Newsweek has a story about a truly nightmarish development–the return of Family Guy.

Today–according to NPR, at least–is Joe Barbera’s 94th birthday.

Here’s the definitive article on the definitive bad pop song, Seasons in the Sun.

I’m behind on my blogging, so I’m only now catching up on a trip I made to Orlando a few weeks ago, during which I made my first trip to Disney World in several years (courtesy of the very generous Jim Korkis).

Whenever I get to a Disney park, I always gird myself for the real [...]

Stay tuned to this site, Scrappyland, and ASIFA-Hollywood for more information…

When I visited Hong Kong a few months ago, I reported back on the Disney products I saw there–many of which involved extremely cute, Asianized versions of the characters. I was sort of embarassed (OK, totally embarassed) to admit it, but I liked them.

Now those cute characters are invading the U.S., under the inevitable name [...]

April 30th will be a day unlike any other–at least if you’re a Scrappy fan, and happen to be anywhere near Hollywood. Click here, then scroll down to the last event announcement, near the bottom. And don’t say we didn’t warn you.

More details soon…

Here’s a link to a story from the new issue of Newsweek on Robots, which opens this weekend. It’s a good read from the standpoint of behind-the-scenes info on the film, but it also seems to say that the movie’s the best-looking CG feature ever made–and a great animated film, period. (It reaches back to [...]

I can think of only a few comic-book shops I’ve visited that are contenders for the distinction of being the single best such store in the country. Berkeley’s Comic Relief is one of them. (Others include Cambridge’s Million Year Picnic and Manhattan’s Jim Hanley’s Universe.)

I bring this up because Comic Relief has just moved, albeit [...]