300!

Clifford in the Woods!

Science (Fiction)

He-man's Best Performance

Horton Hears a Who -- First Look at Smug Character

With the voice talents of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell , here's the first shot from Fox's CG animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who. I don't remember the book well enough to say which character this is (it's been nearly a week since reading), but I can say that with his thin build, well-groomed faux-hawk, popped collar and unnecessarily worn tie, he definitely owns the entire Cher catalog.

Most notable is how surprisingly faithful the design, even the background architecture and genital size, has remained to its source. Indeed, it's as if the entire world of Dr. Seuss has been brought from the two-dimensional page into the three-dimensional world, where we can finally realize just how crazy-looking these freaks are. What is this thing anyways, some kind of dog man? ... I can't wait to see it.

Eragon Trailer Exciting to Dragon Fans

Just in time for nerd season, Hollywood is unveiling its newest creations to bring in their most loyal (and most acne-ridden) crowd, and things are looking hot. This season, the sci-fi world of aliens and lightsabers have stepped aside to make room for swords and mythological creatures--always safe bets for this crowd--with two big entries into the field. Peter Jackson, creator* of Lord of the Rings, already announced his plans for a dragon-themed movie, and now the trailer for the hotly-anticipated Eragon has been released. Based on the book, which is based on dragon fact, the film brings viewers back to that lost time of warriors, sorcery, and fantastical dragons, when you had to be careful not to speak too loudly of these things in the cafeteria so those guys wouldn't throw your Magic deck in the trash again (I think it was the mid '90s). Yes, that magical time, just prior to the release of Dragonheart, when we still thought it might be cool to base an entire movie on a dragon (it wasn't) can be yours again at the click of a button.

Ninja Training School

Cool Links

A great look at the making of the comic, Copper.

Ed Benedict, 1912-2006, here's some of his old sketches.

Calvin & Hobbes Rarities

Behold the art of Johnathan Edwards & Ryan Wood!

Bill Nolan's Cartooning Self Taught

The amazing Ashley Wood

The Art of James Jean

Photos from the Collideascope Boat Cruise and the epic Pie Eating Competition.

Our Cat

Pocoyo

I can't get enough of this show.

Here's some sites and blogs from the show's creators, check them out, it's so much fun, concept designs, models, sketches, and lots of texts describing the development of the series:

The Blog
The Animation Studio
The episodes and credits list

David Brent's Microsoft UK Training Video

Hoping of giving the illusion that they're not a humorless corporate entity, Bill Gates and the boys at Microsoft UK commissioned Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to make a training video that features Gervais's The Office character David Brent. If you have forty minutes and liked the duo's comedy stylings, enjoy the wit and wonder.

part 1

part 2

Noah takes a photo of himself everyday for 6 years.

Movie Stuff

Grindhouse Posters: With Amputees!

The poster for Planet Terror is more than it first seems. If you look carefully, you'll see that it's not just a gun pictured. There's also a woman. And if you look closer, she's actually attached to that gun. That's right, it's a woman with a gun for a leg. It's bad news for her enemies, good news for a guy who might be sitting in front of her when she aims it, since he might get to see her cooter if it's a high enough target.


I can't wait for this Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez
Double Feature!

Iron Man to Fight Mandarin, Possibly While Resembling This

Hey, Iron Fans! Here's a teaser poster for Jon Favreau's Iron Man movie. He says it's not the final design for the suit, and I'm glad. I say if you call it "Iron Man" you dress him like the Iron Man guys from ESPN 2. Just a tank top, shorts, 80 pounds of excess fat, and the shameful expression of knowing you routinely train yourself to competitively lift slot machines in a wheelbarrow.
Also the villain of the film is going to be Mandarin. You know, the Chinese guy with all the magic rings.

Deadman Coming to Theatres

Hot news, fans of comic book heroes! Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro is in negotiations to act as producer in bringing the DC comic Deadman to the screen. If you don't know the character:

Deadman is the ghost of a circus acrobat named Boston Brand, who was murdered during a trapeze performance. His spirit was granted the power by a Hindu goddess to possess any living being in order to find his killer. In the ensuing search, Brand finds himself obliged to help others.

I think the only way they're making this one work is if they get a big name or an actual dead man, both of which can be found in Keith Richards. How about it, buddy?

Deliver Us From Evil Finds Distribution

If the Catholic church hated The Da Vinci Code, wait until they see this one. Lionsgate announced they will distribute Deliver Us From Evil, a documentary about a serial raping pedophile priest:

Lionsgate announced today it has acquired domestic distribution rights to Deliver Us From Evil, a documentary about a pedophile Catholic priest whose serial rapes were known to, and concealed by, the American Church for over 30 years.

I hope this one does well. Not so much because I care about exposing corruption in the Catholic church, but because I'd like to see it remade as a comedy with Will Ferrell. I think he could bring a lot of laughter to serial raping pedophilia.

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