Jerry Robinson talks about the Joker
E&P’s Dave Astor interviewed Jerry Robinson, the creator of the Joker character who makes a return to the big screen…
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Former editorial cartoonist behind ‘Wanted’ movie
JG Jones, a former layout man and editorial cartoonist for The Brooklyn Paper, is the steady hand behind the new…
Presto Chango short animation premieres with Wall-E
Pixar’s “Wall-E” will debut this June along with their latest short animation entitled “Presto Chango.” Animation World Magazine writes that…
News Briefs for May 20, 2008
» The Washington Post has posted a time-lapse video of editorial cartoonist Tom Toles drawing this cartoon. You can see…
Wall-E “Eve” character inspired by iPod
Fortune reports that Wall-E character “Eve” was inspired by Apple’s iPod and in fact, Pixar brought in Apple design guru…
News Briefs for May 12, 2008
» Jack Bender, current cartoonist on Alley Oop will be attending this year’s national Tarzan convention in Waterloo, IA this…
New CG Star Wars movie due in August
While reporting last week on new animated movies that were due out this summer, I missed the new “Star Wars:…
Moola movie intro uses Leigh Rubin animation
Rubes creator Leigh Rubin has had a hand in the independent comedy movie, “Moola.” The opening introduction features animated cows…
Paul Gilligan to write Pooch Cafe treatment
Pooch Cafe creator Paul Gilligan has been officially hired by Sony to write the treatment for the Pooch Cafe movie…
Steve Moore wrote original story for movie ‘Alpha and Omega’
Steve Moore, creator of In the Bleachers, wrote the original story for the upcoming movie “Alpha and Omega.” The CG…
Pooch Cafe optioned for movie with Sony Animation
From Paul Gilligan’s blog comes news that his feature, Pooch Cafe has been optioned by Sony Animation to be made…
Lio optioned for movie deal
Mark Tatulli’s Lio has been optioned by movie producer David Kirshchner (“American Tail” movies, “Curious George” and the Chucky horror…
New direct to DVD movie for Garfield
Jim Davis has written and ‘executively produced’ a Garfield movie entitled Garfield Gets Real which will be released on DVD…
Garfield DVD to be released this fall
Garfield Gets Real is the new direct-to-video Garfield movie set for release this fall. The movie will be all CGI.
Early Simpsons Movie reviews: not bad, not great
Fox has kept The Simpsons Movie away from critics – usually a sign of a stinker, but movie reviews that…