A couple of weeks ago, I told you about a new Non Sequitur “Sign-Off” contest (think caption contest). Wiley and Universal Uclick editors have whittled the thousands of entries to four and they’re ready for your vote. The final entries are (in alphabetical order): “Entrée: Vous” – M. Cameron, Austin American Statesman “Homme Cooking” – […]
Animation » Pixar’s Pete Docter was on NPR’s “Wait, Wait… Donâ??t Tell Me!” » Variety magazine reports that Jack Black has successfully pitched an untitled animation project “centered in the world of cryptozoology.” Books » Chicago Now talks to Ted Rall about the relevance of his 2002 book “To Afghanistan and Back” in today’s U.S. […]
This year’s “Penny Arcade Child’s Play” charity fundraiser has raised over $1 million dollars. The annual fundraiser began in 2003 as a way of raising money to improve the lifestyle of children around the world. From an article in Softpedia, Mike Krahulik, co-creator of Penny Arcade, was quoted as saying: “This is Child’s Play’s seventh […]
From the press release: The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, the non-profit organization founded by Chuck Jones before his death in 2002, announced today the upcoming release of Chuck Jonesâ??Master Series, Part I the first of two DVDs culled from several hours of interviews conducted in 1990 by Emmy-nominated animation director Jeff DeGrandis. In these […]
Today’s Google logo pays tribute to E.C. Segar, the creator of Popeye, who was born on this date back in 1894. The Popeye comic strip originally started as a piece called “Thimble Theater” for the NY Journal back in 1919. Original characters were Olive Oyl and Horace Hamgravy. The strip ran for 10 years before […]