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Marvel to Release Augmented-Reality Comics

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As part of its “ReEvolution” initiative, Marvel will be releasing an augmented reality app called Marvel AR.

LACMA to Present Madcap Modernism March 30

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Animation historian Adam Abraham will join curator and host Jerry Beck at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art's “Madcap Modernism: Mid-Century Cartoons from UPA and Beyond” on Friday, March 30, 2012, at 7:30pm.

Classic Media Expands with Acquisition of Olivia

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Classic Media announced that it has acquired the rights to "Olivia" from Chorion.

2011 Ursa Major Awards Voting Now Open

The annual Ursa Major Awards, for the best anthropomorphic (“funny animal”) literature and art of the year, is now open for voting for works produced during the calendar year 2011.

Telegael to Produce New Impossimals Animated Series

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Ireland-based animation and TV production company Telegael has partnered with SupperTime Entertainment to produce the new animated kids series "Impossimals," based on the colorful, striped characters created by UK-based artist Peter Smith and his wife Jayne.

French Comics Icon Moebius Dead at 73

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Jean Giraud, one of France's leading comics artists, has died in Paris at the age of 73.

SupperTime/Telegael to Develop Impossimal for TV

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Telegael and SupperTime Entertainment are joining forces to co-develp the popular children’ characters of Impossimal for an animated pre-school TV show.

Batman Artist Sheldon Moldoff Dies

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Sheldon Moldoff, who drew some of the most recognizable superheroes of comic books’ golden age without receiving recognition in his own right until decades later, died on February 29 near his home in Lauderhill, FL.

Classic Media Aquires Noddy from Chorion

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Classic Media, owner of some of the world’s leading family entertainment brands, today announced they have acquired the rights to Noddy.

Warner Bros. to Animate ‘Bolivar’ Graphic Novel

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Warner Bros. has secured the rights to Bolivar, an upcoming graphic novel from publisher Archaia Entertainment, with Irish filmmaker Kealan O’Rourke attached to write and direct the project.