Animated News
1. Finally got around to reading last week's interview with Matt Groening over at The Onion AV Club. There are going to be 4 new direct-to-DVD feature-length Futurama movies! !!! Now that's something to look forward to. (Be careful reading the interview, since he's clearly jerking the interviewer around at some points. Perhaps he's doing so less clearly at other points?)

2. Of course, saw the trailer for the Simpsons movie a few weeks ago. Tantalizing and worrying. How many TV shows do you know that made a successful transition to feature-length movie? Sure, the Wild Dingleberries or whatever probably did pretty well at the box office, but that is not what I'm talking about and you know it. These things can be so disappointing--in direct proportion to how much you like the show. On the other hand, from the interview and his track record it sounds like the movie wouldn't be made unless they really had ideas for what to do with it. It will be interesting to see to what extent they spoof movie conventions and history since they do so much of that in the show already. (Just realized it doesn't seem to be coming out until 2007; the suspense will probably kill me).

3. Alison Bechdel said she'd have the new DTWOF comic up on her blog today, but it's not up yet. Hopefully it will be soon. An exhibition at the Cartoon Art Museum in SF is be featuring her work. I have been wanting to visit that museum for some time now, and the exhibit looks very interesting. It closes June 1st, and May is going to be a busy month for me. Hope I make it.
- posted by k @ 1:30 PM