The Fans Have Spoken! ['Fionna & Cake']
It’s become evident that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is not the only animated TV series that has taken some interesting twists and turns thanks to on-line fan input. Fans of Adventure Time with...
View ArticleReview: 'Light on Shattered Water', by G. Howell
It was the spring of 1998 when I first became a fan of Light on Shattered Water by Greg Howell, an era when stories were uploaded with hard line breaks. It was becoming increasingly evident that my...
View ArticleReview: 'Black Blossom', by M. C. A. Hogarth
This is labeled “The Third Book of Kherishdar”, following The Aphorisms of Kherishdar (reviewed in Anthro #18, July-August 2008) and The Admonishments of Kherishdar (Flayrah, April 4, 2012). Those two...
View ArticleReview: 'Solo's Journey', by Joy Smith Aiken
The lives of the Quorum cats are filled with paradoxes: Although feral and untamed, they live within sight of the Owners’ dwellings and feed off the scraps in the Keep; although peace-loving, too often...
View ArticleU.S. government petitioned to drop drug war, create cat girls
The U.S. administration created We The People to provide a place for any of its citizens to petition the White House, which has promised to provide an official response to all petitions reaching 25 000...
View ArticleAnimation: 'The Snowman' has a sequel!
One of the most beloved Christmas animated TV half-hour specials, Britain’s Channel 4’s famous adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman, directed by Jimmy Murakami and Dianne Jackson and animated by...
View ArticleA Little Girl and a Tiger
First off: Merry Christmas! And thank you for making us part of your lives for another year ^^Also over at Cartoon Brew there’s a teaser trailer for a new short animation project by world-famous...
View ArticleReview: 'Fabulous Histories', by Mrs. [Sarah] Trimmer
The modern era of talking animals in literature is generally believed to start with Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (July 1865). That is the oldest novel still commonly published...
View ArticleLittle Girl to Little Cat
Well-known fantasy author Charles De Lint has teamed up with well-known illustrator Charles Vess to bring us The Cats of Tanglewood Forest, a new hardcover full-color graphic novel coming this March...
View ArticleMonsters are Odd Roommates
A Guy, a Girl, and Their Monster is a new puppet-based on-line video short series created by Jenn Daugherty. Here’s the description: “Henry is a monster, of the under-the-bed variety. Down on his luck...
View ArticleShe Wanted Her Wings
We really can’t do better than the publisher’s notes at describing Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger. So here they are: “Once there was a Postman who fell in love with a Raven. So begins the tale of a...
View Article… and They Can Talk To Him ['Alex Walker and the Circus of Secrets']
We’re fresh back from WonderCon in Anaheim, and me-oh-my is there a lot to talk about. Starting with…Here’s one we somehow missed over the past couple of years, but we found out about it now, finally:...
View ArticleThe Girls and their Monsters
Stephanie Gladden is a multi-talented artist and cartoonist, best known for her work on licensed properties like tie-in comics for The Simpsons, Ren & Stimpy, Looney Tunes, The Powerpuff Girls and...
View ArticleAnnouncement: 'Kairos' is coming
When I announced that Lex Nakashima and I were going to bring you news of new French anthropomorphic bandes desinées, I wasn’t expecting to mix that with animation. But Kairos has its own animated...
View ArticleReview: 'A Monster in Paris'
Recently released on DVD in North America, A Monster in Paris (trailer) is a CGI-animated kids' film that originally came out in France in October 2011 as Un monstre à Paris.Taking place during the...
View ArticleAnimation: 'The Painting' is coming
Animation Scoop has the new American trailer and poster for the 2011 French animated feature Le Tableau (The Painting), due for May 24 release.read more
View ArticleReview: 'Kairos. T.1/3', by Ulysse Malassagne
Kairos, volume 1 of 3, has just been published in France. It was announced here last month with an animated trailer from Studio La Cachette in Paris that had me salivating for the album! (Ankama’s...
View ArticleSave the Snakes! Save the World!
Serusis is the title of a new 5-issue full-color comic mini-series coming late in June from Big Dog Ink. “Planet Serusis is under the control of the Reliton army and its ruthless leader, Snogard. In an...
View Article'Wastelander Panda' episodes released online
Following a launch in Adelaide, South Australia, three mini-episodes of Wastelander Panda have been released on the project's website and YouTube channel. The episodes show glimpses of brutal life in a...
View ArticleA Boy and His Snake… or Vice Versa
Suddenly everyone is talking about Sanjay and Craig, a new animated TV series on Nickelodeon. It stars the voice of Chris Hardwick (comedian, bowler, and head honcho of The Nerdist Channel on YouTube)...
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