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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 8d

HELLOOO, TWIN CITIES! Next month join me & my Warner Bros. Animation campadres @tomruegger.bsky.social & Paul Rugg at TWIN CITIES CON! Freakazoid's so excited he's already moved to Minneapolis and found local employment. The other Vikings cheerleaders couldn'd be more thrilled.
twincitiescon.com

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 19d

Or paying decently to have the original creators back. To most current rank and file animation execs, the value is in the IP, not the creators. It's different in prime time, but for "kids shows" it's about staffing the job with whoever works cheapest, and firing them the second the job is done.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 20d

Sadly true.
babylonbee.com/news/researc...

Researchers Say Modern Man Unable To Create Shows As Good As 'Animaniacs'

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Despite years of attempts by the most brilliant minds on the planet, researchers said that modern man is unable to create any television shows as good as Animaniacs.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 20d

What I dread is the copycat AI Walt soon to be charging 200.00 for a photo op at Disneyland.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 20d

Long time ago for MTV. It never went.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 23d

And I yours!

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks!

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 23d

Okay, it's silly, but I still feel a little jolt of happiness everytime I get to write the name "Superman" in a story. Awesome art by @mirkand.bsky.social from something fun coming soon.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 23d

D'oh! Yes.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 24d

Tiny Toon Adventures Season 3 Episode 2: "New Class Day" (406-181)

"The Just-Us League of Supertoons" / "Sound Off" / "A Night in Kokomo"

Buster and Babs attend new classes for the semester.

Writers: @pauldini.bsky.social and Sherri Stoner
Director: Byron Vaughns
#TinyToons35

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 25d

This was so much fun.

Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 25d

Tiny Toon Adventures Season 1 Episode 1: "The Looney Beginning" (406-148)

Buster and Babs are drawn for the first time by their animator, and escape to start their show.

Animated by Kennedy Cartoons
Written by @pauldini.bsky.social and Sherri Stoner
#TinyToons35 #LooneyTunes

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 27d

"Hi. Who am I blocking?"

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · 28d

Chip Kidd recently gave us an amazing gift -- a portrait he had commissioned for us of Arleen Sorkin, both in, and emerging from, her role as Harley Quinn. The stunning image is by the magnificent Anita Kunz. I thought it only fitting to post it today, the 33rd Anniversary of Harley's debut.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Sep 10

Same.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Sep 9

That pad is a 30 year hold-over from the Jean MacCurdy days. After she left, any such custom extras like that were quickly 86ed by the incoming regime.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today is the 30th anniversary of Freakazoid (hooray!) so I'm posting this memento from 1995. Ahh, for the dear, departed days at Warner TV Animation when the characters would gather in the courtyard at Termite Tower (AKA the Imperial Bank building) for their weekley Mallet Club beating, er..meeting.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Sep 9

No, he's an old Mickey Mouse comics villain from waaay far back. He has shown up in the new Mickey TV shorts, though.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Sep 9

Tonight's phone doodle: Inque. Haven't played with her in a minute, now she's back oozing around my consciousness again. So much fun to draw, even though I can never get her swirls quite right. The Phantom Blot seems very smitten. Forget it, Son. She'd eat you alive. Honest.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Loon Lake." Thanks! I love that one. Wrote it for my sister, the ballerina in our family.

MsMeeea @msmeeea.bsky.social · Sep 8

Btw just saw again the Swan Lake Tiny Toons épisode from you with Babs and Shirley.
What a masterpiece! So "A Corny Concerto" (with wonderful TMS animation)

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Sep 8

Minerva, taking a late summer stroll thru her garden, or possibly posing for her New Yorker cover. A winsome portrait by Dave Alvarez with a nod toward latter-day Chuck Jones style. One of my new signing pieces at last week's Long Beach Comic Con. Tomorrow, a merry mallet mash-up.

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm sorry, but if Andrew Scott is in it, it's not a mystery. Whichever character he plays, they did it. Case closed. Okay, just kidding, I don't know. But I am looking forward to this.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Sep 8

First trailer for ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’

Releasing on Netflix December 12

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Aug 29

It is. A special summertime image created by me and Dave Alvarez.

MsMeeea @msmeeea.bsky.social · Aug 29

Duck Dodgers ❤️❤️ and... is this Minerva Mink ?

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Aug 29

Here's a quick peek at some of the new and unique art prints I'll have at my table this weekend at the Long Beach Comic Con. See you there!

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Aug 26

Berserker Harley!

Sweeney Boo @sweeneyboo.bsky.social · Aug 26

And done!

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Paul Dini @pauldini.bsky.social · Aug 21

Next week, August 30th and 31st, come join me at the Long Beach Comic Con and Expo! I'll be there with my animation compadres Tom Ruegger and Rob Paulsen, and whatever surf-going cartoon pals that might drop by!

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