihara didn't hold back any punches in the '70s when he drew some pretty gory pictures for kiddy fare books. The Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters.
Boilerplate, History’s Mechanical Marvel is coming to the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the JJ Abrams’ production company plans to make a movie…
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth. Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams, reveals today in a major press announcement the title, first-printing quantity,…
Nathan Love and NBC Artworks explore the origin the NBC Peacock. Nathan tips his hat to Spumco promos by John Kricfalusi in 1993. Here is…
In 1967, Claude Tchou published an oddity called La Vilaine Lulu, the only comic strip written and drawn by Yves Saint Laurent. In this book…
Love him or hate him, Bugs Bunny turns 70 today. He was first introduced in A Wild Hare, directed by Tex Avery and released on…
Everybody has their own unique interpretation of the Calvin and Hobbes universe. The cult series has been dormant for over fifteen years and still has…
Celebrate 75 years of DC Comics with films and TV series inspired by some of the most popular SUPER HEROES including BATMAN, SUPERMAN and other…
Scott Pilgrim will have his day in the sun this year. This summer belongs to Bryan Lee O’Malley the creator of Scott Pilgrim. Born in…
Tack’s Cartoon Tips for the Aspiring Cartoonist printed Devoe & Reynolds in 1923 is almost 90 years old. It is perhaps the one of the…
The CGI animation fare as of late has hit a snag. They all look alike. A cookie cutting technique at best. Then came along Rango…
Threadless, the trendy t-shirt brand known for its unique designs, has introduced a captivating "Smurf Avatar" creation designed by the talented Louise Mundo.
Every country at one time had their own Charles M. Schulz, Canada is no exception to this. Doug Wright and his Nipper creation is a…
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12039741&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1 “Time & Again”, an animated short created by Jacques Khouri about the daily grind we experience each day. The monotony of the daily commute…
Graffiti cannot be good grief for any building owner if it is not wanted. Here found in Ottawa is a tribute to Charlie Brown ‘s…
The official trailer for the Smurf movie hit the net and the reactions are very negative for the Americanized version of the Peyo classic. The…
Summer reading is the best under a tree with a nice breeze close to the shore. What great books are coming out this summer? The…
Google Books online has a generous sampling of “Kids Say the Darndest Things!” A recent reprint of the original 1957 book which had a great…
Blacklight posters were the rage in many head shops in the '70s but were around in the '60s. Still, you will find some gracing the walls of many teens. A rite of passage for many expressing their counter-culture stance.
http://media1.nfb.ca/medias/flash/ONFflvplayer-gama.swf Great little animation from 1966 by Les Drew & Kaj Pindal from the National Film Board of Canada. This animated short proposes what many…
It’s been no secret among animators and hardcore fans of the Looney Tunes franchise that they were getting a make-over for a new weekly children’s…