Tintin gets nod for cartoon parody Down Under
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Comic book hero Tintin has finally made it to Australia, with the company which controls the use of his image giving a Sydney artist the go-ahead to use the Belgian character in political cartoons.
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Hugh Schofield finds out just how much the French adore their comics at a cartoon festival in Angouleme.
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A cartoon classic from the 1960âs gets a makeover to suit  the tastes of 21st-Century kids.
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Belgium celebrates the centenary of the birth of Herge, the cartoonist who created Tintin.
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Richard Dreyfuss has  joined Zooey Deschanel and Alan Cumming in the cast of Sci Fi  Channel's upcoming miniseries "Tin Man," a reimagined fantasy  take on Frank Baum's book "The Wizard of Oz."
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In the world of international diplomacy, the best-chosen words or phrases can make an audience laugh or simply get lost in translation, if the experience of Australia's former top diplomat is any guide.
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How Internet jokes helped a Japanese ad mascot make it to American malls.
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Ray Harryhausen, the renowned stop-motion animator who turned 87 in June, adds a bit of color to some of his work.
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South Park&#39;s creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have finally unleashed on US movie-goers their controversial anti-terrorism spoof Team America: World Police.
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Negotiations for a trade agreement between the U.S. and Australia are raising a ruckus among Aussie digital rights activists. At issue is a plan to enact a law there modeled on the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act. By Patrick Gray.
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Comic Lee Evans is to join the new film version of children's classic The Magic Roundabout.
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Out of the mouths of puppets. A tune in the marionette parody "Team America: World Police" mocks the war epic "Pearl Harbor" and suggests its star, Ben Affleck, needs acting lessons.
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After winning an excellence award at the New York International Fringe Festival, Bert V. Royal's parody of the Peanuts gang has made a rapid transfer to the SoHo Playhouse.
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The actor who provided movements and expressions for the animated Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" and for Kong in "King Kong" is joining the cast of a planned DreamWorks trilogy based on the Belgian cartoon character Tintin, according to reports Saturday.
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Two stand-up comics accused of making  light of the Holocaust at the Edinburgh Fringe festival hit  back at their critics on Tuesday, igniting a debate about  where, if anywhere, to draw the line in comedy.
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A bold and vivacious cartoon wins over the crowd in Cannes
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A government proposal to define the countryâs national identity has been met with shrugs, scorn and British humor.