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News Briefs for June 17, 2009

Posted by Alan Gardner
June 17, 2009

Animation

The Animation blog reports that Nickelodeon’s “The Penguins of Madagascar” averaged 3.7 million total viewers and ranked as the week’s top kids’ show.

Books

» Richard Thompson has a second collection of Cul de Sac due out in September. See the cover on his blog.

Comic Strips

» Tom Gammill’s latest “Learn to Draw” series (See embedded video below) takes him to New York City.

» Southern Highland News has a nice write up about the posthumous Silver T-Square award given to Aussie cartoonist James Kemsley who passed away in 2007. His son, Jed Kemsley, accepted the award on his behalf.

Interviews

» Scott Nickel talks to the prolific Jerry King.

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#1 Tom Gammill
June/18/2009
@ 9:07 am

True Fact – The animation camera seen in this episode of “Learn to Draw” was used to shoot the opening credits for “The Honeymooners.”

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