To celebrate the release of the new Watchmen movie, here's the opening titles to the rarely seen Watchmen Saturday morning cartoon that ran on Fox Kids back in the late eighties. I remember my favorite episodes -- what was yours?
Seriously, though, I don't know where this came from, but it's supremely awesome. It's so wrong it's right. Actually, it's so wrong it's awesome.
It's already been out for a week, but I just can't get enough of Strong Bad's nerdy Teen Girl Squad spinoff, 4 Gregs. For starters, D n' D Greg is adorable.
The Gregs are apparently among Homestar Runner co-creator Matt Chapman's favorite characters. Check out this oldish interview with the Brothers Chaps for more Homestar insight. Did you know that the name "Homestar Runner" was actually coined by a member of the band Of Montreal?
The fourth and final Futurama movie, Into the Wild Green Yonder, is out on the 24th, but it just might not be the last we see of Fry, Leela, and all the rest. At a recent con, voice actor Billy West mentioned that DVD sales and Comedy Central ratings have led Fox to consider picking Futurama back up for another season.
The Futurama movies have ranged from great (Bender's Big Score) to less than great (Bender's Game), but the TV show was pretty consistently awesome. I, for one, am jonesing for some Farnsworth.
Cartoon Network's anime/action block "Toonami" has undergone a pretty radical evolution over the years (remember when it was hosted by Moltar?) but it's sadly been brought to an abrupt end as of last Saturday. Check out TOM's final broadcast for yourself.
Toonami's exit won't leave too large of an anime-shaped hole in Cartoon Network's schedule, since Naruto was really the only Japanese show in their most recent lineup. The future of Naruto on Cartoon Network is a bit uncertain, but you can still get your anime fix Saturday nights on Adult Swim.
I've not seen George Lucas' new animated Star Wars feature The Clone Wars, but the reviews haven't been spectacular. It probably doesn't help that the film includes a flamboyant, purple relative of Jabba the Hutt based upon Truman Capote. No, I am not joking.
Lucas has incited controversy before by including arguably stereotype-based (not to mention unpopular)characters in the Star Wars movies, and while "Ziro the Hutt" isn't necessarily the first gay character to appear in a Star Wars movie, it might not be a particularly subtle or positive portrayal. What do you think?
Animator Jeff Chiba Stearns made this short reflecting on the last several years of his life, using only black pen and a hecka lotta yellow Post-Its. It's at once cute, sad, and oddly uplifting.
Clearly the planets have aligned in some infernal formation, because Stan Lee is collaborating with Paris Hilton.
Lee is creating a new superhero based upon Paris for an animated show which will air on MTV. The legendarily vapid heiress shares her sentiments:
While Paris refused to divulge any details of the new collaboration, she did reveal her favourite superhero power. She said: "I'd love to be invisible - that would be fun!"
Simon & Schuster has produced an online animated series called N., based upon a short story by Stephen King that appears in his new anthology Just After Sunset. The series is actually more like a combination of an audio book and a graphic novel, consisting mainly of static images with narration underneath. It looks pretty good so far, even though each episode is quite short.
The story involves a psychiatrist with a patient who claims that his OCD is actually a defense mechanism to keep supernatural beings from invading our universe.
A long lost promotional clip from the undeveloped Buffy the Vampire Slayer animated series has surfaced on Youtube. Not that this will be much of a surprise to fellow Whedonites, but it looks really really good. Could a sufficient viral buzz possibly bring animated Buffy back from the dead, or is this just a sad remnant of what might have been?
Weebl of Badger Badger Badger fame has a real knack for composing Flash to accompany annoyingly addictive tunes. A while back he made this toon for British TV station E4. It's not only catchy, it's educational.
An independent publisher is currently shopping around an animated series that stars John Oates' mustache.
The mustache, to be voiced by Dave Attell (oh, it talks, by the way), has the ability to give superpowers to its former owner, the guy from Hall & Oates that isn't Hall. Oates attempts to regain his rock star status and battle villains with their own supernatural mustaches.
The Hero of Color City involves a community of crayons who are menaced by an unspeakable evil. Ricci plays Yellow, and is the first cast member announced for the film, which is currently in preproduction.
