Top Story: Despite A Large Number Of Detractors, Animation Guild Members Ratify New Contract

The Evolution of TV Cartoon Characters

To the average cartoon viewer, SpongeBob is SpongeBob and Bart Simpson is Bart Simpson, but cartoon connoisseurs recognize that characters evolve over the years, not just personality-wise but graphically.

Creative MetLife Spot Starring Snoopy

Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang have been spokestoons for the insurance giant MetLife for nearly 30 years. The ads are rarely …

Blue Sky to produce Charlie Brown feature

Deadline Hollywood broke the news this morning that 20th Century-Fox and Blue Sky Studios will produce a new feature length movie …

“You’re A Creep, Charlie Brown!”

Animator Rob Yulfo edited this collection of Peanuts clips set to Vega Choir’s cover of Radiohead’s Creep. This sums it all up.

Hong Kong Has a Charlie Brown Cafe

Signs of an advanced society: a restaurant devoted to a classic comic strip. This is the Charlie Brown Cafe in Hong Kong. More photos …

“Happiness Is A Warm Blanket”

Last summer I moderated a panel at the San Diego Comic Con for Happiness is a Warm Blanket, the first new Peanuts special in five years. …

Bring Me the head of Charlie Brown

BRING ME THE HEAD OF CHARLIE BROWN is an amusing late-’80s student film parodying the Charlie Brown animated specials. When I first …