TV producer Reveille has inked a first-look deal with Mechem Media to produce family-friendly animated programming, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

Voice actor Ronald Gans has died from complications of pneumonia, reports VARIETY.

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Lecture and Screening by Bob Camp, Co-creator of Ren and Stimpy
Date: Friday, July 9th
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $5                                                                                                                                                   
Day Five of The Oxberry Pegs Series

Wow! Bob Camp is coming to Observatory this Friday, July 9th. You know him as co-creator of the Ren and Stimpy show, the template for modern screwball cartoons, but you might not know all the other hat’s Bob wears. Bob is a cartoonist/illustrator, comic book artist, writer, story artist, designer, director and producer. He has worked on many TV series as well as feature films for such studios as Warner Brothers, Fox and Nickelodeon. Bob has been nominated for two Emmys, a Cable Ace award, and an Annie for his work on the “Ren and Stimpy” animated series. He was an illustrator at Marvel Comics on many comic titles including GI Joe, Crazy Magazine, Marvel Age, Bizarre Adventures, Savage Tales, Conan the Barbarian and The Nam. He has done covers, comics and editorial illustrations for Family Weekly magazine and The National Lampoon. Bob is presently developing concepts for film, TV and the internet.

So, drop by around 8pm this Friday, and Bob will show some cartoons, tell stories of his varied and lengthy career in animation and comics and answer your questions.

Free Popcorn, while supplies last!

Bob Camp's Filmography
Kick Buttowski Suburban Daredevil (Current) DisneyXD- storyboard artist
Leaf Men (2009-2010) Blue Sky/Fox- storyboard artist
Sym-bionic Titan (2009) Cartoon Network- storyboard artist
Kick Buttowski Suburban Daredevil (2008-2009) DisneyXD- storyboard artist
Robotboy (2006-2007) TV series Cartoon Network/France 3- Director
Legend of the Leaf Men (2006) Blue Sky/Fox- development artist
Ice Age II: The Meltdown (2005) Blue Sky/Fox- storyboard artist
Robots (2004) Blue Sky/Fox- storyboard artist
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) Warner Bros.- storyboard artist
Scooby Doo (2002) Warner Bros.- storyboard artist
Grim and Evil (2002) Cartoon Network- storyboard artist
Jackie Chan Adventures (2002) Colombia/Tristar- story artist
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) Paramount- storyboard artist
Cats and Dogs (2001) Warner Bros.- storyboard artist
Osmosis Jones (2001) Warner Bros.- storyboard artist
Lucky Lydia (2000) pilot for Cartoon Network- writer, co-director, executive producer
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) -Imagine/Ron Howard- storyboard artist
Cow and Chicken (1997-9) Cartoon Network- storyboard artist
Space Goofs (1995-6) Gaumont Multimedia/Fox- writer, storyboard artist, co-story supervisor, and voice director)
The Ren & Stimpy Show (1990-5) Nickelodeon- Co-creator, storyboard artist, writer, director, producer, supervising director
Tiny Toon Adventures (1989) Warner Bros.- storyboard artist
The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil (1989) DIC- storyboard artist

More info here: http://observatoryroom.org/2010/07/02/camp/

Corus Entertainment’s premium preschool network Treehouse is pleased to announce the world premiere of the first ever Dr. Seuss inspired animated series, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! on Saturday, August 7 at 5:30 p.m. ET starring Martin Short as the voice of the Cat.

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