Featuring Miles Thompson’s “Cat & Milkman” and “The Grandfather of Soul” by Keytoon Animation Studio.
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– Eric
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So Disney is returning to its roots with an all-new cartoon with a classic character. It’s mainly pantomime, very remeniscient of the ’40’s Goofy cartoons with little of no dialogue. [That was when voice actor Pinto Colvig was off at MGM and elsewhere doing voicework because he, unlike Clarence “Ducky” Nash, didn’t have an exclusive contract with Disney.] Goofy hasn’t had his own short since the ’60’s with “Aqualung.” Or maybe it was “Aquavelva.” See??? Isn’t it time Goofy return to the screen?
Read more HERE.
-Jake
According to Fox News, Cartoon Network is responsible for the suspicious packages found around Boston today. Watch the video here
From Foxnews:
BOSTON — A suspicious package alert that shut down downtown Boston Wednesday afternoon was actually part of an elaborate marketing campaign by the Cartoon Network to spark interest in its “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” show.
After state and local officials said they were launching an investigation into a series of “suspicious packages” found around the city, the Cartoon Network released a statement saying the packages were magnetic lights that pose no danger.
“They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult Swim’s animated television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” the statement said.
“They have been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and [Read more…]
Perhaps the best animated show on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim would have to be “Robot Chicken”. Have a look at this behind the scenes video. Apparently there is a bigger budget and longer production schedule this season, so we should see some more great skits and stop motion mayhem.
Hey everyone, for those of you who were able to attend the First Annual Channel Frederator Awards, check out our party picks on Flickr. Maybe you’ll find one of yourself! For those of you who weren’t able to make it, you sure missed a great bash. Till next year!
Melissa
It just wasn’t enough for Jossie Malis to win a coveted Freddie Award last week for Best Design for his film Bendito Machine. Nooooo. This week, he took home the SECOND best prize a filmmaker could ever win as well. Jossie just alerted me that he won the $25,000 grand prize at the Aniboom Film Festival!
Jossie, us here at Frederator are quite proud of you. Thanks for sharing your film with us, and when you’re trying to decide what to do with your winnings, we’ll remind you that we like tinted windows on our Porches. Thanks!
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Lee has been designing what we call Channel Frederator “postcards” since he started as an intern last year. Now he’s collected his designs on a Flickr page. I love them (obviously).
Fred
At the religious school where I spend an occasional Sunday with 5th grade leaders-of-tomorrow, they clamored around the class computer watching and re-watching this flash movie.
It’s not well-animated. It’s not well-timed. It has no story to speak of. Is it well-edited? Eh. Does it have a snappy soundtrack with a simple equation that people of all ages can understand? Certainly.
I gave the kids a poll. Out of the roughly 10 kids, 2 of them [both boys] said they watched more cartoons on the computer than they did on TV.
Hmmm…..
-Jake
… Elizabeth Ito before today?
We’ve known Elizabeth Ito for a few years as she’s bopped around at places like Film Roman since graduating from CalArts. I’ve bookmarked her blog and I check it every morning. She won the Producers’ Choice Award in the very first Nicktoons Film Festival way back in 2004 for her student film “Welcome to My Life”, which then slipped into development for a time at Disney Family Channel. I tend to gravitate towards artists whose styles evolve over time, and Elizabeth certainly fits that category. She’s still young and finding her footing in the animation industry, and, as you read her blog, you’ll see hers is a bright talent in search of a home and good fit. Sometimes I wish I could leap forward twenty years just to see where artists whose work admire wind up in this crazy old world. I can’t wait to see what Elizabeth has in store for [Read more…]
OK, so you missed the party (the podcasts will be posted next week, and hey, there’s always next year). But, you can indeed get the show’s best swag, the Channel Frederator Awards program.
It’s got over 40 illustrations contributed by some of the world’s great cartoon artists (like Joey Ahlbum, Signe Baumane, and David Baril), and essays by learned pundits (check out [adult swim]’s Mike Lazzo and It’s Jerry Time’s Orrin Zucker) on the future of cartoons. Which is not to forget to mention Frank Rocco’s beautiful cover art. It’s 96 pages in all.
It was the most stolen artifact at our party. If you missed swiping yours, here’s your chance.
