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Saturday, December 1st, 2012
It’s been a few months since our last roundup update! Here’s a roundup of some of the news that came in since then. It will probably not be a surprise to long time fans, but at an interview back in July Nick Park talks about the origins of the characters: Gromit was ‘nearly a cat’ […]
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Friday, November 23rd, 2012
Jana Labaki, Awards manager of the educational charity D&AD, reported that they are are auctioning four original Wallace & Gromit pencil drawings from Nick Park on 3 December! Educational charity D&AD champions excellence in the fields of commercial creativity. In D&AD’s 50th year, we invited 50 creative greats to design their dream cover for the […]
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
As mentioned in the last update, the US DVD and Blu-ray release of Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention was on March 13th, io9 has a great review of it: Let Wallace and Gromit teach your kids about science. Animated Views also reviews the show and the Blu-ray itself, discussing extras, packaging and more: Wallace […]
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
First off, the news I’m most excited about, the United States release of Wallace and Gromit: World of Invention on DVD and Blu-ray on March 13th! You can snag a copy for yourself on Amazon, Animation Magazine was one of the several outlets that covered the release. From the Wallace and Gromit Foundation there are […]
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
There are frequently Wallace and Gromit exhibits throughout England (like World of Cracking Ideas that I was able to visit while visiting England in 2009!) but it’s not every day that we see exhibits open elsewhere in the world. It’s a delight to be able to report thatWallace & Gromit’s World of Invention at Scienceworks, […]
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Here’s the latest roundup of Wallace and Gromit news from the past couple months! Thanks to Nick Hilton for letting me know about this interview with classic Wallace and Gromit writer Bob Baker about his career in British television: Interview with Bob Baker Play with Google Street Maps much? There are lots of goodies to […]
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Sunday, July 31st, 2011
First up, have you seen the latest video over at VisitBritain.com? It features a cameo of our favorite duo! WallaceAndGromit.com discusses the selection here. In England and a fan of Kingsmill bread products? They’re continuing their great history of offering free Wallace and Gromit products with purchases with their latest promotion. Visit kingsmillwallaceandgromit.com for more. […]
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Have an iPad/iPhone and longing for some Shaun? A few weeks ago Brad Cook of Virtual Programming tipped me off that they had released an iOS version of the popular (addictive!) flash game Home Sheep Home! Check out their press release here: Home Sheep Home, Based on the Popular Shaun the Sheep Characters from Aardman, […]
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Friday, May 6th, 2011
Better late than never, I finally have some screenshots from The Simpsons episode Angry Dad: The Movie which aired here in the US in February! Willice and Crimbles are a parody duo of our beloved Wallace and Gromit featured on The Simpsons as Bart Simpson goes up against “Mixar” and “Willice and Crimbles” for Best […]
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Saturday, January 1st, 2011
Thanks to all the people who submitted their names for our contest, today I drew names out of a hat for the Holiday Raffle, and I’m happy to announce our winners, Kathryn and Darrell! The winners are being emailed and their calendars will be shipped out on Monday. Happy New Year!
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