Mic.com reports: “Activists in San Francisco have taken on Islamophobia in their communities, defacing racist bus ads with [positive] messages inspired by [Marvel's] Muslim superhero.”
Unsurprisingly, Ms. Marvel’s creator thinks it’s awesome, too!
The fake drool.
The good news: The 2015 Disney/FILA collaboration features a backpack that looks just like Baymax’s charging station! The bad news: It’s currently only scheduled for release in Japan. The worse news? It’s gonna cost upwards of $125.
RIPT Apparel has unveiled their 2nd annual ‘RIPTcademy Award’ posters, and they’re even better than last year’s. There are twenty designs in all, most of them replacing the human cast with luminaries from the animation world. Looking over the collection, I’ve gotta admit — I think I’d prefer the fake versions to their critically acclaimed inspirations! Click here to purchase and/or view.
Way back in 2012, college senior Cole Bowden had an unusual idea: ‘You know those burger puns on the blackboard in every episode of Bob’s Burgers? I wonder what they’d taste like.’ That fleeting, hunger-fueled thought was all that it took to inspire Bowden - at the time a complete NON-cook - to begin creating recipes for each and every one.
Fast-forward one blog, two years and nearly 100 burgers later, and not only has Bowden found a fan in the show’s creator, Loren Bouchard, he and Bouchard are creating a Bob’s Burgers cookbook! I don’t know about you, but I cannot wait to make the veggie-burger versions of The Beets of Burden, Cheeses Is Born and Blondes Have More Fun-Gus. I’ll be that much closer to living my life as a cartoon! Continue reading
Created by the deliciously demented mind of assholedisney.
“TIL that in Star Wars Tales #19 Han Solo travels through time and crashes on Earth. Han is killed in an attack by Natives, but Chewbacca lives and becomes the Sasquatch. 126 years later, Indiana Jones is tracking down the Sasquatch only to find the crashed Millennium Falcon and the body of Han Solo.” - Skweres88
The comic being referred to is Into the Great Unknown by W. Haden Blackman and Sean Murphy, and it’s a delight. Click here to read.
To find out the sage reasoning behind this seemingly harsh quote… Continue reading
Cinderella: A Dream Come True may only be 8” tall, but it is PACKED with gorgeous concept art and insightful behind-the-scenes anecdotes.
The first half of the 160-page hardcover is a delightful re-telling of Walt Disney’s Cinderella. What makes this ‘storybook’ section so special are the illustrations. The book uses crystal-clear stills from the film, Mary Blair’s pretty pastel concept art and various pieces of pencil animation and storyboard excerpts to bring the text to life.
These wonderful works of anime-inspired art were created by a paper-folding pro known only as Kira. To see some close-ups, click here.
David OReilly has put his newest short, The Horse Raised By Spheres, online - and it’s free! What’s more, OReilly has released five other equally effed-up + enthralling shorts as well. I happened across them while I was getting ready for bed, and now I’m afraid to go to sleep.
Quick question: Is it possible to have a horrific nightmare that doesn‘t make you wake up screaming and crying whilst simultaneously lowering your ability to look your next door neighbors in the eye for at least a week? Anyone? Anyone?
Oh, well. I’ll find out soon enough.
(This is what I get for starting the day with a David Lynch post.)
“Early in his career, David Lynch was a bit obsessed with Woody Woodpecker and traveled around with five identical Woody dolls.” — Peteykins, via Cartoon Research
As a longtime fan of both Lynch and Woody, this comment inspired me to go sniffing around the internet, looking for more info regarding this unusual ‘obsession.’ Continue reading
Alka-Seltzer ad by MAD Magazine alumn Wally Wood (1967).
French poster for Pixar’s Inside Out by Stacey Aoyama (2014).
A special thanks to Jim Korkis at Cartoon Research for the Alka-Seltzer ad. In a recent ‘Animation Anecdotes‘ post, Korkis gathered together a bunch of deliciously demented storyboards Wood drew for an animated version of this ad. To check those out, click here.
David OReilly is going to Sundance! Not that I’m going or anything. I’m just excited because this means I’m that much closer to seeing his new short, The Horse Raised By Spheres. I am ALWAYS up for more David OReilly. His 2009 animated short, Please Say Something, remains one of my all-time favorite ANYTHINGS. If you’ve never seen it, save this link and watch it when you’ve got some downtime. It’s a visual, emotional and comedic masterpiece. CARTOONS DON’T GET NO BETTER!
