The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
I’m such a huge fan (250 pounds!) of Mystery Science Theater 3000, so I was very excited when the good folks at Drawn! pointed out this collection of MST3K posters. What a hoot!
It reminded me of this great Eegah-themed site I found while wasting time pretending to work at one of my day jobs some years ago.
ROXY!
(OK, so this post is not exactly cartoon related, but at least it was inspired by an artsy sorta site. Kinda a six degrees of separation thing…)
[posted with ecto]
The Czech Republic has a new Prime Minister, and according to Czech tabloid Blesk, he’s a dead ringer for The Simpsons’ Mayor Quimby.
According to Yahoo News…
“Not only does Paroubek bear an uncanny resemblance to Quimby but like his cartoon counterpart he also served on the city council, for four years as deputy mayor. At 52, Paroubek is also just two years younger than Quimby.”
You know, I wasn’t convinced, but with a little help from our old friend Photoshop, I-yuh, er, am a believer.
This article is hilarious…
“After spending a day in court watching cartoons, a Moscow judge on Friday rejected a lawsuit brought against RenTV for broadcasting two American programs that the plaintiff said had piqued his young son’s interest in cocaine and prompted the child to insult his mother.”
It gets better…
“Smykov said that his son Konstantin, who was 6 in 2002, approached his parents after watching an episode of “The Family Guy” and asked them what cocaine was. After he was reprimanded, Konstantin called his mother a toad, Smykov said.”
But this is the best part…
“Smykov was not present in the courtroom Friday. RIA-Novosti reported that he had appeared for the start of the day’s session drunk.”
You gotta go read this. Enjoy!
OK, so technically this isn’t new, but I was gone all last week.
Don’t forget to check out episodes 24 & 25 of Clone Wars.
You don’t want to miss General Grevious’ massive forearms. Or is it four-arms?!
(Wait, never mind. ‘Forearms’ is correct. Sorry.)
Lately I’ve been really into the whole Clone Wars thing over on Cartoon Network, and in my surfings I ran across this article.
It’s a nice look behind the scenes at Adult Swim.
Hopeful writers often have no concept of what Adult Swim wants. Someone once pitched Weidenfeld a feature-film length script about a woman who discovers she has breast cancer, becomes a yoga instructor, finds love and recovers. In other words, the perfect Lifetime movie, but completely wrong for the fast-paced, “something different” comedy that the Adult Swim audience expects.
Many pitches are derivative twists on other Adult Swim shows, starring more defunct superheroes and classic cartoons. “People pour their hearts into these things, and they just aren’t funny,” says Weidenfeld. “It’s like I break 10 people’s hearts every day.”
But Adult Swim needs fresh ideas. The staff is stretched thin with many people working triple duty on multiple projects. “There’s like three people at [Atlanta’s] Williams Street [lab],” says Weidenfeld, exaggerating for effect. “They can’t produce any more shows.”
Maybe I’ll have to send them something. It’d be a nice change from syndicate rejection.