Digital Dream Machine

Hiro Nakamura. Art: Tim Sale. Colors: Dave Stewart. Some of you are already enjoying the NBC show Heroes. If you’re already watching it, then it doesn’t require further explanation. However, if you’re not familiar with the show, you can think of it as a weekly version of M. Night Shyamalan’s feature film Unbreakable or Marvel’s [...]

Here’s Part 2 of the interview I conducted with author/illustrator extraordinaire Mark Schultz regarding his career, influences, and future projects. Once again, thanks to both Mark and Palaeoblog creator, Dr. Michael Ryan for making this possible. Enjoy! – Mark, thanks again for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer some questions. We discussed [...]

Ray Harryhausen tribute painting © Jim Dallmeier. Stop-motion animation legend Ray Harryhausen will be helping to develop a series of new features, TV movies, video games, and merchandising under the Ray Harryhausen Presents banner for Mindfire Entertainment according to Reuters and the Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo! News. From the article: Producer Mindfire Entertainment, which joined [...]

A Muppet classic found over on YouTube… “Mahna Mahna:” More Muppet goodies at YouTube.

I finished watching Miami Vice Season 2 on DVD (one of my all-time favorite shows) a few days ago and was reminded of the episode “Trust Fund Pirates” by this CNN story. Fans of Vice will recall Richard Belzer‘s (Law & Order) character was a pirate radio station operator who conducted his illegal broadcasts from [...]

My wife and I spent Christmas being entertained by Ewan McGregor. Sort of. Photo © Chad Kerychuk. Within days we watched: Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith, The Island, Robots, and on Christmas Day, we watched a few episodes of Long Way Round; a fascinating reality series about McGregor’s adventure with his friend, [...]

This weekend, I was fortunate to attend the HD Production Conference here in Edmonton. I understand nearly 300 attended the 2-day conference in Calgary and around 200 packed the sessions in Edmonton. It was great to see a lot of familiar faces, meet some new ones, and learn about all the new HD productions from [...]

Thanks to Cartoon Brew for bringing animation fans this news: the original puppets of Santa Claus and Rudolph (from the treasured Rankin/Bass holiday special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) have been found. Long thought lost, the puppets were found among the holiday decor of a former Rankin/Bass employee. The puppets have been purchased by TimeandSpaceToys.com and [...]

Hellboy Animated concept art by Sean “Cheeks” Galloway. Like the recent motion picture, ‘Hellboy‘, created by author/illustrator Mike Mignola, will be coming to life in animated form. IDT Entertainment and Revolution Studios will bring ‘Big Red’ to life in direct-to-DVD productions, and possibly an animated series, online content and video games. Ron Perlman, who acted [...]

I love Halloween. Always have. Cool costumes, dark decorations, mysterious movies, and creepy activities make this one of the most fun times of year! So, in keeping with the Halloween ‘spirit,’ here’s some spook-tacular treatsll! Images © Lucasfilm 2005. HALLOWEEN IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY… In addition to the Star Wars paper masks I [...]

A Jurassic Park scientist extracts dinosaur DNA from a fossilized insect trapped in amber. Image © 1993 Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment. I’m currently writing a proposal for a creative summit similar to the Boarding: Stories & Snow event that I was part of in Banff recently. I’m interested to know if any of my [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]