Exclusive: Right-wing news service The Daily Wire is staffing up its fledgling kids entertainment division.
Chris Sonnenburg, an Emmy-winning showrunner for Disney series Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, will serve as Senior VP of Animation Development and Production. He will oversee a team of writers and animators that include Eric Branscum and Ethan Nicolle. Also joining is David ‘Kentucky’ Coleman from Pure Imagination Studios as EVP of kids content.
The moves come soon after the firm launched streaming platform DailyWire+, and months after it announced a commitment of 100M into kids’ content to counter what it views as “woke” programming among studios.
Sonnenburg developed and produced three seasons of the Disney Channel show Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, which garnered 12 Emmy nominations and four wins.
“It’s an incredible honor to join The Daily Wire platform,” said Sonnenburg. “My goal is to gather the best artists and storytellers in the world for the...
Chris Sonnenburg, an Emmy-winning showrunner for Disney series Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, will serve as Senior VP of Animation Development and Production. He will oversee a team of writers and animators that include Eric Branscum and Ethan Nicolle. Also joining is David ‘Kentucky’ Coleman from Pure Imagination Studios as EVP of kids content.
The moves come soon after the firm launched streaming platform DailyWire+, and months after it announced a commitment of 100M into kids’ content to counter what it views as “woke” programming among studios.
Sonnenburg developed and produced three seasons of the Disney Channel show Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, which garnered 12 Emmy nominations and four wins.
“It’s an incredible honor to join The Daily Wire platform,” said Sonnenburg. “My goal is to gather the best artists and storytellers in the world for the...
- 8/9/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Gotham Group has partnered with a number of children-centered non-profits to launce a YouTube reading room series, Gotham Reads, a new channel that will feature close to 75 top children’s authors, content creators, screenwriters and performers reading their favorite books and giving a peek into their creative process.
The series launched today (and will be refreshed every few days) with the first five videos that feature Caldecott Honor recipient and New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Tony Diterlizzi, authors and filmmaker Gris Grimley, Stargirl author Jerry Spinelli, The Fairly OddParents Butch Hartman, and Little Fires Everywhere actress AnnaSophia Robb. Other participants include Senator Cory Booker, Skylar Astin, Steve Buscemi, Lin Oliver, Casey Cott, Max Greenfield, Jewel, Sonequa Martin-Green, Natascha McElhone, DJ MacHale, Ethan Nicolle, Sara Rue, Lorraine Toussaint, Patrick Warburton, among others.
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The series launched today (and will be refreshed every few days) with the first five videos that feature Caldecott Honor recipient and New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Tony Diterlizzi, authors and filmmaker Gris Grimley, Stargirl author Jerry Spinelli, The Fairly OddParents Butch Hartman, and Little Fires Everywhere actress AnnaSophia Robb. Other participants include Senator Cory Booker, Skylar Astin, Steve Buscemi, Lin Oliver, Casey Cott, Max Greenfield, Jewel, Sonequa Martin-Green, Natascha McElhone, DJ MacHale, Ethan Nicolle, Sara Rue, Lorraine Toussaint, Patrick Warburton, among others.
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- 4/22/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Sabrina's trying to keep her secrets while protecting Greendale. Can she do it? Sabrina the Teenage Witch #3 is out on shelves now. Also in today's Comics Corner: Clue: Candlestick #2, Firefly #7, Lucifer #9, and Appalachian Apocalypse #6. The return of the flash forward segment showcases the first look at Ghosted in La #1 from Cave Pictures Publishing.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #3: "(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Veronica Fish (CA) Victor Ibanez
As the danger intensifies and mysteries deepen in Greendale, Sabrina finds it increasingly difficult to keep her own secrets. And while the whole town is on edge from the most recent "monster" attack, Sabrina has tracked the source of the disturbances back to her high school. It may be up to Sabrina to save her new town by solving this one on her own...but when the secrets she uncovers hit too close to home she'll have to make some very tough choices.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #3: "(W) Kelly Thompson (A) Veronica Fish (CA) Victor Ibanez
As the danger intensifies and mysteries deepen in Greendale, Sabrina finds it increasingly difficult to keep her own secrets. And while the whole town is on edge from the most recent "monster" attack, Sabrina has tracked the source of the disturbances back to her high school. It may be up to Sabrina to save her new town by solving this one on her own...but when the secrets she uncovers hit too close to home she'll have to make some very tough choices.
- 6/19/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The second issue of Sabrina the Teenage Witch is here! Sabrina's acclimation to Greendale High is not going as smoothly as she hoped. Check out three covers for Sabrina as well as the comic's synopsis. Also in today's Comics Corner: Firefly #6, Lucifer #8, and Appalachian Apocalypse #5.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #2: "Very weird goings-on in the town of Greendale are making Sabrina Spellman’s relocation to Greendale High…complicated. Protecting her friends, saving her family, solving a supernatural mystery, and keeping her witch nature a secret is starting to seem impossible. Something’s gotta give…but which one will it be and what will it mean for her future in Greendale?!
