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Nick Cross (animator)
Nick Cross is a Canadian animator, artist, cartoonist, director, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles, California. His works include ''The Waif of Persephone'', ''Yellow Cake'', ''Pig Farmer'', and ''Black Sunrise'', which he wrote, directed, animated and produced. He is friends with graphic novel artist Troy Little and they collaborated on the development of the animated series ''Angora Napkin''. He directed the pilot for the Nickelodeon series ''Pig Goat Banana Cricket'' created by graphic novel creator Dave Cooper and alternative comics creator Johnny Ryan. He was the art director for the Cartoon Network acclaimed miniseries ''Over the Garden Wall'' as well as the network's shorts development program. He was the supervising producer on the Cartoon Network and HBO Max series ''Tig n' Seek''. He is married to cartoonist Marlo Meekins. Black Sunrise ''Black Sunrise'' is a planned feature film, produced and animated entirely by Nick Cross. Cross began the film before the rise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ripping Friends
''The Ripping Friends: The World's Most Manly Men!'' (also known as ''The Ripping Friends'') is an animated television series, created by John Kricfalusi, creator of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' on Nickelodeon. The series aired for one season on Fox Kids, premiering on September 22, 2001 and ending on January 26, 2002. The show was subsequently picked up for syndication by Adult Swim, where it reran from 2002 to 2004. The show occasionally airs in Canada on Teletoon. The show also aired briefly in the United Kingdom on the CNX channel and on ABC in Australia. History Kricfalusi and his long-time partner Jim Smith created the ''Ripping Friends'' before they created the similar superhero Powdered Toast Man for ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. After Nickelodeon fired Kricfalusi from ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' in September 1992, he had plans to make a feature film starring the world's "manliest men". The feature film plan was scrapped, but the characters were used in ''The Ripping Friends''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sponge Out Of Water
''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' is a 2015 American live-action/computer-animated superhero comedy film directed by Paul Tibbitt in his feature-length directorial debut. It is the second film adaptation of the animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and a standalone sequel to '' The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' (2004). The film stars Antonio Banderas and features the show's regular voice cast who reprised their roles from the television series and the previous film. The plot follows a pirate named Burger Beard, who steals the secret Krabby Patty formula using a magical book that makes any text written upon it come true. SpongeBob and his friends must travel to the ocean's surface to confront Burger Beard and retrieve the formula. The film was written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger; they adapted it from a story conceived by Tibbit and ''SpongeBob'' creator Stephen Hillenburg. Like the first film, the final act places the animated characters in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To Backspace
''Back to Backspace'' and ''Pillywags' Mansion'' are a pair of animated television pilots produced by Cartoon Network Studios for Cartoon Network. ''Back to Backspace'' was created by Dominic Bisignano and Amalia Levari, while ''Pillywags' Mansion'' was created by Sam Marin. The pilots were released on the network's official website in November 2014, to positive critical reception. Bisignano and Levari's pilot was nominated at the 42nd Annie Awards, although it did not win. Plots ''Back to Backspace'' Patti and her coworkers Herschel and Sweatpants, who are brothers, live and work in Backspace, a virtual reality where "deletions"—rejected ideas—are sent. Their boss Yaga tells Patti to look for incoming rejections. At the headquarters of a newspaper company, its CEO rejects a design proposal for a cartoon man named Mustacki, sending the file to the trash and emptying it. After Mustacki is sent to Backspace, Patti calls Yaga for a hovercraft so they can give him a guided tour. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States. It is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization founded in 1946, the organization presents the Primetime Emmy Awards, an annual ceremony honoring achievement in U.S. primetime television. History Syd Cassyd considered television a tool for education and envisioned an organization that would act outside the "flash and glamor" of the industry and become an outlet for "serious discussion" and award the industry's "finest achievements". Envisioning a television counterpart of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cassyd founded the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1946 in conjunction with leaders of the early television industry who had gathered at a meeting he organized. Cassyd's academy in Los Angeles merged with a New York academy founded by Ed Sulli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tome Of The Unknown
"Tome of the Unknown: Harvest Melody", usually shortened to "Tome of the Unknown", is a 2013 animated short film created by Patrick McHale and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The film serves as the inspiration and pilot for the miniseries ''Over the Garden Wall'', which premiered in 2014. In the filmwhich is narrated by Warren Burton Wirt (Elijah Wood), his brother Gregory (Collin Dean), and Beatrice (Natasha Leggero), a bluebird, head to the big city in search of an arcane book of all known things, meeting a vegetable man along the way. McHale initially pitched the idea to Cartoon Network as a three-season television series, but was asked to develop it into a feature film for Cartoon Network's planned feature film department. He had trouble rewriting the series into a feature, and it was ultimately put on hold when McHale went to work on ''Adventure Time''. Several years later, Cartoon Network asked McHale for another pitch. He reworked his pitch for ''Tome of the Unknown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day My Butt Went Psycho!
