Events

New York International Children’s Films Festival

The New York International Children’s Films Festival , founded in 1997 to promote intelligent, passionate, provocative cinematic works for ages 3-18 and to help define a more compelling film for kids. Here is a list of the animated films.
Lotte from Gadgetville.
Summer Days with Coo.
Yobi the Five Tailed Fox.
5 Centermeters Per Second.
Max & Co.
Nocturna.
My Body and Me (dia)
Festival is currently running through 3/16/2008.

Smurfette


The Smurfs known also as Les Schtroumpfs originally a Belgian comic strip is celebrating it’s 50th year by creating a new CGI movie, comic strips with new adventures, new figures and an exhibit at the Brussels Cartoon Museum. Yahoo also reports of new female characters to accompany Ms. Smurfette in the CGI movie !

Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee

Gallery 1988 LA’s latest Marvel event , “Under the Influence: A Tribute to Stan Lee”, which runs through 2/1/08

KAIJU


2/9/08 Manhattan NY Kaiju Big Battel: New York Blackout event!

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Mascots


Meet the Mascots on their official website

The Art and Flair of Mary Blair


This once-in-a-lifetime exhibition includes more than 50 pieces of original artwork, with an array of Blair’s groundbreaking concept art for classic Disney feature films including Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and Peter Pan, currently showing at The Cartoon Art Museum up until 3/18/08

Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art NYC

MOCCA current events -
Monsters: Things That Go Bump open till 3/17/08
Infinite Canvas: The Art of Webcomics open till 1/23/08
New York Artist Showcase: ACT-I-VATE open till 1/23/08

Dragon Ball & Naruto on Second Life this weekend!

the lead characters of the Dragon Ball, Naruto, and One Piece manga will be making a special two-day appearance within Linden Lab’s Second Life online virtual world to coincide with the Jump Festa event this weekend. “Jumpland@Second Life” festivities on December 22 and December 23 at the real Makuhari Messe convention center outside Tokyo.

Make your own Superhero


Most contests in the comic book business are geared toward artists. Shadowline, in partnership with Newsarama, is bucking the tide and creating a contest geared toward writers!
The winner will be announced April 28 with initial concept art/character design by Franchesco. First issue will be solicited with a cover date of November, 2008

2008 Game Developers Choice Awards


The winners will be announced in a ceremony at The Game Developers Conference happening in San Francisco, February 20, 2008. The awards are presented by Gamasutra.com

categories for nominations

• Best Audio
• Best Game Design
• Best Technology
• Best Visual Arts
• Best Writing
• Best Debut Game
• Best Downloadable Game
• Best Handheld Game
• Innovation
• Game of the Year