Script: Kelly Thompson
Art: Veronica Fish, Andy Fish, Jack Morelli
32 pgs."
To learn more, visit Archie Comics' website.
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*Recommendation* Firefly #6: "Mal and Zoe relive the worst day of the war as they delve deeper into their past...
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #2: "Very weird goings-on in the town of Greendale are making Sabrina Spellman’s relocation to Greendale High…complicated. Protecting her friends, saving her family, solving a supernatural mystery, and keeping her witch nature a secret is starting to seem impossible. Something’s gotta give…but which one will it be and what will it mean for her future in Greendale?!
Script: Kelly Thompson
Art: Veronica Fish, Andy Fish, Jack Morelli
32 pgs."
To learn more, visit Archie Comics' website.
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*Recommendation* Firefly #6: "Mal and Zoe relive the worst day of the war as they delve deeper into their past...
- 5/15/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
David Avallone and Dave Acosta's Elvira: Mistress of the Dark #4 continues the story of Elvira's travel through time—and did I mention her adventures on a horror movie set?! Also in today's Comics Corner: Firefly #3, Appalachian Apocalypse #1, 2019's Conan the Barbarian #2, and Babyteeth #14.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark #4: "(W) David Avallone (A) Dave Acosta (CA) Joseph Michael Linsner
Elvira's trip through time finally gets her back home, to Los Angeles...but eighty years too early! The Mistress of the Dark lands on the set of a horror movie classic, pursued by real -- not reel -- ancient evil! Would you sell your soul for riches and fame? Faust things Faust! Terrible puns just like that one, plus the usual thrills and chills await you in Chapter Four of Elvira: Timescream brought to you by David Avallone (Bettie Page) and Dave Acosta (Twelve Devils Dancing), the team who brought...
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark #4: "(W) David Avallone (A) Dave Acosta (CA) Joseph Michael Linsner
Elvira's trip through time finally gets her back home, to Los Angeles...but eighty years too early! The Mistress of the Dark lands on the set of a horror movie classic, pursued by real -- not reel -- ancient evil! Would you sell your soul for riches and fame? Faust things Faust! Terrible puns just like that one, plus the usual thrills and chills await you in Chapter Four of Elvira: Timescream brought to you by David Avallone (Bettie Page) and Dave Acosta (Twelve Devils Dancing), the team who brought...
- 1/16/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Story by Malachai Nicolle
Pencils, Inks, and Lettering by Ethan Nicolle
Colors by Dirk Eric Shulz
Cover by Ethan Nicolle
Published by Dark Horse Comics
Axe Cop American Choppers #2 starts off with Axe Cop and Co. Fighting off an army of evil anthropomorphic axes. The evil Axes are the work of three Demon Lumberjacks working for satan. Satan not feeling up to killing God, has decided instead to kill Axe Cop to “tick God off”. The character from issue #1 who’s power is to shoot hypno-chickens out of his brain when he closes his eyes makes a return appearance, this time on behalf of God. This is really just Par for the course with Axe Cop.
Trying to summarize an Axe Cop book is much like trying to summarize one of the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy novels : an exercise in futility. Like all other Axe Cop tales,...
Pencils, Inks, and Lettering by Ethan Nicolle
Colors by Dirk Eric Shulz
Cover by Ethan Nicolle
Published by Dark Horse Comics
Axe Cop American Choppers #2 starts off with Axe Cop and Co. Fighting off an army of evil anthropomorphic axes. The evil Axes are the work of three Demon Lumberjacks working for satan. Satan not feeling up to killing God, has decided instead to kill Axe Cop to “tick God off”. The character from issue #1 who’s power is to shoot hypno-chickens out of his brain when he closes his eyes makes a return appearance, this time on behalf of God. This is really just Par for the course with Axe Cop.
Trying to summarize an Axe Cop book is much like trying to summarize one of the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy novels : an exercise in futility. Like all other Axe Cop tales,...
- 6/17/2014
- by Zachary Zagranis
- SoundOnSight
Axe Cop The American Choppers #1
Story by Malachai Nicolle
Pencils,Inks, and Lettering by Ethan Nicolle
Colors by Dirk Erik Schulz
Cover by Ethan Nicolle
Publisher Dark Horse Comics
Axe Cop is back and caught in a whirlwind of lunacy as per usual.
For those readers not familiar with Axe Cop, here’s a little back story. The artist Ethan Nicolle started Axe Cop as a web-comic based on his then five year old brother Malachai’s imaginative creations. Axe Cop’s popularity grew as it spawned toys, t-shirts, an expansion to the popular card game Munchkin, and even an animated show on Fox.
The American Choppers is the latest Axe Cop adventure, and though there is a very loose continuity in the Axe Cop universe one need not have read any previous adventures to enjoy American Choppers.
