Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a superhero appearing in Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic pig and is a parody version of Spider-Man. He was created by Larry Hama, Tom DeFalco, and Mark Armstrong.
Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang in Katsuhiro Otomo’s classic anime feature AKIRA (1988).
Daffy Duck was created by Tex Avery for Leon Schlesinger Productions. He has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, or Speedy Gonzales.
Academy Award nominee Jeff Fowler (of the animated short “Gopher Broke”) directed the blockbuster first two installments in the “Sonic the Hedgehog” film franchise. He returns for “Sonic 3” (in theaters this December) and also serves as executive producer and director of the first episode of new spinoff series Knuckles. The six-episode event, with the […]
One of Nickelodeon’s most iconic characters is headlining a new series — this time in CG. “DORA” premieres this Friday April 12th on Paramount+. Executive Producer and showrunner Rich Magallanes explains what goes into making sure the returns of Dora, Boots and Swiper are satisfying for fans of the original Dora the Explorer show and […]
Blue and Josh are taking The Big Apple by storm in Nickelodeon’s new musical movie Blue’s Big City Adventure, premiering this Friday November 18th on Paramount+. Steve and Joe return to the Blue’s Clues franchise to join in on the fun. I spoke with director Matt Stawski about the film from my own Thinking Chair! […]
New CG animated series Transformers: EarthSpark premieres this Friday November 11th on Paramount+. (You can also watch the one-hour debut episode Friday at 4pm on Nickelodeon.) EarthSpark comes from EP Ant Ward and Co-EP Dale Malinowski. They spoke with me for this Animation Scoop Q&A about how some legendary characters — and whole-hearted new ones […]
What do you do if you live on a prison asteroid run by a megalomaniacal warden, and you uncover an abondoned starship capable of near-transwarp speeds? Do you take it? 17-year-old Dal R’El does, with the help of his fellow adolescent escapees including Gwyndala, 17-year-old daughter of the warden. So off the kids race toward […]
What do you do if you live on a prison asteroid run by a megalomaniacal warden, and you uncover an abondoned starship capable of near-transwarp speeds? Do you take it? 17-year-old Dal R’El does, with the help of his fellow adolescent escapees including Gwyndala, 17-year-old daughter of the warden. So off the kids race toward […]
