Merry Christmas!

Warner Bros.' Bone, Yogi, and Marvin Stuff

On March 20, 2008, Warner Bros. aquirred the rights to Jeff Smith's action-paced & comdeic graphic novel series, "Bone". This wasn't the first time "Bone" has been adapted into a movie. The first time was in the 1990s, when Paramount & Nickelodeon tried to make a "Bone" movie, but was unsuccsessful. They are still debating on to make it 2-D drawn animation, CGI, or live -action. I think it will be relaesed in 2011. For an added bonus, here is drawing of Bone as Inspector Gadget from 2001.

On October 21, 2008, it was announced that a live action/CGI Yogi Bear movie is in progress. Sounds bad. Everybody except Yogi & Boo-Boo will be in CGI. It should be similar to Fox's "Alvin and The Chipmunks."

Don't get me started on Marvin! On May, 2008, a Christmas Marvin movie was announced on Varitiy. It will also blend live-action/CGI. The pitch is Marvin comming to earth to destroy Christmas. But, to his dimiary, he is trapped in a gift box.

So, see some good & bad movies in the future.

Best Stuff of 2008 Awards Vol 1

Near the end of the year, so hear is the Best Stuff Of 2008 Awards vol 1. So, here are the winners for Vol 1.
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Kung Fu Panda
Horton Hears A Who
WALLE
BEST ANIMATED THEATRICAL SHORT
Presto
BEST ANIMATED TELEVISON SERIES
SpongeBob SquarePants
Phineas and Ferb
Total Drama Island
The Simpsons
Family Guy
BEST ANIMATED TV SHORT
Mind the Kitty on Random! Cartoons
The Finster Finster Show in Store Wars on Random! Cartoons

Guess Who's Back On DVD?!!

J.E. Daniels, & Cartoon Brew already posted this, & now I am. On March 10, 2009, Woody Woodpecker & his friends will return to DVD, but not in "The Woody Woodpecker Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 3". 20 classic cartoons on a one disc set. Get it for $19.98 (Pre-order it on Amazon.com for $13.99). These cartoona include 15 Woody Woodpeckers (Knock Knock, Pantry Panic, The Barber of Seville, Ski for Two, Chew-Chew Baby, The Dippy Diplomat, The Loose Nut, Who's Cookin' Who?, Bathing Buddies, Fair Weather Fiends, Musical Moments from Chopin, Banquet Busters, Wet Blanket Policy, Sleep Happy, The Redwood Sap), 1 Andy Panda (Fish Fry), 1 Swing Symphony (Pied Piper of Basin Street), & 3 Tex Avery-directed cartoons (The Legend of Rock-A-Bye Point, with Chilly Willy, Crazy Mixed-Up Pup, Sh-h-h-h-h-h). The bonus features are 2 episodes of "The Woody Woodpecker Show", episodes 53, & 56.

Toon Disney Goes XD.

In Febuary 2009, Toon Disney is going bye-bye, & will be welcoming boys & tomboys ages 6-14 to Disney XD. Some of the shows include "Jimmy TwoShoes", "Phineas & Ferb", "Spider-Man", & even some original proggraming, such as "Hero & Not" (working title). The Jetix proggraming block will not be shown on Disney XD, because the name & logo will not be used in the United States. I will miss Toon Disney, but I am excited for XD.

Takes

Some Tex Avery-ish takes

I drew a couple days ago.

Sponges, Rich Cat Brothers, & Now Penguins hit Nickelodeon!

In March of 2009, Nickelodeon & Dreamworks Animation are joining together to bring us "The Penguins of Madagascar". The new series takes place where "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" takes off: The Penguins & somehow, The Leamers, go back to New York City from Africa to the zoo. They will go back to the Central Park Zoo, too hatch their plans in the heart of New York, while they fight for the rightful place of king of Central Park Zoo. Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Miller, & Christopher Knights will not be returning to reprise their roles as King Julien, Maurice, Kowalski, & Private. But, Danny Jacobs, Kevin Michel Richardson, Jeff Bennet, & James Patrick Stuart will take over their roles. But co-director, Tom McGrath, John DiMaggio, & Andy Richter will reprise their roles as Skipper, Rico, & Mort. Mark McCorkle & Bob Schooley will exectutive produce the series. Go to the website on Nick.com, & expecctet to have fun in March 2009. See the first season of 26 episodes in March!

