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November 17, 2008

MyToons Launches Premier Digital Portfolio System

Online Animation Community Introduces Latest Technology to Empower Animators Worldwide

NOVEMBER 17, 2008 – SAN ANTONIO – MyToons.com, the world’s first and only online animation community to offer HD animation, today announced the launch of its ground-breaking Digital Portfolio System. Using the Digital Portfolio System, artists and animators can easily customize a variety of pre-designed layouts or build their own portfolios from scratch. MyToons.com also reinforces the efforts of the artist by supporting each portfolio with an engaged community, trustworthy technology, and dynamic marketing efforts. The MyToons.com Digital Portfolio System will allow animators and artists throughout the world to present their portfolios online while maintaining their unique brand identity.

“An animator’s portfolio represents his or her brand identity, and we believe that the creator should have absolute control over how that identity is managed and presented to the world,” said Paul Ford, co-founder and president of MyToons.com. “We are honored to be able to offer animators a powerful, yet easy-to-use tool that provides such broad creative freedom and complete command of their online portfolio. With this robust system we aim to empower artists and animators with the ability to present their portfolios to a global audience with control, creativity, and confidence.”

The MyToons Digital Portfolio System offers a variety of easy-to-use widgets, allowing creators to add animation, artwork, photographs, games, comments, and many other customizable features to their online portfolio. Artists can also choose and personalize pre-designed layouts, customize backgrounds, and use the multiple layouts feature to promote various projects and target the specific needs of clients and fans globally. Creators may easily build their digital portfolios, independent of the need to know HTML.

“As a professional animator, it’s imperative that my work be seen quickly and at the best quality possible,” says Rusty Mills, professional Emmy Award winning animator/director. “The MyToons Digital Portfolio System gives me the power to present my work in a way that allows the presentation to be as artistic as the content it’s showing. It allows me to maintain both my creativity and an established familiarity with my clients. Having it on a well-known platform that I can trust is comforting because I know potential clients can always see my work.”

The Digital Portfolio system is currently available, and ready for exploration. Please visit MyToons.com for more information.

About MyToons.com

MyToons.com is the world’s premier online animation and art community. Launched in spring of 2007, MyToons.com provides global content creators with a free platform to share their original animations, artwork, and games with animators, enthusiasts, and fans worldwide. Combining high-quality standard and high definition (HD) video file streaming with best-in-class social networking for animators, MyToons.com showcases the greatest variety of independent and studio animation anywhere. Dedicated to “everything animated,” MyToons.com allows artists to share their techniques, discuss their thoughts and ideas, and explore their commonalities in a robust visual environment. The website can be explored at MyToons.com.

Animation Social Network Invites All Artists to Submit Creepy Artwork & Animation in Celebration of Halloween

OCTOBER 14, 2008 – SAN ANTONIO – MyToons.com, the world’s first and only online animation community to deliver HD animation, today announced the launch of its latest artwork and animation contest, Creepy Cartoons. Creepy Cartoons invites artists and animators worldwide to upload their Halloween-inspired creations in celebration of this ancient Druid holiday. Halloween, much like animation, has transitioned from a kid-centric phenomenon to one increasingly enjoyed by adults.

In the spirit of Halloween, MyToons will award winning animators with Disney & Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector’s Edition DVD, along with the Nightmare Revisited soundtrack CD, as well as celebratory exposure on the highly-trafficked MyToons.com homepage. The 2-Disc collection has been digitally remastered and restored with state-of-the-art technology, and is the first Disney DVD to include a downloadable Disney file. The Nightmare Revisited soundtrack is a frightfully fun collection of cover songs from the cult-classic movie, and features covers from artists such as Danny Elman, Polyphonic Spree, All American Rejects, and Marilyn Manson.

“Halloween is a fun holiday that brings out the kid in all of us. Who can resist the opportunity to play a little dress-up or, in this case, toss some gore into our toons?” asks Stacey Ford, CCO and co-founder of MyToons.com. “We are definitely fans of All Hallow’s Eve here at MyToons, and we invite all artists and animators to celebrate the season and share in our enthusiasm. So, dig your animated skeletons out of the closet and send shadowy shivers up the spines of all your fans by uploading your creepiest animations to MyToons.com!”

MyToons.com is accepting submissions throughout the month of October. Members are invited to enter by uploading their artwork or animation and tagging them as “Creepy Cartoons – Halloween.” Selected artwork and animations will be featured daily on the MyToons blog, The Animation Snack, as well as the Creepy Cartoons Channel on the MyToons.com homepage, where it will be available through November 2^nd.

The Creepy Cartoons artwork and animation contest begins today and continues through November 2^nd. For more information please visit The Animation Snack.

About MyToons.com

MyToons.com is the world’s premier online animation and art community. Launched in spring of 2007, MyToons.com provides global content creators with a free platform to share their original animations, artwork, and games with animators, enthusiasts and fans worldwide.

