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Tag Archives: animation
Kids Comics L.A. to Cultivate the Creators of Tomorrow
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 love comic books, … read more
KiZoic Dreamworks Books Sell Out

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 on the extremely popular DreamWorks … read more
Little Gloomy Animated Series Coming Soon from 1492 Pictures

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 a rock band with his … read more
Batman Beyond #1 Comic Book Review

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 bodies of several … read more
Wall E Movie Review

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 Allocation Load Lifter … read more
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie Review

2008
Director: Dave Filoni
Written by: Henry Gilroy, Steven Melching, Scott Murphy
Voice Cast: James Arnold Taylor, Matt Lanter, Ashley Drane, Tom Kane, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson
There’s a noticeable lack of grandeur in the very first minutes of Clone Wars. Gone is the scrolling text, replaced by a recap montage and a Starship Trooper-esque commentary which … read more
Superman: Doomsday DVD Review

Director: Bruce Timm, Lauren Montgomery, Brandon Vietti
Screenplay: Duane Capizzi
Voices: Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, James Marsters
With few exceptions, adapting a treasured, often extensive, comic arc into a feature length film is a daunting, thankless task for any director; it is impossible to compress the “soap epic” element of the superhero comic medium into a 90 minute feature. Over … read more



