Posted 3/3/13 8:38 am EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, Comic Books
The Land of Ooo came to ECCC this weekend as BOOM! Comics' KaBOOM! imprint brought along some of the creators behind the hit "Adventure Time" comics. Line editor Shannon Watters was joined by "Adventure Time" writer Ryan North and artists Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb along with "Fionna and Cake" miniseries writer/artist Natash Allegri.
Here's what the panelists talked about for the first year of "Adventure Time" comics (and what's happening beyond).
Posted 2/25/13 11:52 am EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, Comic Books, IDW, News
Not content with grabbing young and old readers over at Boom! with books based on "Adventure Time" and "Regular Show," Cartoon Network is teaming up with IDW to mine their back catalog of animated programs for new series and reprints starting this year.
That's right: soon we'll have to explain "Johnny Bravo" to the kids.
Posted 2/21/13 4:46 pm EST by Charles Webb in Cartoon Network, Movies, News
Writer Ryan Engle has come on board as the writer for the Cartoon Network-financed feature based on the five-year-old animated series, "Ben 10" according to THR.
Oh, and did you know there's going to be a movie based on "Rampage"? Because he's also responsible for the screenplay on that one.
Posted 2/6/13 5:04 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, TV
The Justice League are featured in this week's episode of "Young Justice" titled "War." And it looks like they're going to have to answer for some of that time they lost at the end of the first season.
Posted 2/5/13 3:30 pm EST by MTV Geek in Cartoon Network, Toy Fair
You can be just like Ben 10 with Bandai's new Omni-Link Omnitrix. The Omnitrix -- which looks just like the one Ben Tennyson wears on his hit Cartoon Network show -- uses revolutionary technology to interact with many media formats for truly interactive play. Read More...
Posted 2/1/13 12:26 pm EST by MTV Geek in Animation, Cartoon Network, DC Comics
By Steven Smith
Well, it’s happened again. Two of my favorite shows have been canned. The Cartoon Network has decided to axe fan favorites Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice. I know some of my compatriots might think I’m reaching with "Green Lantern", but I dug it. The animation style was original, characterizations consistent; plus it was waaaaay better than the feature film but so are certain types of algae. "Young Justice" however has been a much-beloved piece of animation with a strong fan base who apparently don’t have Nielsen boxes. There’s an online petition keep "Young Justice" on the air, which is super great and flattering to the creators, but at the end of the day that isn’t worth a hill of virilium in this crazy world. So why end them? Read More...
Posted 1/31/13 10:42 am EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, TV
From Cloud City to the vegetable crisper, Billy Dee Williams ("The Empire Strikes Back," "Batman" '89) joins the cast of tonight's episode of "Annoying Orange." Playing the role of a "carrot-te" sensei, Williams' character needs a little nudging to be convinced to train our irritating hero in the ways of the vegetable-based martial arts.
Posted 1/30/13 11:33 am EST by MTV Geek in Animation, Cartoon Network, DC Comics
Who are the mysterious runaways Nightwing has told Blue Beetle to follow? And is BB the only one tracking them? Find out in this clip from the "Young Justice" episode "Runaways," airing Saturday, February 2 at 10:00 a.m. ET/PT on Cartoon Network! Read More...
Posted 1/29/13 11:20 am EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, TV
EDITOR'S UPDATE: Yeah, these shows are officially going to the big cartoon graveyard in the sky; they have passed on, are no more, have ceased to be, expired and gone to meet their maker, kicked the bucket, shuffled off their mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleeding choir invisible.
Young Justice fans (I mean, were there really any fans of GL?) were understandably outraged, and have shown their support for their favorite animated show by creating an online petition and defacing Cartoon Network's Wikipedia page:
Will "Young Justice" get justice through Internet Justice? Perhaps the end of this story is yet to be written.
Cartoon Network just announced their lineup of new programming for 2013 featuring the refreshed DC Nation block which would include "Teen Titans Go!" and "Beware the Batman." Does the absence of "Green Lantern: The Animated Series" and "Young Justice" mean that the CN is abandoning both shows after their current seasons?
Posted 1/28/13 5:22 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, News, TV
This morning, Cartoon Network ran through their upfronts of new and returning series for 2013. In the new lineup, the CG "Beware the Batman" finally emerges from the shadows while the Emmy-nominated short "Uncle Grandpa" comes to TV with its own series.
Hit the jump for the full list.
Posted 1/25/13 5:00 pm EST by Eddie Wright in Animation, Cartoon Network, TV
Young Justice Season 2, Ep. 13 'The Fix' Clip 1
Black Manta seeks vengeance against Miss Martian in the newest episode of "Young Justice: Invasion" airing Saturday, January 26 at 10:00 am ET/PT as part of DC Nation on Cartoon Network.
Posted 1/24/13 10:40 am EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network, News, TV
The clip is feelings in it. Feelings in song.
The February 18 episode of "Adventure Time," "Bad Little Boy," will return to the gender-swapped fantasy world of the err... fantasy Land of Oo, with "Community" star Donald Glover taking the stage as Marshall Lee. Read More...
Posted 1/15/13 3:30 pm EST by MTV Geek in Cartoon Network
By Zack Smith
If you’re a psychopathically obsessed fan of Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time like me (seriously, I have a problem), here’s a heads-up – Jazwares’ line of plush Adventure Time toys now includes Marshall Lee, the Vampire King!
Though plushes of Adventure Time’s gender-flipped characters Fionna and Cake had already been seen in such places as Toys R Us, the plaid-wearing vamp rocker hadn’t shown up in most assortments – and isn’t even listed on Jazwares’ website yet. After we saw a few for sale on eBay, we did a quick Google and found the character for sale at Hot Topic. Read More...
Posted 1/11/13 11:44 am EST by MTV Geek in Animation, Cartoon Network, DC Comics
Amethyst faces off against a scary spider-creature and his web of evil in this clip from "DC Nation"!
Posted 1/4/13 5:04 pm EST by Charles Webb in Animation, Cartoon Network
A lone clone discovers who he really is in this clip from tomorrow's milestone episode of the Cartoon Network series.
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