Tag: Hanna Barbera
Goodbye, Dali
It has been 10 years now since the release of the longest-in-production film in history, Disney's animated short Destino. Begun in 1945 as a...
Sony May Produce Captain Planet Live-Action Movie
Another popular animated TV show from the 1990s will be making its way to the big screen. Mark Gordon, Don Murphy and Susan Montford...
Nick Soars to Comedic Heights with ‘Sanjay and Craig’
Sanjay and Craig, Nickelodeon's eccentric and hilarious new animated series, is exactly the kind of show we love to see on the kids cabler.
Forget...
Who Can Turn the World on with His Voice
Whereas once animation was the province of a small, but talented group of actors who specialized in voice work––Mel Blanc, June Foray, Daws Butler...
New DVDs: ‘Ricky Gervais’, ‘Tom & Jerry Kids’
There are plenty of animated DVDs to keep toon heads busy this week as we all wait for the arrival of Fox/Blue Sky’s Epic...
New ‘Smurfs’ DVD Set for July 16 Release
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced plans to release a new DVD collection The Smurfs: Smurfs to the Rescue! On July 16, 2013. Fans can...
Warner Bros. Greenlights ‘Scalia & Snagglepuss’ Movie
Jumping on the recent spotlight on Judge Antonin Scalia, Warner Bros. has announced that it’s going ahead with a new live-action/animated hybrid feature titled...
Jerry Eisenberg’s Flying Hippo
Like all professional toonheads, I’m sometimes asked to identify my favorite cartoon character. More specifically, those who know I tend to specialize in the...
Warner Bros. Brings Superman and Batman to WonderCon
It looks like DC Comics fans will have a blast next weekend (March 29-31) at the WonderCon confab in Anaheim. Warner Bros. Home Ent....
Van Eaton Galleries Celebrates Hanna-Barbera
The L.A. area’s Van Eaton Galleries is busy preparing an art show tribute to animation legends Hanna-Barbera this spring. The show will kick off...
WB Announces Hanna-Barbera Animation Honorship
Warner Bros. Animation has announced the details about its 2013 Hanna-Barbera Honorship. The program, which was established in 2005, is open to graduating high...
Iwao and Party Time at Disney
January 8th, 2013, just a little over one week away from my setting down these words, will mark the fifth anniversary of the sudden...
Gene of All Trades
Some things stay with you for a lifetime. When I was a kid I read a Yogi Bear comic strip in the newspaper in...
Animation Director Margaret Nichols Dies at 82
Veteran animator and director Margaret Nichols has passed away at the age of 82, reports Big Cartoon Database. The former executive board member of...
Pioneering Voice Actress Lucille Bliss Passes
Pioneering voice actress Lucille Bliss passed away on Thursday Night (Nov. 8), per Cartoon Brew. She was best known for voicing TV’s first cartoon...
Woodbury Animation Founder Jack Bosson Has Died
Jack Bosson, founder and chair of Woodbury University's animation department for three years, has died. Animation historian Jerry Beck made the announcement earlier this...
Alexander Film: A Forgotten Toon Powerhouse
Some years back I was talking with a veteran animation director about animation’s Golden Age. “Golden age?” he replied, with an expression of disdain, “I...
It’s Cartoon Network’s 20th Birthday! (That’s Algebraic!)
Two decades after its launch, the 24-hour cable channel is one of the most influential forces in pop culture and the toon business.
It all...
Rick Hoberg’s Seriously ‘Amazing Friends’
What’s the classic line...“Everything old is new again?” Nowhere is that more evident than in the world of television.
This week I’m thinking of what...
Welcome to Brickleberry!
Comedy Central’s crazy new toon features a group of oddball forest rangers and a pampered grizzly cub voiced by Daniel Tosh.
Move over, Ranger Smith...
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