Writer Alan Grant and artist Norm Breyfogle talk to 20th Century Danny Boy about their pretty decent 1980s run on the Batman comics.
Best Batman Sites.
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The animation history blog, ASIFA, has scans of some cool Terrytoons model sheets.
Best Cartoon Sites.
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Famed for its die-cast car models, Corgi Toys has merged with Master Replica Inc. and will expand into new areas, according to a press release.
The new Corgi now holds licenses for many of the highest grossing film franchises of all time including Batman, Disney Classics, Harry Potter, James Bond, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman, and others.
The company will be developing unique, collectible products under three brands. New products will begin arriving at retail in the spring of 2007 for Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars 30th Anniversary, and Transformers and in the fall of 2007, for The Golden Compass.
Best Toy Car Sites.
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The ASPCA is not gonna like this (although, I'm sure, no animals were harmed in the creation of these comics panels).
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An animated flick on Gold Key Comics' Turok, Son of Stone may be in the works.
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Donovan and David Lynch are doing a double tour to promote "meditation, consciousness and creativity." Both men are long-time devotees of Transcendental Meditation, the publicizing of which seems to be the main aim. You can get info here.
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A new book, "Hitchcock's Music," looks at the prominent role sound played in the director's flicks. The New York Times takes a look:
For Hitchcock music was not merely an accompaniment. It was a focus. And it didn’t just reveal something about the characters who sang the score’s songs or moved under its canopy of sound; music could seem to be a character itself.
This might sound a bit grandiose, but take a look at Jack Sullivan’s fascinating new book, “Hitchcock’s Music” (Yale University Press). In his book “New World Symphonies,” Mr. Sullivan, who is director of American studies at Rider University in New Jersey, inverted the usual suggestion that American concert-hall music evolved under the domineering shadow of European influence. He showed instead how American music powerfully shaped the evolution of Europe’s art form. Now he shows that it isn’t just that Hitchcock believed that sound should serve image; he believed that image should serve sound.
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"Doctor Who" can make boring science fun, says the UK's new science minister.
"If you start a lesson with the chemical formulae you will lose 90 per cent of the class. If you start with something interesting or important, like something they read in the paper or saw on television, they will remain interested.
"It can be part of an entrée to some of the more technical, important but slightly more boring parts of the subject. If I was a teacher I would start with a chunk from Doctor Who and Billie Piper and say, 'Actually, what was that all about and how is our textbook relevant to that?'"
...However, Derek Bell, the chief executive of the Association of Science Education, said: "We all enjoy programmes such as Doctor Who, but teachers would need to be careful to make it clear which bits are science and which fantasy."
Best Doctor Who Sites.
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