Tag: Animation and comics
Oscar predictions: Can anything beat ‘Nomadland’?
Ahead of Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging...
How an Irish town became home for an animation powerhouse
NEW YORK — The medieval town of Kilkenny in the southeast of Ireland is an unlikely home for a perennial Oscar contender. But there,...
Man, a steal! Rare Superman comic sells for record $3.25M
NEW YORK — One of the few copies of the comic book that introduced Superman to the world has sold for a super-sized, record-setting...
PBS Kids celebrates Autism Awareness Month with new friends
NEW YORK — A new child is introduced this month on the animated TV show “Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum” who is a...
Report: Animation company got $49M in excessive tax credits
HARTFORD, Conn. — Blue Sky Studios, the company behind “Ice Age” and other animated films, received $49 million more in Connecticut state tax credits...
Latest graphic novel about John Lewis coming in August
NEW YORK — The award-winning series of graphic novels about congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis will continue a year after his death....
‘Captain Underpants’ book pulled for ‘passive racism’
NEW YORK — A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular “Captain Underpants” series is being pulled from library and book store shelves...
Venezuelan teen sells drawings on Twitter to buy food
BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela — Samuel Andrés Medina carefully chooses from dozens of colored pencils spread out on his kitchen table, humming a reggaeton song as...
Animated ‘Demon Slayer’ strikes chord with pandemic Japan
TOKYO — The demons are everywhere, sometimes spreading like purple slime, lurking, killing. The terrifying plight depicted in the swashbuckling animated film, “Demon Slayer:...
From reggaeton to Hollywood: Nicky Jam dreams of his star
NEW YORK — As a musician, Nicky Jam has received accolades including a Latin Grammy and a Billboard Music Award, but nothing would make...