DeviceMAG (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Its more Black Friday madness. And it seems to be infecting the kids too. Now they are talking about “Zhu Zhu” hamsters. When I heard about it, I went like “What the heck is a zhu zhu ?? “. So as I later found out, they are apparently the hit toy of the season and [...]
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Cartoon Brew, the essential Cartoon blog by Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi has a fascinating post on tv animation in the ’00s that mirrors many of our own ongoing discussions over comics: How many shows debuted in the past decade that were entertaining, made a lasting impact on their audience, and have a shot at being [...]
Cartoon Brew (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
It’s the time again when critics start compiling their “best of” lists for the decade. We’ll probably do a few ourselves, though the roundup of American TV animation is looking fairly barren from this vantage point. How many shows debuted in the past decade that were entertaining, made a lasting impact on their audience, and [...]
Blogcritics: Video (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
One of Cartoon Network's funniest series is now available in a complete series set.
Animated Views (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Home Media Magazine has opened up voting for their 2009 TV DVD Awards, honoring the best television series DVDs released this year. And animation is front and center in several key categories. The categories with animated nominees are listed below (specific animated nominees in bold print)–you can vote on the entire list here: Best Contemporary Season Set [...]
Lifehacker (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Think that your browser's private mode keeps your browsing completely private? Not so! More often than not, you're still leaving traces of your browsing session behind, and today we'll tell you how to get rid of them for truly private browsing. The Problem Keeping track of where you've been doesn't end with simply clearing out your browsing history and other private data—your operating system...
ABDUL LAGERFIELD (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Maybe I should start with an apology for not blogging the last couple of weeks. Ever since we arrived back in Amsterdam I had no time to relax, sit down or what-so-ever. Now, a couple of days later and several jobs, sandwiches and apple-juices behind me, I'm back on track and will promise to blog more. Either way, sorry. So what's new? Lemme see.. Jean-Paul moved in with Bubba and me, therefore we...
You Ain't No Picasso (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
While I’ve never seen an episode of it, all my Youtubing has indicated that Yo Gabba Gabba is doing a wonderful job introducing kids to music. They’ve had MGMT, Of Montreal and a ton of other great groups on there. Now they can add The Apples in Stereo to that list, now that they had [...]
Resonance FM Podcasts (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Panel Borders: Talking Teabags and Wishing Wells Originally broadcast 01/10/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM Concluding ‘women in comics month’ on the show, Alex Fitch talks to a couple of illustrators about their genre bending work. Hannah Berry’s debut graphic novel Britten and Brülightly tells the tale of a harried private detective [...]
TechGeer (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Demashita PowerPuff Girls Z is a Japanese anime adaptation of the American animated TV series The PowerPuff Girls and is produced by the Japanese Cartoon Network Corporation, Aniplex and Toei Animation. Now there is a mobile phone theme of the Demashita PowerPuff Girls Z available for download whether you are a ...
Drawn! (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
What a great way to start my day — watching this music video for Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine. The super-powered video features the work of over a dozen different comics artists including Jordan Crane, Farel Dalrymple, the Powerpuff Girls’ Craig McCracken, Tim Sievert, Chris McDonnell, and more. Your ears aren’t fooling you, either; Robbert [...]
NewBlackMan (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
reprinted from Popmatters.com/[18 September 2002] The root of hip-hop generation displeasure with The Cosby Show was not simply that the show wasn't 'political', but rather the show did in fact serve the political function of diverting attention away from the harsh realities of Reagan-era social policies. Cosby Redux by Mark Anthony Neal “Look daddy, it’s the Cosby man!” My then three-year-old...
http://www.availableimages.com/feed (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Sony Pictures Animation has set a multi-year deal with Fred Seibert and his Frederator Studios to develop animated feature films, it was announced today by Bob Osher, president of Sony Pictures Digital Productions, and Hannah Minghella, president of production for Sony Pictures Animation. Seibert, a prolific animation producer, promises to be a rich source of [...]
Stale Popcorn (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Some friends and I were discussing the new entry in the Scream franchise recently, the third sequel and fourth altogether, and we were wondering what they could do in the new film to make it "fresh" and "modern". You may remember they tried a new gadget in Scream 4 wherein the killer could replicate anybody's voice using the voice modifier thingamajig device that had previously...
GameGrep Feed (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Electronic Theatre delivers an in-depth review of Eidos Interactive and IO Interactive's forthcoming Mini Ninjas, set for release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS this coming Friday, September 11th 2009.
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