The AP reports that Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s animated adaptation of her graphic novel about growing up during and after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, won the jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Here’s the trailer:
Most digital art websites always remind me how little I know about Photoshop. For example, even if I spent the next full week with my nose in a copy of Photoshop for Dummies, I couldn’t begin to create anything like Pixeloo’s "Untooned" image of cartoon and videogame characters. Seen at right is Pixeloo’s "Untooned" version…
Seventy-eight years ago today, Mickey Mosue uttered his first words, "Hot Dog!", in the short The Karnival Kid. Although it was Mickey’s ninth short, it was the first in which he actually spoke. Mickey’s voice, of course, was that of his creator, Walt Disney.
I love visiting New York City, and New York Comic Con is one of my favorite shows. I always have a great time, and this year was no exception. One other thing that remains consistent every year I go is that it all goes by in a total whirlwind blur, and I can barely remember…
Orphan Black, BBC America’s addictive science and morals showdown series is back on April 18 at 9:00 ET. Season Three throws Tatiana Maslany, in her gazillion (give or take) clone roles, into unexpected territory as they deal with the revelation of a new line of militaristic male clones played by Ari Millen. It also…
There’s a show on The E Network called Keeping Up With The Kardashians. After watching that show once I am now convinced we are living in the last days of The Apocalypse. I won’t even get into why the show makes me want to shoot puppies and beat old – it just does….
Johnny Hiro By Fred Chao AdHouse Books, June 2009, $14.95 There’s a modern style of comics that I don’t think has a name yet – the school of [[[Scott Pilgrim]]], descended equally from Nintendo and the ‘90s autobiographical cartoonists. In those books, psychologically realistic protagonists live in crappy apartments in some city – typically, whichever…
