The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
OK, it’s a stretch, but it’s my blog and I can publish what I like.
The IUSB Dodgeball Club got some free Adult Swim t-shirts from Cartoon Network, and recently won the outdoor championship in my own hometown, which they misspelled in this article.
Perhaps if IUSB concentrated less on pelting each other will rubber balls and more on spelling they could get more than t-shirts.
So CN has launched a new block of programming aimed at preschoolers called “Tickle U.”
I’m not sure my son and I will be watching, but I have to admire their approach:
Instead of trying to teach facts, like “Dora The Explorer” on Nickelodeon, the Cartoon Network shows are simply aimed at making kids laugh.
“You know they’re going to get the A-B-Cs and 1-2-3s in preschool,” said Pola Changon, Cartoon Network’s vice president for on-air production.
Instead, the “Tickle U.” cartoons are aimed at developing a sense of humor in young kids.
I also dig their tag — “School of Knock Knocks.”
I remember when Cartoon Network started and was basically rerunning old Hanna Barbera stuff. Now…
…”Adult Swim” — a late-night block of edgy animated series — is drawing more viewers aged 18 to 34, a key category for advertisers, than CBS’ ”Late Show With David Letterman.”
I’d like to repeat that for all of the cartoonists who complain about how much better it was in the old days.
…”Adult Swim” — a late-night block of edgy animated series — is drawing more viewers aged 18 to 34, a key category for advertisers, than CBS’ ”Late Show With David Letterman.”
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.