“Okay, I don’t normally do this, but let me just say something about [...] the sheer amount of detail they put into [King Candy's] walk-cycle in correlation to the character. [N]otice how his legs go straight out to the sides of him while he twirls his feet - like the wheels of the cars he has been programmed to drive. Not only that, but the lull in his walk is exactly like spinning your tires while breaking (or revving one’s engine), which happens at the start of every cart-racing game. Also, his hand [...] ‘changes gears’ [...] before his shooing gesture, before returning to the unseen ‘gear-shift.’ [King Candy] embodies both his car and racing games in general.” - Noxaldia
Wow! That’s a fascinating theory. Makes sense, too. What do y’all think?
Next year’s X-Men: Apocalypse will feature teenage versions of Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Storm. Director Bryan Singer just announced via Twitter who will be playing them: Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) as Jean Grey, Alexandra Shipp (Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B) as Storm and Tye Sheridan (Tree of Life) as Cyclops. Click through for full size pics. Continue reading
Jishai Evers has created voice-cast charts for The Simpsons and South Park. It’s incredible to see the number of characters handled by some of these folks. Dan Castellaneta does 26 voices. Trey Parker? 32! It’s a testament to these casts’ talent that not only is each character’s voice funny, they’re instantly identifiable. Click through for the full-size charts. Continue reading
Cuz I really, really want one of these.
It’s been 38 years since Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? went off the air. Curious as to the cartoon cast’s current whereabouts, the internet sleuths at BuzzFeed hopped in their mystery machine and tracked ‘em down. Shown above are some recent pics of the 50-something-year-old ‘meddling kids.’ If you think these are good, wait’ll you read the gang’s present day ‘fun facts.’ They’re AMAZING.
Via: Newspage
Collector’s Weekly has a beautifully illustrated piece about vintage flip books. Covering a wide swath of time (the late 1800s to today), the article presents a concise, contextual history for flip books. It’s neat to see the role that flip books played in the development of not just animation, but also cinema in general. Take that, Academy!
Anyone who has ever scribbled a rocket ship blasting off in the margin of their math book should check this article out. Click here to read.
Related: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Nine Old Men: The Flipbooks
I love this sketch. Burton drew it as a gift for Batman’s production designer, the late, great Anton Furst. Look at those feet! (Via.)
JHallComics has put together a set of one-panel superhero comics featuring the sad, scientific (not to mention political, social, gender-based, etc.) realities behind comics’ most popular super powers.
It’s like Watchmen as written by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Only funnier.
Click here to view.
Ice cold sympathy card available on Amazon. (Image via Patty Watty.)
“Legolas, what do your elf eyes see?”
“Too much, Aragorn…”
(Title and screencap by ohpippin. Dialogue by thorin-theeagles)
Our Friend, Martin, Robert Brousseau and Vincenzo Trippetti’s 1999 time-travel tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., is as awkward as it is engaging. The dialogue is cringe-worthy. The jokes are even worse. The animation looks like Captain Planet, and the voice acting sounds like it’s comprised entirely of first takes. Yet despite its many, many flaws, the movie manages to be an oddly effective bit of After School Special-style ‘edutainment.’
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Image via vintagegal.
“I am the greatest 20th Century White Trash artist!” - Disney background artist, Imagineer and outspoken iconoclast Walt Peregoy
Brenda Banks is an inspirational mystery wrapped up in a historical enigma. Or, to put it another way: Banks was the third Black female animator to work in the American animation industry (EVER!), yet no one in the industry has heard from her in nearly a decade. What gives? Continue reading
The Pokemon Gym has left Tacoma, WA just as mysteriously as it appeared. Rumor has it that the Gym was an all-ages music venue created by some local college students for a senior project. Just who were these students and what grade did they get? No one knows for sure. What we DO know is that the Gym was ALSO an illegal squat, one that the local authorities shut down tout de suite. Still, that lovely blue and yellow paint-job remained for a few years after, providing smiles galore across the internet. Until now. Yes, the Pokemon Gym is gone, its exterior repainted a drab, muddy brown. Who painted it and for what reason? It doesn’t f*cking matter. It’s like Robert Frost used to say, “Nothing gold and blue can stay.” (Info, pics)
Harley Quinn Tights - $11 on Amazon!!! (Via.)
