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"The sold-out horror hit of 2023 returns to the scene of the crime for one Final scare!" Dwellings, the cute-creepy mashup from Jay Stephens, is back this December from Oni Press with "two more tales of small-town horror." We have an exclusive look at all three covers, including a variant from the incomparable Tradd Moore!

Welcome back to Elwich—where murderous and horrifying secrets sleep just below the pristine surface, slithering in the shadows of this otherwise quiet and idyllic small town.

The cute-creepy mashup from Emmy Award–winning, Eisner Award–nominated cartoonist and animator Jay Stephens returns from the grave for two more tales of small-town horror. Readers with coulrophobia beware: in this issue, creepy clowns are quite the scare! See for yourself the shock, terror, and fun that is . . . Dwellings!

If you haven't yet caught up on Dwellings, this is a series you don't want to miss, and don't...

Warner Brothers Animation released a new trailer for the upcoming “ThunderCats” cartoon show. The cartoon reboot is set to air on Cartoon Network later this year. The panelists were attended by producers Michael Jelenic (“Batman: The Brave and the Bold”) and Ethan Spaulding (“Avatar: The Last Airbender,” “The Simpsons”), art director Dan Norton and voice actor Larry Kenney (“Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story,” “The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus”). Kenney provided the voice to Lion-o in the original series and he will be providing the voice to Lion-o’s father in the new series. Here are some highlights from the panel: Slides were shown of different characters from the vehicles and ThunderCats team. Twenty-six episodes were ordered and Kenny would like to see this show beat the original’s 135 episode run. Two new cast members were announced including Clancy Brown as Grune and Atkins Downes as Mumm-Ra.

Christopher Nolan's "Inception" won big at the Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards. The mind-bending movie took home two awards including best sound editing in the categories of sound effects & foley and music in a feature film.

David Fincher's "The Social Network" won Best Sound Editing:

Dialogue and Adr in a Feature Film.

Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2011 Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards.. Check out Awards Avenue for your complete list of the winners of various award-giving bodies prior to the granddaddy of them all, the Oscars!

Feature Films Category

Best Sound Editing: Feature Film Animation

Despicable Me

*** How To Train Your Dragon

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga.Hoole

Tangled

The Illusionist

Toy Story 3

Best Sound Editing: Feature Film Documentary

Babies

Catfish

Exit Through The Gift Shop

Inside Job

Restrepo

*** Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

Waiting for Superman...

The popular voiceover actor took time last week to speak about his days as the new Caped Crusader in preparation for this week's release of Batman Beyond: The Complete Series, a nine-disc limited edition DVD set that presents nearly 20 hours of animated action spread over 52 episodes, as well as including all-new bonus featurettes and a 24-page, 8”x 12” collectible booklet.

Batman Beyond: The Complete Series centers on Terry McGinnis, an ordinary teenager ... until his father is mysteriously murdered. Suspecting foul play at his father's company, Wayne/Powers Corporation, Terry meets Bruce Wayne and learns of a secret identity hidden for decades. Now too old to don the cape and cowl as Batman, Wayne refuses to help – so Terry does what any brash young kid would do: steal the Bat-suit and take matters into his own hands! Vowing to avenge his father's death, Terry dons the high-tech suit tricked out with jetpacks,...

Batman: The Brave and the Bold, a new animated series, premieres as part of Cartoon Network's Friday night action/adventure programming block on November 14 at 7:30p. From Warner Bros. Animation, Batman: The Brave and the Bold is based on DC Comics' Batman character and will serve as the new lead-in to Cartoon Network's other new series, The Secret Saturdays (8p) and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (9p), as well as Ben 10: Alien Force (9:30p). The voice cast for the primary characters of Batman: The Brave and the Bold include: Diedrich Bader (Batman), John Dimaggio (Aquaman), James Arnold Taylor (Green Arrow), Will Friedle (Blue Beetle), Corey Burton (Red Tornado) and Tom Kenny (Plastic Man).

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It was about time George Lucas got some good news. After the critical and commercial drubbing his feature-length Star Wars: The Clone Wars received news that the television series debuted to spectacular numbers must have been most welcome.

A Cartoon Network press release declared, “The new Lucasfilm Animation series scored as the most-watched series premiere in network history, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. The one-hour new series premiere also reigned as the #1 program from 9-10 p.m. among all major kids networks in kids 6-11, kids 2-11, tweens 9-14, teens 12-7 and persons 2+, earning triple-digit increases compared to the same time period last year. The weekly, CG-animated series also attracted the largest tweens 9-14 audience for any premiere telecast of an original series in Cartoon Network's 16-year history.”

"This is a great start for our new night of fantasy-action-adventure programming," said Stuart Snyder, president and chief operating officer of Turner Broadcasting's Animation,...

The Force was strong for Cartoon Network as "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" became the channel's most-watched series premiere ever.

The CG-animated series, from Lucasfilm Animation, averaged 4 million total viewers in its debut at 9 p.m. Friday, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's 1 million more than the April 18 series premiere of "Ben 10: Alien Force," the previous record holder with 2.9 million total viewers.

Cartoon said it ranked as the No. 1 channel among all major kids networks in the time slot among total viewers as well as in the key youth demos of kids 2-11 (1.8 million), kids 6-11 (1.4 million) and tweens 9-14 (1.2 million, the largest in the demo for any premiere telecast of an original Cartoon series). It also posted triple-digit viewership increases compared with the same time period a year ago.

At 8 p.m. Friday, new series "The Secret Saturdays" averaged 2 million viewers. The two series kicked off Cartoon's new Friday night fantasy-action-adventure lineup.