January 2009
Viacom uses Cartoon Stars to ask for a raise →
cartoonnews:
Viacom is asking Time Warner Cable for a raise - and if they don’t get it they will pull their channels off the cable service AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!
Oh, by the way, Happy New Year.
If…
I haven’t heard anything about this until maybe a few minutes ago from like…blog posts and Myspace messages and the like. A warning would’ve been nice.
December 2008
In this life, all you have is your sense of humor.
– My Mommom (5 minutes ago, back home in NJ) (via thebmillproject)
Well that sucks
So I was playing Tetris DX last night and doing better than I ever have in that version. At one point, I decided it would be a good idea to take a picture of my progress so far (instead of at the end, for whatever reason?) and I paused it, and then hit select thinking that, like many other versions of the game, it would show me the next piece during the pause screen so I’d be ready. But I...
Artwork from Waltz with Bashir →
cartoonnews:
OregonLive shares some artwork from Ari Folman’s acclaimed animated feature Waltz with Bashir. Based on Folman’s memoirs of the Lebanon War, Waltz with Bashir features artwork by award-winning…
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more...
– Albert Friggin’ Einstein. (via lickystickypicky) (via daisymay)
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More Planet Meth recording Sessions
danmeth:
I’ve been lucky recently to get some very funny friends of mine in front of the microphone and deliver cartoon dialogue. You’ll be seeing these Planet Meth cartoons later on in 2009, but for now I’ll just introduce some of the actors to you.
Anyone who has looked at comedy site College Humor has witnessed the powerfully funny mind of Sam Reich. He’s the head producer of their series...
Pittsburgh Sons
johncrave:
“Pittsburgh Sons” recorded October 2002 from the album The Golden Rock
“Pittsburgh Sons (Power Apes version)” recorded July 2003 from the album Party Foul!
Larch joins Crave in the studio to lay haunting vocals on this thriller about the dark magic of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Features a newscaster sample from September 11th as well as Larch keeping rhythm with a handful of...
Kathy Griffin is the most unliked famous person...
(via lee)
Meet Mike Bell →
cartoonnews:
Mike Bell
“Super Santa” creator and director Mike Bell took a moment to answer a few questions for us and give us a history lesson on the reason for the season: Egg Nog.
Channel…
Deep Rising
johncrave:
“Deep Rising” recorded December 2001 from the album The Golden Rock
Crave and Larch had a revelation one evening. Water is the future. The substance itself IS not NOW… it is deep in the future. When you are swimming, you are not in the present moment because you are in the future.
Crave wanted other people to share in this revelation so he recorded a song that would explain it; a...
danmeth:
Meth Minute Mondays: 10. Cavalcade of Laffs
Crazy Ram + Giant Praying Mantis + room full of elderly = THIS.
R.I.P. WB Cartoon Mural →
cartoonnews:
Here’s a sure sign of the apocalypse — or at least the end of a local cartoon landmark. Warner Bros. has quietly removed that huge Looney Tunes/Hanna-Barbera/Warner Animation mural (above)…
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I want to see an animation where every frame is...
lumber:
grahamgrafx:
lee:
(via bikerfish)
something close; http://www.the1secondfilm.com/about
Great find Lee. I’ve always wanted to do this and still plan to at some point in my life, but on a much smaller scale, quicker, easier, and certainly not as good quality frames(ie: bad paintings). clearly a light box wont work so i was thinking of painting one, then projecting it on to a blank...