Over the years, Andreas Deja has animated quite a few iconic animals. There was the devious Scar, the lovable Tigger and the irrepressible Roger Rabbit. Oh, and who can forget the lower half of King Triton? More recently, Deja has been busily working on a new animal character - Mushka the tiger - for a feature film that he is personally writing, directing and animating.
According to Deja, there is ONE BOOK that made all of these characters possible: The Art of Animal Drawing by Ken Hultgren. Continue reading
Title and photo via TheraMay. Frozen tissue via Amazon.
DreamWorks’ Me and My Shadow was going to be the studio’s first CG/hand-drawn hybrid. How to Train Your Dragon 2‘s head of story, Alessandro Carloni, was going to direct. The film was initially scheduled to be released in 2013, then 2014, and has since been removed from DW’s official release schedule. Bummer, eh? Ah, but there’s hope. Recently, rumors have begun swirling that the project may still happen. Until then, though, howzabout some CG concept art and hand-drawn test footage? It’s pretty, witty stuff. Continue reading
Title and photo via: CombatGynecologist
Want to hear an inspirational podcast that will make you laugh AND cry? The newest episode of The Champs Podcast features an extremely emotional interview with comedian Tiffany Haddish. In it, Haddish tells the heartbreaking story of her insane upbringing and the secret, cartoon-inspired source of strength that enabled her to survive it and become a successful stand-up comedian.
There’s one part, in particular, that gave me goosebumps. If you’ve got a minute, I’d like to share it with you… Continue reading
Y’all deserve that Golden Globe!
Will Poulter and Sid from Toy Story. (Via.)
For more animation look-alikes, click here.
Korra in the kitchen, as portrayed by Janet Varney - THE ACTUAL VOICE OF KORRA!
(If you can’t tell, I’m kind of going through a Legend of Korra obsession right now. It took me way too long to finally start watching it, but now that I am…I’M HOOKED.)
GIF via: lolbot.net
Title by Too Zoot, screencaps by LoK Gifs and Musings.
I just finished reading former Disney story artist Homer Brightman’s autobiography, Life In The Mouse House. It’s an incredibly candid book, full of uncensored anecdotes about the early days at Disney’s — some of ‘em heartbreaking, some of ‘em hilarious.
One thing confused me, though. Towards the end of the book, Brightman is said to have co-created the character Chilly Willy with Paul J. Smith in 1953. The book says that Chilly Willy was inspired by Pablo the Penguin, star of The Three Caballeros‘ short The Cold Blooded Penguin (1944) — a short which Brightman co-directed. Since I’d never heard this before, I went online to try and find out more. Only when I did, the credit for Chilly Willy’s creation goes solely to Smith. Which is correct?
TIL that Disney/Pixar released a limited-edition Bonnie doll, and she’s scaled to the size of the previously released Toy Story dolls! While this minor retail-revelation was pretty cool in its own right, it was the unsaid, un-implied and entirely untrue follow-up thought that made the synapses in my sleep-addled brain light up like your neighbor’s seemingly year-round Christmas decorations:
I think I just discovered the top secret plot to Toy Story 4! Continue reading
We all have a pic or two of ourselves posing with a Disney walk-around character. Maybe you were an adult on your first trip to Walt Disney World, or perhaps you were a child visiting Mickey and Minnie ‘where they live’ at Disneyland. Either way, the experience was a right-of-passage of sorts, and one you felt was worth preserving.
But there’s a second set of pictures hidden away in the scrapbooks and smart phones of some Disney fans. These photos forgo sentimental selfies in favor of the hideous, the nightmarish and the truly terrifying walk-around characters. Listed below are the worst of the worst. Continue reading
BlueFF has put together a GREAT list of this year’s best anime. Adventure, horror, romance and slice of life - it’s all represented! Set aside a month and start streaming.
On Feb. 6, Disney Channel is premiering Miles From Tomorrowland, a sci-fi kids cartoon featuring the voices of Mark Hamill, George Takei, Wil Wheaton and Bill Nye the Science Guy! If that ain’t geeky enough for ya, Disney has hired experts from NASA and the Space Tourism Society to act as consultants on the series!
For more info pics and info, click through… Continue reading
This marvelous mash-up comes courtesy of Jay Fosgitt, the artist on such comic books as Bodie Troll and My Little Pony: Friends Forever. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I do believe we’re looking at the Guardians of the Galaxy versions of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm (circa The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show), Mutley, Captain Caveman and Grape Ape. Pretty clever — and cute!
