Animated comedy comes to UK TV
Clips from the animated show. Warning: contains rude stuff The Ricky Gervais Show, in which the comedian’s popular podcasts are brought to visual life with animation, comes to British TV next month. The HBO show, which features Stephen Merchant, co-creator of The Office, and Karl Pilkington, their friend and former producer from the duo’s days […]
Cartoonist Ray Lowry has died
Cartoonist Ray Lowry has died. Report from the BBC UPDATED: 17th OctoberLasting Tribute has a piece on Ray Lowry here The PCO: Great British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)
Beryl Cook
Artist Beryl Cook, a painter with a cartoonists’ sensibility for accurate observation from life, has died. The The BBC has a slideshow of her images here which are from a gallery exhibition for her 80th birthday made in 2006. There are also formal obituaries from the Telegraph and the Guardian as well as a short […]
Animated cartoons
Well, it didn’t win the prize for best animated feature at the Oscars, but perhaps it should have. If you haven’t already taken a look at Marjane Satrapi’s film, Persepolis which is about growing up Iran during the 1980s, here is another short chance to explore. It is due to open in some British cinemas […]
Cartoon film sans CGI animals nominated
Something a bit different is competing alongside the usual anthropomorphic antics in the Best Animated Film category at this year’s Oscars. Persepolis, a black and white adaptation of two graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi, will be competing alongside the CGI-animated blockbusters Ratatouille and Surf’s Up, it was announced yesterday. Which means that a French film […]
Early animated cartoons screened
While you’re waiting for the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival, here’s another event to consider. Slapstick 2008 must surely be one of the first festivals of the year, of any variety, as it takes place from January 17-20. If you’ve not heard much about it, that’s possibly because it’s a festival of silent comedy. Now in […]