Review by KC Carlson
This has really been Green Lantern’s year. His ongoing comic book is one of DC Comics’ top titles; he’s starring in this year’s DC Big Event, Blackest Night; actor Ryan Reynolds has just been announced to play GL in 2011’s big-screen theatrical release; and he’s debuting in the full-length animated feature Green [...]

Warner Bros. Animation has announced that the next DC Universe original animated DVD movie will be Green Lantern: First Flight, set for release on July 28. Like the others, it will be rated PG-13.

It will be available as a two-disc DVD special edition (suggested retail price $29.98), a single disc DVD ($19.98), or on [...]

The release date for Green Lantern: First Flight, the next DC animated direct-to-DVD movie, has been adjusted.

Instead of coming out July 28, it’s now due July 21. That means instead of after the San Diego Comic-Con, it’s now due out just two days before, making for more promotional opportunities.

Green Lantern: First Flight, the next DC direct-to-DVD animated film, is due out July 21. Here’s the trailer:

I’m getting a Star Wars vibe from it, but maybe that’s just the flying lettering.

It’s only a couple of weeks until Green Lantern: First Flight arrives, so here’s the latest in a series of interviews provided by Warner Home Video. This time it’s Tricia Helfer, the voice of Boodikka, and geek-favorite actress from Battlestar Galactica.

Here starts the promotion for Green Lantern: First Flight: a PR-provided interview with Victor Garber, voice of Sinestro. His bio reads:
The Canadian-born Garber first captured national attention in his 1973 big screen debut as Jesus in Godspell. Garber’s film credits include Titanic, Milk, and Sleepless in Seattle, while his television career boasts six Emmy [...]

Green Lantern: First Flight, the next DC Universe direct-to-DVD animated movie, is written by Alan Burnett. Burnett began scripting episodes of Batman: The Animated Series in 1991; he has won four Emmy Awards. His animation career began with Super Friends in 1981.
In the following interview, provided by the WB publicity department, Burnett discusses his [...]

Review by Ed Sizemore
Imagine being immersed in a long, meandering conversation with someone that speaks their mind openly on any and everything. Further imagine that you look at your watch and discovered you’ve been captivated by this person for several hours, and it’s only been the two of you the whole time. That’s what it’s [...]

I don’t remember watching Hero High, but it sounds like the kind of thing some of my readers would have fond memories of.

BCI Ink & Paint are collecting the series, and the press release makes clear that it’s a deluxe package, too, with 26 episodes plus all this:

Full-length audio commentaries for two segments, [...]

Hong Kong Phooey was a favorite of mine as a kid, mainly because of the jazzy theme song by Scatman Crothers (voice of the character) that dubs him “number-one super guy”. I haven’t thought about it much since, but now, there’s a DVD set of the series.
For those of you too young to remember, [...]

Review by KC Carlson
I knew I was in trouble when I fell asleep 10 minutes into Horton Hears a Who and awoke, extremely disoriented, to a faux anime section. Dr. Seuss anime? I do not like them, Sam I am!!
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Horton Hears a Who, one of the classic children’s tales of [...]

To promote Up coming out on DVD last week, the publicity group sent this set of images showing how the movie was put together. I thought you might be interested in seeing how a scene developed. Click the images (and then wait) to see really large versions.
Update: Here’s some more Up-related art, process work [...]

Review by KC Carlson
I was 8 years old when the original Jonny Quest premiered on a Friday night in the fall of 1964. I had been seeing the preview commercials for weeks, and I couldn’t wait to see the globe-trotting adventures of a boy roughly my age, his odd friend Hadji, his cool dog Bandit, [...]

Review by KC Carlson
Out today is Justice League: The Complete Series, and I can’t think of a better gift for any superheroic animation fan — even if it’s a gift that you give yourself. The set features all 91 episodes of both Justice League and Justice League Unlimited on 14 DVDs, plus ALL the Special [...]

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Review by KC Carlson
There must be crazier things to do than trying to adapt a critically acclaimed — as well as beloved — 400+ page graphic novel into a 75-minute animated film, but I can’t think of any. But that’s exactly what has been done with Justice League: The [...]

How about a couple of Justice League: The New Frontier clips?

From the featurette, Stan Lee and Michael Uslan talk about genre cycles and how superheroes returned in the 50s. It continues with Mark Waid talking about Julie Schwartz and Uslan covering the redesign of the Flash.
If you want to see the cartoon, here’s [...]

Continuing to sample the works of Miyazaki, I tried Kiki’s Delivery Service.
Upon the advice of my readers, I watched the subtitled instead of dubbed version, and I agree, Phil Hartman as the voice of the cat would have been too distracting. Although I’ve only seen a couple of Miyazaki films, I could already identify [...]

A film full of messages, both stated and implied, Kung Fu Panda was one of the top grossing and most popular animated features of this past summer. But its most important statement may be its message that having a good heart is more important than all the skill in the world.
Pitted in box office battle [...]

Spider-Man faces Venom and the risk of his identity being revealed in the last new Spectacular Spider-Man episode for a while. After this episode, the second season will resume in October.

Airs Monday at 7:30 PM Eastern on Disney XD (the Disney for boys!).

I watched the new Legion of Super Heroes cartoon, and I enjoyed it.
I would have liked it better if

They’d called him Superboy, since it was clearly that point in Clark’s life. And they weren’t creating a time loop by turning him into Superman because they already knew he was.
Saturn Girl didn’t have a [...]