And here I am, thinking I’ve achieved something great when I make a K-Cup correctly.
Via: dwimback
“Jim was in the 1952 film Don’t Bother to Knock with Marilyn Monroe. He came home one night during the filming and told me that Miss Monroe in her most seductive breathy voice asked him to meet her in her dressing room. His curiosity got the better of him and he went. Once there, she exclaimed like an excited child, ‘Do Mr. Magoo!’ And Jim did.”
- Henny Backus, wife of Jim Backus, the voice of Mr. Magoo (Via: A.S.)
A Laika triple feature of Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls?! I’ve experienced year-long unrequited love over less! And this is REAL!
I love the end credits sequence from Laika’s The Boxtrolls. In it, Mr. Pickles (Richard Ayoade) and Mr. Trout (Nick Frost) hypothesize about the true nature of their existence. Turns out, their trippy theory is pretty spot-on!
The Boxtrolls will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on Jan. 20.
Beast Kingdom’s Iron Man Mk. II model is 2015′s toy to beat. It actually floats over its base via electromagnets! How cool is that?
Iron Man fans with Stark-sized wallets can pre-order the Mk. II at Hobby Link Japan. The price? A whopping $134! For more info, click here.
Wannabe Animator has graphed the year’s biggest Animation Industry events. Click here to view.
…this is either the cutest or cruelest appetizer ever. (Via.)
No-Face elbow sweater, via.
Scrooge McDuck animation cel from Mickey’s Christmas Carol. (Via.)
Original pic by Popjoust. Candles crappily GIFed by me.
Created by Sitcom Family.
Via: floozys
Title and pic via enhydra-lutris.
Click to enlarge. (Via: KookyGuy)
Sadly, this Lumiere Menorah is NOT currently being offered by Disney. That said, they DID release a full-sized, light-up Lumiere replica last year. Perhaps someone far craftier than I could buy a few and Frankenstein ‘em together?
Click through for the larger, scratch ‘n’ sniff version. Continue reading
Visit Arden’s Facebook page for more cosplay pics.
Gaumont, Studio Chizu and Nippon TV have released the first poster for Mamoru Hosoda’s next film, The Boy and The Beast (Bakemono no Ko).
Variety reports: “[Walt Disney Co. chief Bob] Iger noted how the use of computer-generated graphics has made filmmaking seem ‘too easy.’ ‘There’s a sameness to a lot of these films today,’ Iger said. ‘The wow factor isn’t what it used to be.’”
Full disclosure: This out-of-context quote actually refers to J.J. Abrams’ use of practical effects in Star Wars Episode VII and NOT Disney/Pixar’s last few animated films. That said, if the shoe fits…
My reaction? Not good. This is the first bit of Inside Out promo material that I haven’t loved. Judging from this trailer, it looks like one joke spread super-thin. And the gag about the dad thinking only of sports is bad, just bad. Pixar has proved itself capable of doing so much better than tired cliches. Still, I’m looking forward to it. Joy must be at the controls in my brain!
Amazon.com: Order Guardians of the Galaxy and save 50%
Silver Surfer body art by crisalex, based on the artwork of Ron Lim. Via.
Over at Animation Scoop, Jerry Beck compares the two, and the answer appears to be a resounding Y-E-S.
Prepare to have your mind blown.
(Warning: BIG TIME SPOILERS!)
Believe it or not, the DreamWorks ‘Art Of’ books are a great gift for DreamWorks detractors. While they may not be enough to change anyone’s mind about the artistic merits of Turbo, they DO give a gorgeous glimpse at what could have been. I mean, YES — Shrek Forever After was CLEARLY a corporate cash-in, but did you see the eerie-as-f*ck concept art depicting Shrek’s decrepit tree stump home?! It’s AWESOME! But the only way you’re ever going to see it is by flipping through a copy of The Art of Shrek Forever After. The movie version was…blah.
Compiled after the jump are the covers and ordering info for each and every one of these books. There’s a bunch, so make sure you view on a full wallet.
(P.S. I love me some DreamWorks, but even I think Turbo was trash.) Continue reading
Before Nicki…before Iggy…there was Mrs. Incredible.
Bat-Santa mask - avail. on Amazon.