From the very first panel where Axe Cop tells his wife that...
Story by Malachai Nicolle
Pencils,Inks, and Lettering by Ethan Nicolle
Colors by Dirk Erik Schulz
Cover by Ethan Nicolle
Publisher Dark Horse Comics
Axe Cop is back and caught in a whirlwind of lunacy as per usual.
For those readers not familiar with Axe Cop, here’s a little back story. The artist Ethan Nicolle started Axe Cop as a web-comic based on his then five year old brother Malachai’s imaginative creations. Axe Cop’s popularity grew as it spawned toys, t-shirts, an expansion to the popular card game Munchkin, and even an animated show on Fox.
The American Choppers is the latest Axe Cop adventure, and though there is a very loose continuity in the Axe Cop universe one need not have read any previous adventures to enjoy American Choppers.
From the very first panel where Axe Cop tells his wife that...
- 5/22/2014
- by Zachary Zagranis
- SoundOnSight
Over for another year, this weekend’s Thought Bubble was the biggest in its short history, and it definitely felt it. While I didn’t attend every panel or get every signature that I wanted to, my days were still jam-packed with awkward fan-worship of idolised writers, wonderful small press discoveries and comfortable reprieves in the plush Bury Theatre in which writers and artists waxed lyrical about their work and industry.
On arriving at New Dock, I and a couple of friends navigated the main hall as best we could, but the first morning of Thought Bubble is always (in my experience) the busiest, and I may have slightly regretted packing my decade-old, ramshackle rucksack to the brim with quite as many comics and trades as it made me something of an obstacle to all beside and behind, especially when we stopped to gawk at a table’s wares.
Might...
On arriving at New Dock, I and a couple of friends navigated the main hall as best we could, but the first morning of Thought Bubble is always (in my experience) the busiest, and I may have slightly regretted packing my decade-old, ramshackle rucksack to the brim with quite as many comics and trades as it made me something of an obstacle to all beside and behind, especially when we stopped to gawk at a table’s wares.
Might...
- 11/28/2013
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Not many TV shows were specifically designed for the way many of us watch television today—namely, by watching for ten minutes on our iBrains, making GIFs of the best scenes, then flipping to the next show while we fight about the last one on Twitter. But Fox’s new Animation Domination High Def lineup, a late-night block of cartoons that premieres Saturday night, couldn’t be more suited to this kind of short-attention-span theater: the acronym spells out Adhd for a reason. The first two shows in the series, Axe Cop and High School USA!, are flat-screen-ready in all their two-dimensional glory,...
- 7/26/2013
- by Melissa Maerz
- EW.com - PopWatch
Comic-Con released their full schedule of events and panels for for Friday, July 19th! It looks like another great day at the event, and we're excited to be there to cover as much as we can for you!
Friday will include panels for The World's End, Kick-Ass 2, Riddick, The Walking Dead, "DC Comics Justice League: Trinity War", Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Game of Thrones, "Marvel: Cup O' Joe," Robocop, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Veronica Mars, Robot Chicken, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox and more!
To see the full panel and event line-up, click here. Below you'll find a few noteworthy panels. Stay tuned for all your Comic-Con awesomeness!
Friday, July 19
Star Wars Comics: Here and Now
What is the current state of Star Wars comics? Join Dark Horse editor Randy Stradley and Star Wars creators Carlos D'Anda, Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman, Doug Wheatley,...
Friday will include panels for The World's End, Kick-Ass 2, Riddick, The Walking Dead, "DC Comics Justice League: Trinity War", Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Game of Thrones, "Marvel: Cup O' Joe," Robocop, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Veronica Mars, Robot Chicken, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox and more!
To see the full panel and event line-up, click here. Below you'll find a few noteworthy panels. Stay tuned for all your Comic-Con awesomeness!
Friday, July 19
Star Wars Comics: Here and Now
What is the current state of Star Wars comics? Join Dark Horse editor Randy Stradley and Star Wars creators Carlos D'Anda, Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman, Doug Wheatley,...
- 7/6/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Friday’s Comic-Con schedule has landed! And it’s totally packed with action, from Simon Pegg’s latest The World’s End panel to a special Veronica Mars presentation.
In case you missed it, click here to see Thursday’s schedule and below you’ll see Friday’s TV and movie highlights. For more info and the complete schedule head over to the official Comic-Con site.
10:00am-11:00am, Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Cartoon Network: Regular Show: Care to join the not so regular cast and crew for an eventful hour of over the top regular?...
In case you missed it, click here to see Thursday’s schedule and below you’ll see Friday’s TV and movie highlights. For more info and the complete schedule head over to the official Comic-Con site.
10:00am-11:00am, Indigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Cartoon Network: Regular Show: Care to join the not so regular cast and crew for an eventful hour of over the top regular?...
- 7/5/2013
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW.com - PopWatch
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