''The Day My Butt Went Psycho!'' is an animated television series based loosely upon the novel series of a similar name by Andy Griffiths. The show premiered on the Australian television channel Nine Network in September 2013 and on the Canadian television channels Teletoon and Cartoon Network. Plot The series, played out as a comedy as opposed to a story-based narrative as the novels were, features Zack Freeman, a junior butt fighter, his butt Deuce and Eleanor Sterne, the daughter of legendary butt fighter Silas Sterne. Cast *Mac Heywood as Zackary "Zack" Henry Freeman *Robert Tinkler as Deuce *Bryn McAuley as Eleanor Sterne *Kedar Brown as Silas Sterne *Julie Lemieux as Gran *Ted Dykstra as The Great White Butt *Mark Edwards as The Prince *Joe Pingue as Maurice Additional cast *Juan Chioran *Linda Kash *Paul Soles *Zachary Bennett *Christian Potenza *Dan Chameroy *Jamie Watson *Sean Cullen *Ron Pardo * Rick Jones *Dwayne Hill *Sunday Muse *Jayne Eastwood *Lauren Collins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babar And The Adventures Of Badou
''Babar and the Adventures of Badou'' is a computer-animated children's television series that premiered in 2010 based on the characters created by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. The series takes place several years after the original series and has created new characters to the Babar universe, including Badou, who is Babar's 8-year-old grandson and the protagonist of the series. The series is co-produced by Nelvana, TeamTO and LuxAnimation, in co-production with TF1 and with the participation of Playhouse Disney France/The Walt Disney Company France. 65 episodes were produced over three seasons. The English version of the twenty-six episode series first premiered on September 6, 2010 in Australia on ABC2, in France on TF1's TFOU strand on November 8, 2010, and in Canada on YTV on November 22, 2010. Vice President and Managing Director of Jumbo Pictures, and Nelvana Enterprises, Colin Bohm explained "Nelvana is excited to bring Babar into the 21st century with a new 3D TV se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scaredy Squirrel (TV Series)
''Scaredy Squirrel'' is a Canadian animated television series based very loosely on the ''Scaredy Squirrel'' book series by Mélanie Watt. The series premiered on April 1, 2011 on YTV in Canada and August 9, 2011 on Cartoon Network in the U.S. The final episode aired on August 17, 2013. The series also aired on Qubo from 2017 to 2020. Production The series was produced in association with YTV by Nelvana, with additional production facilities provided by Studio 306, Pipeline Studios Inc. and Super Sonics Productions Inc., with Dolby Digital doing the sound, with Writers Guild of Canada and ACTRA writing the show's renewal plates, with the series' funding provided by The Canada Media Fund and The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit. Plot The series chronicles the adventures of Scaredy, an energetic anthropomorphic orange squirrel, and his best friend Dave, a blue skunk. Their antics take place in the fictional Balsa City, and often at the local supermarket the Stash "N" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spliced (TV Series)
''Spliced'' is a Canadian animated television series produced by Nelvana in association with Teletoon that first aired from September 19, 2009 to March 13, 2010 in the United States. Plot ''Spliced'' is a modern take of H. G. Wells' 1896 science-fiction fantasy, ''The Island of Doctor Moreau''. Spliced marginally distorts Wells' characters in this modern twist by making the mutants the result of genetic experiments created by recombinant DNA rather than Wells' original vivisection process. As with the original story, these experimental results, plus one platypus not in the original story, live on an isolated tropical island that is called "Keep Away Island" in the cartoon. The mad scientist who created them was arrested and removed by authorities via boat. Left to their own devices, these mutated beasts form a functional society. Characters * Peri (short for failed exPERIment number 13) is a mutant of a fox and an octopus. In the episode where Peri happens upon the lab notes co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Two-Shoes
''Jimmy Two-Shoes'' (also known as ''JTS''; or as ''Jimmy Cool'' in most parts of Europe) is a Canadian animated children's television series produced by Canadian-based companies Breakthrough Entertainment, Mercury Filmworks and Fresh TV, Elliott Animation that aired on Disney XD in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, Jetix (UK & Ireland), Jetix (later Disney Channel (European TV channel), Disney Channel) in Europe. The series centers on the exploits of the happy-go-lucky title character, who lives in Miseryville, a miserable town filled with monsters and demon-like creatures. The series was created by Edward Kay (writer), Edward Kay and Sean Scott. The series originally premiered in the United States on February 13, 2009, and in Canada on March 21, 2009. The final episode aired on July 15, 2011 in the United States and April 5, 2012 in Canada, with reruns continuing until December 2017. Premise The series follows the adventures of Jimmy, a happy-go-lucky boy who makes it his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danko Jones
Danko Jones is a Canadian hard rock trio from Toronto. The band consists of Danko Jones (vocals/guitar), John 'JC' Calabrese (bass), and Rich Knox (drums)."Danko Jones" ''AllMusic'', Biography by Jason Birchmeier The band's music includes elements of hard rock and punk"Album Review: Danko Jones – 'Wild Cat'" ''New Noise'', March 9, 2017 and they are known for their energetic live shows. History Formation and early years Formed in 1996 by namesake Danko Jones, Scaltro (John Calabrese) and Gran Sfigato (Michael Caricari). Danko Jones played consistently for two years after formation in an ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
