Mainstream animation as we know it has always connected deeply to folklore and fairy tales. Disney’s early shorts and feature films adapted stories by the Brothers Grimm. Studio Ghibli drew ...

The third installment of Cartoon Saloon's Irish folklore trilogy fulfills the promise of "The Secret of Kells" and "Song of the Sea." Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2020 ...

A cartoon published in The West Australian newspaper, depicting Irish nurses dancing alongside a leprechaun, has caused outcry online. The satirical cartoon is related to the news that that St. John ...

The omission of “My Father’s Dragon” from the 2023 Oscar nominations list for best animated feature sparked murmurings of disapproval from within the industry. The Netflix film — directed by Nora ...

And there you have it: Apple, the third-largest company in the world, has an animated feature to its name. Cartoon Saloon was a canny choice of partner in this venture. The Irish studio’s first three ...

Teju Cole writing in New Yorker this week about Charlie Hebdo stated it best about the forces at play in the magazine at the center of the dreadful massacre in France. Is it a satirical magazine that ...

"You'll learn more in the woods, from trees and rocks, then any other place." GKids has unveiled an official trailer for a must-have Blu-ray box set arriving December - Cartoon Saloon's Irish Folklore ...

Walking towards the Lighthouse Cinema on Sunday morning, I was undoubtedly one of the few adults that didn’t have children with them. But if in that way, I didn’t fit in, I gradually became aware of ...

HAMDEN >> A collection of 29 Irish political cartoons have been acquired by Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University and are being held in the Lender Family Special Collection Room at ...

From iPots to BlackBerrys and Bitcoins, our InformationWeek Luck O’ The Irish cartoon caption contest brought out more than a little blarney tinged with geek. Nearly 100 of you submitted entries -- ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. IWCriticsPick Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon may not be able to match the impact or consistency of Japan’s Studio Ghibli ...