Monday, March 7, 2005

Half-Century Cartoonists

The Animation Guild is holding its Golden Awards Banquet on April 9, 2005, 6 pm at the Pickwick Gardens in Burbank, California. This event honors those veterans who've logged fifty (count 'em — 50) years in the field of animation and certain related fields. This year's honorees began their careers between 1943 and 1955, during the heyday of Warner Bros, UPA, Disney, Walter Lantz, etc. Tickets are still available. You can order and see a list of the honorees here.

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The Saga of Stan Lee Media (Cont.)

For those of you following the saga of Peter Paul and the now-defunct company he set up for Stan Lee, another chapter is unfolding.

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Today's Useless Comment

I've tried — Lord, how I've tried — to pay zero attention to the Michael Jackson case. This is not easy. I could easily avoid seeing any sign of the War in Iraq (that is still going on, right?) and the proposed evisceration of Social Security. But to venture anywhere near a source of news is to glimpse Circus Jacko, and there's no way around it.

A few days in, it's already beginning to look like Jackson will moonwalk. Ironically, Jay Leno — who has done so much to convince the world that Michael is a pedophile — may testify and become be a key contributor to Jackson's freedom. And sadly, it looks like if the King of Pop does go free, the reason will be that his lawyers have convinced the jury that the parents of the allegedly-molested kid are money-grubbing sleazeballs. This will be sad because if Jackson does go free, it would be nice if it was because he actually didn't commit the crime. But I'm not sure that kind of thing matters much anymore.

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