Last weekend at the San Diego Comic-Con, Animation Scoop had the pleasure of moderating the Fleischer Studios’ panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, but we also had the privilege of visiting the Betty Boop exhibit at the Comic-Con Museum. Aside from discussing the familiar joy of the iconic character’s image, we took an exciting […]
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BETTY BOOP: An Icon Of The Past, Present, & Future
August 3rd, 2024 
Lauren Ashton 
Posted in Comic Con, Featured 
Tags: Betty Boop, Comic Con, Comic Con Museum, Fleischer Studios, Max Fleischer 
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Nickelodeon Announces Comic Con Panels Showcasing SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar, Rugrats and More
July 8th, 2022 Jerry Beck Nickelodeon will invite fans to dive into an immersive experience at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2022, showcasing the depths of Bikini Bottom, imaginations of babies, a new generation of Transformers robots, the hallways of Monster High, the elements of Avatar and more. Headquartered at its 1,800 square-foot booth (#4113) on the convention center floor, Nickelodeon […]
SDCC@Home 2021 Friday Panel Highlights
July 23rd, 2021 Jackson Murphy San Diego Comic-Con is once again @Home for its 2021 edition. More than 20 major animated series are presenting virtual panels this weekend for fans to enjoy. Here are the highlights from the Friday batch: Paramount+ kicked it all off with a look at two new shows. First up: Star Trek: Prodigy, a CG “Star […]
Sunday’s Animation Panels at Comic-Con@HOME
July 26th, 2020 Jackson Murphy The final day of San Diego Comic-Con at Home has brought us two major animation panels. Here are the highlights: On August 21st, Netflix will be debuting the new adult animated sports comedy series Hoops, about a high school basketball coach and his team in Kentucky. Ben Hoffman is the show’s creator. “Hoops was born […]
Saturday’s Animation Panels at Comic-Con@HOME
July 25th, 2020 Jackson Murphy These are some of the Saturday animation highlights for SDCC@Home: Appropriately, the first virtual panel of the day was Warner Archive’s “Secret Origins of Saturday Morning Cartoons”. Animation Historian Jerry Beck talked about Saturday Morning’s early days. “First of all, when they made cartoons like Ruff and Reddy in the 1950s, they were actually thinking […]
Highlights from Thursday’s Animation Panels at Comic-Con @HOME
July 23rd, 2020 Jackson Murphy Animation virtual panels for San Diego Comic-Con @HOME kicked-off today. All of the conversations were streamed on YouTube. These are some the highlights: The new hand-drawn animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks was part of the core ST Comic-Con presentation. Lower Decks comes from creator, executive producer and showrunner Mike McMahan, who moderated this portion […]
Animation Highlights at Comic Con @ Home
July 16th, 2020 Jackson Murphy San Diego Comic-Con is going to look MUCH different this year. Every panel and special presentation from July 23-26 will be done virtually. They’re all online (and FREE to everyone) through the CC website and YouTube links. So what can animation fans look forward to from the comfort of their own homes? Here’s a rundown […]
Animation Domination at Virtual Comic-Con 2020
June 25th, 2020 Jackson Murphy San Diego Comic-Con is gearing-up for an At Home edition from July 23-26. Virtual admission is FREE, so for the first time, everyone can watch the special studio presentations of upcoming TV shows, episodes and films. The first network to announce its Fall 2020 Primetime schedule earlier this year was FOX. And it’s no surprise […]
Comic Con 2019 Preview
July 16th, 2019 Jackson Murphy Animation fans will be heading to San Diego this week for Comic-Con. It’s the 50th year of the annual showcase of TV shows, films – and yes, comics. Here’s a handy-dandy guide to some of the biggest panels and presentations for animation lovers during the event: Thursday: “Popeye’s 90th Birthday Party” – Warner Archives and […]
24 Comic Con Animation Panels You Should Not Miss
July 18th, 2016 Jerry Beck Readers of this blog attending Comic Con this week should consult our annual list of two dozen animation panels we highly recommend you try to get into. Please understand this is not every panel at CCI:SD connected to animation. You will need to consult the program book (or listings online) to research the complete list. […]
THE SCOOP ON PANELS at SDCC 2016: One Girl’s Story of Building Panels Celebrating Women, Diversity, and Wisdom in Animation
It has only been a few months since I started writing for Animation Scoop, and even a shorter time since I’ve had my own column Animation Insights. On the other hand, I’ve been planning my panels at Comic-Con International: San Diego this year almost since my return flight landed last July. Still, as the moderator […]