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Tag: animation

  • Axe Cop Animated Series Looks Wonderfully Wacky

    Axe Cop Animated Series Looks Wonderfully Wacky

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    The first clip for the upcoming Axe Cop animated series is online, and it looks as fun, daft, irreverent, pointless and inspired as the comic series on which it is based.

  • Walter’s Laboratory: Quite Possibly the Greatest T-Shirt Design Ever

    Walter’s Laboratory: Quite Possibly the Greatest T-Shirt Design Ever

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    I’m not in the habit of posting silly images/videos on here, but I just had to share this Breaking Bad-inspired T-shirt design I saw over at OffWorld Designs.

  • Kids Comics L.A. to Cultivate the Creators of Tomorrow

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    Join local comic creators for a day of family fun to learn about creating comics and all-ages comic books from the creators of Fraggle Rock, Darkwing Duck, Penguins of Madagascar and Reed Gunther! When:Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, 1-3 p.m. Where:Meltdown Comics, 7522 Sunset Blvd. L os Angeles, CA 90046 Phone: 323-851-7723 www.meltcomics.com Press Release: Kids…

  • KiZoic Dreamworks Books Sell Out

    KiZoic Dreamworks Books Sell Out

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    Shrek #1 out of print and Penguins of Madagascar not far behind Press Release: Ape Entertainment is proud to announce that Shrek #1 has sold out of its first printing and that Penguins of Madagascar #1 is following the same pattern of success.  Both titles were released through Ape’s all-ages imprint, KiZoic, and are based…

  • Little Gloomy Animated Series Coming Soon from 1492 Pictures

    Little Gloomy Animated Series Coming Soon from 1492 Pictures

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    Series to be renamed Scary Larry Press Release: Little Gloomy, the all-ages spooky comic book series by Landry Walker and Eric Jones, is being produced as an animated television series by Timoon Animation and director Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures. The animated series, which has been retitled Scary Larry, is about a teen werewolf who forms…

  • Batman Beyond #1 Comic Book Review

    Batman Beyond #1 Comic Book Review

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    DC, $2.99 Writer: Adam Beechen Pencils: Ryan Benjamin Inks: John Stanisci Colours: David Baron From the first page of ‘Hush Beyond,’ the comic revival of the futuristic Timm/Dini take on Batman, it’s clear that this ain’t your daddy’s/younger self’s Batman Beyond. Kicking off with the aftermath of an inmate escape from Cadmus Labs and the…

  • Coraline Film Review

    Coraline Film Review

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    If one were to derive anything about children purely by watching the entertainment Hollywood provides them, they’d likely come to two conclusions. Firstly, that kids ain’t too bright, secondly; they’re fragile little creatures that are easily scared. Roald Dahl always knew different, and was well aware how sadistic the crafty tykes could be, which is…

  • Wall E Movie Review

    Wall E Movie Review

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    2008 Director: Andrew Stanton Script: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter Cast: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy After the delightfully oddball concoction Ratatouille, Pixar has moved further still from family movie conventions with Wall E, the tale of a diminutive recycling robot (a Waste…