Tag Archives: animation

Marvel puts Cartoon Catalogue Online

By Matt Demers
February 14, 2011

Marvel.com offers part of their cartoon catalogue for free online.

X-Men Evolution Cartoon

Big news for you cartoon buffs out there: Marvel.com now offers many of their animated series to stream for free. This means that you can watch some classic shows to your heart’s content, provided you have a big enough bandwidth budget. Some links include:

Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994-1998)
Spider-Man: Unlimited (1999-2001)
Spider-Man (1967-1970)
Over 40 episodes of the Japanese Spider-Man series
The Incredible Hulk (1996-1997)
Silver Surfer (1998)
X-Men (The Animated Series) (1992-1997)
X-Men: Evolution (2000-2003)
The Avengers: United They Stand (1999)
The Avengers: Earth’s Mightest Heroes! (2010-present)
Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes (2006-2007)
The Super Hero Squad Show (2009-Present)
Wolverine and the X-Men (2008-2009)

Enjoy!
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Matt Demers is a Toronto write who’ll be spending his Valentine’s day watching Peter Parker yell “MARY JAAAAAANE!” You can find him on Twitter.

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Moebius: Transe-Forme Exhibit in Paris

By Will Perkins
February 13, 2011

If you find yourself in or around Paris, France between now and March 13th, I am extremely jealous of you. There is a very special art exhibition taking place at the Fondation Cartier. The spectacular exhibit, titled Moebius: Transe-Forme, is an expansive collection of the work of vaunted comics illustrator, cartoonist and artist Jean Giraud, also known as Moebius. Continue reading →

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The Animated Series! @ TUC presents Heavy Metal

By Dork Shelf
February 13, 2011

After a brief hiatus The Animated Series! is returning to the Toronto Underground Cinema with a 35mm screening of the Canadian cult classic Heavy Metal on Feb. 17th at 7pm. Continue reading →

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Free Friday Films: Satoshi Kon Night – Paprika & Paranoia Agent

By Dork Shelf
February 7, 2011

Cinema Studies Students Union Free Friday Films present Satoshi Kon Night – Paprika & Paranoia Agent. Come out on Friday for a tribute to great Japanese auteur Satoshi Kon: Continue reading →

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Elemental Magic Workshop: A Master Class with Special Effects Animator Joseph Gilland.

By Dork Shelf
February 2, 2011

Elemental Magic Workshop: an organic approach to special effects animation – master class with Special effects animator, Disney veteran and author, Joseph Gilland. Continue reading →

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Geek Nerd Dork Episode 8

By Jeff Brown
December 22, 2010

While Gavin was away on tour, Jess and Jeff had an opportunity to talk with Heather Labonte from Teletoon. In this episode we explore Star Wars fandom, “May the Force be with Katie”, and the pitch returns with a surprising results. We also geek out over our favourite retro shows and some upcoming news about Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Continue reading →

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Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Review

By Jeff Brown
October 22, 2010

We had a chance to see the first two episodes of the new Marvel animated series Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. The show has some big shoes to fill, but Marvel has learned from their missteps and enlisted some serious talents to help mold this show into something that can be held up with the other fantastic comic book-based animation. Marvel Studios has totally nailed it. Continue reading →

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TIFF 2010
The Illusionist Review

By Noah Taylor
September 28, 2010

The Illusionist is director Sylvain Chomet’s follow-up to the hugely successful The Triplets of Belleville, and while he is able to top his previous efforts’ aesthetic beauty and craftsmanship, the story is perhaps too subtle and minimal to really draw viewers in. Continue reading →

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Batman: Under the Red Hood Review

By Will Perkins
July 28, 2010

Batman: Under the Red Hood is the latest DC Comics animated film from Warner Premiere and WB Animation. The film is based on two well known Batman comic book stories:  the groundbreaking 1980′s arc A Death in the Family and … Continue reading →

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TFcon Toronto is this Weekend

By Will Perkins
July 14, 2010

The 9th Annual Transformers Collectors Convention—TFcon—happens this weekend, July 17th and 18th. If you’re a fan of alien robots that turn into vehicles (and I’m not talking about the Go-Bots!) then TFcon is the place for you. TFcon features a … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Characters From 20 Years of The Simpsons: Part Two

By Joel Minty
January 7, 2010

Before the holidays I embarked on the perilous journey of choosing the ten ‘greatest’ Simpsons characters from the show’s last 20 years, not including the principle family itself.  Check selections 10 through 6 out here.  A perfectly cromulent list thus … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Characters from 20 Years of The Simpsons: Part One

By Joel Minty
December 23, 2009

With The Simpsons’ 20-year anniversary having been on December 18th, you would think that I would make two top 10 lists, but alas my list formats were made to be followed and ten is still a perfectly cromulent number.  After … Continue reading →

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