Toontastic Summer Cartoon Competition
Summer + Roadtrips + Cartoons = Awesomosity. At GeekDad we love things that allow us to make things. Whether than is soldering arduinos or creating complete worlds for roleplaying. And, we love making...
View ArticleToontastic Summer Cartoon Competition (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Summer + Roadtrips + Cartoons = Awesomosity. At GeekDad we love things that allow us to make things. Whether than is soldering arduinos or creating complete worlds for roleplaying. And, we love making...
View ArticleLast Chance to Enter: Toontastic Summer Cartoon Competition
GeekDad and Toontastic have teamed up for a storytelling competition. You can read all about it in our previous post a few weeks back. To participate in the contest, get yourself a copy of Toontastic...
View ArticleVote Now in the Toontastic Summer Cartoon Competition!
Well, creative young people from across the globe have been creating videos of the Summer Holidays and sharing them with us in our Summer Cartoon Competition. The short-listing has taken place and now...
View ArticleToontastic Summer Cartoon Competition: The Winner!
We’d like to offer a big congratulations to the winner of our GeekDad/Toontastic Summer Cartoon Competition. The votes are in and we have a winner: Bright Beach Day by Elliescience. (You can watch the...
View ArticleToontastic Modules Now Available
Our friends over at LaunchPad Toys have just announced that they have opened a Toy Store in Toontastic. This means that parents can purchase a range of new characters and backgrounds for children to...
View ArticleThe Looney Tunes Show Comes to DVD
Unlike a lot of other parents and friends I’ve talked to, I am not enraged by the very existence of new Warner Bros. Animation property The Looney Tunes Show. I get it; it’s an animated sitcom. It’s...
View ArticleCenturions Blast Their Way Onto DVD
Nostalgia works on a bit of a sliding scale; not all properties are created equal. While shows like Transformers and The Smurfs are nigh universally remembered with a sort of detached fondness, it’s...
View ArticleCenturions Blast Their Way Onto DVD (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Nostalgia works on a bit of a sliding scale; not all properties are created equal. While shows like Transformers and The Smurfs are nigh universally remembered with a sort of detached fondness, it’s...
View ArticleTransformers Prime Season 1 Available Today
I’ve had the Transformers Prime theme song running through my head lately, because I’ve been catching up on Season 1. Shout Factory provided me a with an early review copy of the DVDs, and I’ve been...
View ArticleDoes “Brave Workout” Contradict Cartoon’s Positive Role Model?
The Internet is abuzz with Brave, the new fantasy-fairy tale animated movie from Pixar and Disney that opens nationwide on Friday. Much ballyhooed is the fact that it's the first feature cartoon from...
View ArticleWin Adventure Time: The Complete First Season on DVD
Earlier this week Adventure Time's phenomenal debut season finally made its way to DVD. In addition to all 26 of season one's delightfully bizarre episodes, the two-disc set also features commentary,...
View ArticleWatch This | What’s on Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated This Week
I got some great feedback on my review of Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated last week. This is a great show that's kind of languishing in its timeslot, and could come and go before many folks even...
View ArticleWatch This | You are Formally Invited to the Royal Pony Wedding
Attention bronies and pegasisters: on the off chance that you haven't already circled it on your calendar, today marks the release of the latest My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic DVD from Hasbro and...
View ArticleLittle Space Heroes Cartoon Announced
Having tried out Little Space Heroes with some friends a few months back I was excited to hear that a fully fledged cartoon would be available soon. The cartoon takes the world of the online game down...
View ArticleGame on! | The (Other) Hunger Games: Kirby’s Dream Collection for Nintendo Wii
If Mario is Nintendo's Mickey Mouse then surely Kirby is its Goofy; he's a distinctive second banana with a history and appeal that's all his own, but still a character that's been slow to break...
View ArticleWhy Gravity Falls Is the Smartest Cartoon on Television
While trying to convince my wife to join the rest of the family in watching the latest episode of Disney Channel's Gravity Falls I was asked to describe the show. I went on to tell of an animated...
View ArticleAdventure Time: Jake vs. Me-Mow Offers Action, Suspense, Free Hat
The surreal fantasy world of Pen Ward's Adventure Time has been going strong for four seasons, and it shows no signs of stopping. A brand new DVD collection, the third such budget sampler and the first...
View ArticleWatch This | Get Into the Summerween Spirit With Tonight’s Gravity Falls
How does a show set entirely in the summer possibly manage to do a creepy seasonal episode? O ye of little faith! Halloween (much like love) always finds a way.
View ArticleA GeekDad’s Daily Creative Boost – Sandwich Bags!
We take a look at some great sandwich art that a GeekDad fan makes every schoolday for his kids.
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