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"...enjoying The Lone Ranger or Batman serials before the cartoons. And probably listening to The Shadow on the radio..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column

TRUST THE CULTURE

"...enjoying The Lone Ranger or Batman serials before the cartoons. And probably listening to The Shadow on the radio..."

Aug. 4, 2003 Postmarks

La Musica y el Director

Robert Rodriguez adds "composer" to his long list of film credits.

"...a yellowed Spanish-English paperback dictionary and demonstrates the flip-book cartoons he drew while eschewing class work. It's part of..."

July 25, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Gospel of 'Toonage

Mike Judge & Don Hertzfeldt present 'The Animation Show'

"...Uncensored Animation, Nick Park's Aardman animations, and enough Canadian cartoons to gag a moose. So -- honestly now --..."

July 18, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Roots of the Left

Scholz Garden recalls a storied political and cultural past.

"...state and U.S. representative parked at a table drawing cartoons ... future Gov. Ann Richards with her husband Dave..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Roots of the Left

Janes and Slusher's newsletter kept a Weird eye on City Hall.

"...The paper began experimenting with different fonts, and well-drawn cartoons by Dan Thibodeau added much-needed graphics to break up..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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"...In one of Andy Singer's CARtoons he suggests that, just as there are smoking and..."

June 27, 2003 Column

May I Have This Laugh?

What are you laughing at? Cable network Trio -- will release "Uncensored Comedy," three meditations on the state of our sense of humor, in June, to help us figure it out.

"...caliber on TV. Interestingly enough, it comes from adult cartoons -- The Simpsons, South Park, and most of the..."

May 30, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Plays Well With Others

How Creative Commons is redefining copyright law and what it means for artistic collaboration across the Internet.

"...Disney can make off its racist World War II cartoons?" asks Rick Prelinger, who owns the copyrights to more..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

New to DVD

This DVD compiles all of the cartoons featuring the Man Without Fear, in conjunction with last week's release of the live-action Ben Affleck Daredevil feature.

"...Without Fear has barely appeared in the various Marvel cartoons over the years. This DVD compiles virtually all of..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

Cicadas

Honorable Mention

"...was not bothered by his sister, Yoshiko. Yoshiko drew cartoons. An invisible line divided their table. No one was..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Billy Cope

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"...Another summer of digital aliens, slow-motion fireballs, and brain-dead cartoons of both the animated and live action varieties is..."

July 19, 2002 Column

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"...Another summer of digital aliens, slow-motion fireballs, and brain-dead cartoons of both the animated and live action varieties is..."

July 12, 2002 Column

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"...got around 100 or so recipes, some really cool cartoons, a lot of them with these little cockroach characters..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Column

Mutant Genius

Greg Falcon makes very funny "fanimutation" -- animation in the style of "Web celeb" Neil Cicierega, some kid from the 'burbs who also happens to be very funny.

"...like Mad magazine and those wonderfully weird Monty Python cartoons...."

Jan. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Butt-Numb-a-Thon Roster

"...Betty Boop cartoons..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Feature

Pages as Presents

2001's crop of coffeetable books

"...Selves of Selby Sheldrake" has the ability, like the cartoons that follow it, to enchant both children and adults..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

TV Eye

Couldn't you use a good laugh?

"...to Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants, or Little Bill, cartoons I find to be sweet, funny, and comforting...."

Oct. 19, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Short Cuts

Waking Life to premiere in Austin, Regal announces canned goods = free movies, and some film score schooling with Brian Satterwhite.

"...at various dates beginning Saturday, Oct. 6: "Music for Cartoons 101" and "Film Music -- Listening to Movies." Both,..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Suspendered Animation

The Umbilical Brothers are like cartoon characters come to life, like toons in living breathing 3-D, with pratfalls and spit-takes and near-impossible contortions -- all accompanied by sound effects that an entire army of foley artists might pull off on a lucky day.

"...some things are targeted more often than others: classic cartoons, lounge singers, steroidal action men, chopsocky movies, fluffy little..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

TV Eye

PBS delivers the goods.

"...kept my interest this summer were two divergent genres: Cartoons and documentaries. I'm still gaga over the new Samurai..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

In Person

Sue Brandt McBee at the Carver Branch, August 9

"...guy here doesn't understand. He wants to surf for cartoons." Augustin pointed to a 10-year-old kid at a computer...."

Aug. 17, 2001 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Short Stuff: The Arbor Theatre Unspools a New Short Film Program

"...of catching a series of short subjects -- newsreels, cartoons, previews -- before the advertised feature began...."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...together eating the same hot dogs, watching the same cartoons...."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

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Readers sound off on a variety of touchy subjects: politicos, abandoned kittens, even the brachiation of apes.

"...can tell me why movie studios routinely shelve movies, cartoons, and shorts from the early days of film citing..."

June 15, 2001 Column

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The environment, the alleged marijuana, the traffic, Ventura's highway, and more.

"...can tell me why movie studios routinely shelve movies, cartoons, and shorts from the early days of film citing..."

June 8, 2001 Column

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Austin - bands, bikes, billboards, ballots, Bradley, and beyond - under scrutiny.

"...Texan for the express purpose of checking out the cartoons, which are fascinatingly awful. "Complex"? "Humorous"? "Beautiful"? Come on...."

April 27, 2001 Column

Hi-De-Ho and The Duke Is Tops

Available on video as a double bill, these two all-black features -- one from 1938, the other from 1947 -- make a brilliant pairing.

"...and Rudy Vallee. Calloway's three turns in Betty Boop cartoons, where he was filmed and rotoscoped, are among the..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Review by Louis Black

Short Cuts

You may remember reading about local Web-based animator Alan Watts in this space from time to time, but you're about to be hearing a lot more about him.

"...info, and check out Watts' other Internet site, the turn-your-photos-into-cartoons machine www.toonery.com while you're at it. Geez, does this..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Page Two

Robert Rodriguez, Chris Ware, Ben Sargent -- what do these men have in common? They all worked as cartoonists for The Daily Texan.

"...(Rodriguez and Ware did comic strips, Sargent did editorial cartoons). You can add to that list Berke Breathed (who..."

April 6, 2001 Column by Louis Black

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