The United States Postal Service is celebrating creative genius Jim Henson and his beloved Muppet characters with a series of stamps. It has been 50 years since Kermit the Frog made his television debut. It’s a well-deserved acknowledgment of his work and it will be fun to see the cartoons-come-to-life busting out of envelopes across [...]
Palaeoblog recently posted Steve R. Bissette’s The Paleo Path: The History of Dino-Comics – Part 2. A continuing series on Dinosaurs in Comics that’s well worth the read whether your a professional palaeontologist, amateur dinosaur digger, or comic book connoisseur.
The gang at Long Sausage Productions have brought us another great Dr. Tran collectible: a Magic Talking Card complete with virtual bubble gum! Collect all 1500! Design: Breehn Burns, Dr. Tran: Jason Johnson, Animation: Keith Holven, Hickory Smoked: Horse Buttholes, Hot Stone Massages: Rick Cortes (Producer) If you haven’t picked up the Dr. Tran DVD, [...]
As a young movie nut, I loved Ninja films, and there was certainly no better Ninja actor than the great Sho Kosugi. The star of Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, Ninja III: The Domination, Pray for Death, and TV’s The Master with Lee Van Cleef, had a screen presence that sometimes outweighed his [...]
If you’re into dinosaurs, make sure to check out Steve R. Bissette’s The Paleo Path: The History of Dino-Comics – Part 1 over at PALAEOBLOG. Sure to be an informative multi-part series, it may reveal some of the illustrated adventures you’ve been missing!
Any keen observer will note the future of filmmaking has already been creeping up on us. Pretty soon, it’s going to be right in our face. Literally. A few years ago, Titanic and Terminator creator, James Cameron, stated that he was already working on projects aimed at putting people back in theater seats. Do-it-all Director [...]
G4TechTV.com features a text and video interview with Concept Artist Feng Zhu. Feng recently worked on Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith for George Lucas and in the interview, he teases us with some unseen concept art from the upcoming film. In addition to his video game development roles, he’s been busy [...]
From March 24-28, 2005, The Banff Centre will hold a Storyboarding Summit featuring guest speakers from Pixar Animation Studios, Sony Imageworks, as well as other independent producers. There will be workshops on Storyboarding as well as opportunities to learn to Snowboard or Ski at nearby Sunshine Village. The event is fast approaching but it has [...]
Congratulations goes out to our good friend, Dr. Philip Currie, one of the world’s leading Palaeontologists. Starting October 1, Dr. Currie will become a professor with the University of Alberta’s Palaeontology program, here in Edmonton. Along with his many accolades, Currie was recently chosen as one of three Canadians to receive the 2004 Michael Smith [...]
C.W. Oberleitner at O-meon.com offers a story about a link between legendary Disney Animator Ward Kimball and UFOs. You can read about the intriguing connection in this story. Thanks to Animated-News.com for the link.
Recent CT scans performed by Dr. Zahi Hawass and his research team seem to conclude that the 19-year-old ruler of Egypt, King Tutankhamun, was not murdered violently. A blow to the back of the head had been suggested as one possible cause due to findings in X-rays performed in 1968 and 1978 which showed a [...]