Cartoon Characters I Can Do

Droopy Dawg, Elroy Jetson, Officer Dibble (TOP CAT), Rocky & Bullwinkle, George Jetson, Mr. Spacely, Astro, Quick Draw McGraw, Barney Rubble, Fred Flintstone, Dino, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Fred Fredburger, SpongeBob SquarePants, Mr. Peabody, Boo-Boo Bear, Yogi Bear, Snagglespuss, Wallly Gator, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Porky Pig, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, Top Cat, Benny the Ball, Choo-Choo, Brain, Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Pixie & Dixie, Mr. Jinks, Ralph Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Huckleberry Hound, Daffy Duck, & Elmer Fudd, just to name a few of the many characters I can imitate.

Holy Good Grief, New Peanuts STUFF!!!

In October 2007, Warner Home Video now owns the animated rights to Peanuts. Worldwide too. They have released the Peanuts specials on DVD, digitally restored & remastered, starting with "Be My Valintine, Charlie Brown". They are also expected to release new direct-to video specials, & TV specials. Also, they are also on iTunes. Also on iTunes, are Warner Motion Comics' new series, Peanuts Motion Comics from strips from 1964. I bought one on iTunes for $0.99, & a season for $7.99. I would also dedicate this post to Bill Melendez, who died two months ago. Here are some pictures of before & after.

Chowder Stuff

C.H. Greenblatt (SpongeBob, Billy and Mandy) puts up many good things on blog, Nerd Amerda, about his brand-new Cartoon Network show, Chowder. It is awsome!!! I hope I get the DVD for Christmas. Watch it...NOW!!!

The KarateGuard (2005)

Joe Barbera (1911-2006) came back to direct his final film with his first creations, Tom and Jerry, and his final film before his 2006 death. With Spike Brandit, he co-directed, co-storyboarded, and wrote "The KarateGuard". Hanna-Barbera character-designer/creater Iwao Takamoto (1925-2007) storyboarded the cartoon with Barbera, while Brandit did the voice of Tom, Tony Cervone did Spike, and Keone Young did the Ancient Wise One. The cartoon has the same energy, fast-pace, and similar gags of the original cartoon, but with some modernized gags and storylines. They took the Spike being Jerry's bodyguard thing, but put a karate twist on it. The cartoon is a fantastic work of animation, when it came on Cartoon Network, but was in front of a live theatrical audience in 2005. See it on YouTube, but here are some images.

Marker Art & Other STUFF!!!

Here are some marker art I did myself of familiar cartoon faces.

New DVDs I Would Like To Have

There are many DVDs I would like to have, including The Angry Beavers: The Complete Series, Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Vol. 2, The Huckleberry Hound Show: The Complete Series, Vol. 2, SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 6, Vol. 1 & 2, Animaniacs, Vol. 4, The Ren & Stimpy Show: The Complete Series, just to name a few. I hope to see these in the future.

Rocko is Back!

Rocko's Modern Life is on DVD. From Amazon too. Also Nicktoons Network will bring the wallaby back on December 7, 2008. So wait for more Rocko stuff for the future.

Oh Yeah! Cartoons' Fourth Season

Garfield on Cartoon Network for 09

After Turner Brodcasting Station got the rights to Garfield the Cat, Cartoon Network will show a new Garfield miniseries in 2009. Frank Welker will play Garfield. Be expected to more Garfield fun in 2009.

GUESS WHO?!!

WOODY WOODPECKER! Here he is. I made this today. I also do great Woody impression. Woody Woodpecker is owened by Universal

BRAIN FART!!!

Here is the first of many of my sketches. This is what my brain does sometimes when I forget someting.

Box Office Bunny (1990)

In 1990, Warner Bros. celebrated the 50th aniversary of their biggest cartoon star, Bugs Bunny. They did tons of stuff promotting his birthday, including making a new cartoon "Box Office Bunny", written & directed by Darrel Van Critters. With the loss of Mel Blanc, WB found a man named Jeff Bergman, who did Bugs, Daffy, & Elmer. This is a great 4 minute short. See the short from a 1995 episode of "The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show" on YouTube! Enjoy! (Here are some images from THE ACME FACTORY.)

REALLY THIS TIME!

Here are the Jetsons layouts by John K. FINALLY!!!!

John K's Jetsons layouts...NOW THIS TIME!

Here are those images of John K.'s Jetsons layouts. (1st Time Blogging)

John K's Jetsons layouts.

John Kricfalusi (Ren and Stimpy, Ripping Friends) recently posted on his fantastic blog about the layouts he did on the 1980s revival of "The Jetsons". I've seen episodes of them & their great! But his layouts scare me a little. So, here are two of those layouts, with the infamous, Orbity:

This is worth thanking for!

Hello, I'm Austin, & welcome to my new blog, "The Baloopa Blog!" You will see STUFF about animation skeches, animation news, videos, pictures, doodles of mine, & other STUFF! So, welcome peoples everywhere! Enjoy!