Combining high-quality standard and high definition (HD) video file streaming with best-in-class social networking for animators, MyToons.com showcases the greatest variety of independent and studio animation anywhere. Dedicated to “everything animated,” MyToons.com allows artists to share their techniques, discuss their thoughts and ideas, and explore their commonalities in a robust visual environment. The website can be explored at MyToons.com.

Online Animation Community Invites All Artists to Submit Funny Political Artwork & Animations for Election Day Diversion

OCTOBER 7, 2008 – SAN ANTONIO – MyToons.com, the world’s first and only online animation community to deliver HD animation, today announced the launch of its latest artwork and animation contest, Red, White, and Who?  Focusing on the funny aspects of the political arena, Red, White, and Who? invites artists and animators worldwide to upload their political creations and share in a little positive reprieve from this year’s election battlefield between Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin and Democrats Joe Biden and Barack Obama.

“Politics are a serious business and one that should be closely monitored and constantly questioned,” says Paul Ford, president and co-founder of MyToons.com.  “Of course, there’s no reason that we can’t do what animators do best and have a little fun while we keep those politicians in check!  Bust out your best impressions and most-biting sarcasm, and help spread comical consciousness!”

Members are invited to enter by uploading their artwork or animation and tagging it as “Funny Political Cartoons.”  Winning artwork and animations will be featured in the MyToons blog, and winning animations will also stream from the Funny Political Cartoons Channel on the MyToons.com homepage from October 10th through November 4th.  Judges will elect the top 10 funny political cartoons and these animations will be featured in a Top 10 Funny Political Cartoons blog and channel, streaming November 5th through December 31st.

The Red, White, and Who? artwork and animation contest launches today, and runs through Election Day on November 4th.  The Funny Political Cartoons Channel will be available October 10th through November 4th, and the Top 10 Funny Political Cartoons Channel will be available on the homepage from November 5th through December 31st.  For more information, please visit the MyToons blog, The Animation Snack.

About MyToons.com
MyToons.com is the world’s premier online animation and art community. Launched in spring of 2007, MyToons.com provides global content creators with a free platform to share their original animations, artwork, and games with animators, enthusiasts and fans worldwide.
Combining high-quality standard and high definition (HD) video file streaming with best-in-class social networking for animators, MyToons.com showcases the greatest variety of independent and studio animation anywhere. Dedicated to “everything animated,” MyToons.com allows artists to share their techniques, discuss their thoughts and ideas, and explore their commonalities in a robust visual environment. The website can be explored at MyToons.com.

MyToons Launches Pirate Attack on La Villita

Online Animation Company Talks Like Pirates, Descends Upon San Antonio Natives in Pirate Garb in Accordance with National Talk Like a Pirate Day

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 – SAN ANTONIO – A flotilla of pirates from MyToons.com, today launched a sneak attack on the city’s historic art village, La Villita. Setting sail from the Hyatt, the squadron of river boats and their menacing crews circled the inner-city before disembarking at the Arneson Theater Landing. The unruly band of pirates proceeded to “act piratey.” Sauntering and speaking loudly with bad grammar, they made their riverside assault on the beloved village en route to the city’s upscale urban ristorante and favored pirate haunt and galley, Luca, located in the historic Fairmount Hotel.

“We be pirates, we be!” exclaimed Paul “Blackbeard” Ford, Captain of the MyToons Crew. “We got no room for lily-livered scallywags! As the Gentlemen – and Wenches – o’ Fortune that we be, Pirate Day be our Fiddlers Green o’ the year! What with we bein’ the buccaneers that we arrrgh, we be aimin’ to seize the old city gem and feast and revel in that thar booty ‘til she come round again next year.”

The pirate coup, while startling to many of the local “landlubbers”, may actually match up with similar reported sightings from September 19^th, 2007. Many reports of “swashbuckling scallywags” were submitted last year, centering around Houston Street, and many lunchtime patrons of the San Antonio Palm claimed that a “loud and lusty crew” accompanied their dining experience with “bonny jigs” and “lots of ‘Arrrgggh-ing.’”

“Aye, he be a good Cap’n, he be!” declares an anonymous sea wench. “I’ve worked with me fair share o’ scurvy dogs, but this one, he be a fine example o’ how to cap’n a brig and keep the scallywags in line…And, blimey, this crew, we be the finest swashbucklers e’er to sail the seas!”

National Pirate Day occurs on September 19^th every year. The MyToons Crew invites you to celebrate National Pirate Day by visiting MyToons.com/PirateDay – and, of course, by dressing and speaking like a Pirate on September 19^th every year. Feel free to share your own pirate day pictures, art, and animation at MyToons.com.

About MyToons.com

MyToons.com is the world’s premier online animation and art community. Launched in spring of 2007, MyToons.com provides global content creators with a free platform to share their original animations, artwork, and games with animators, enthusiasts, and fans worldwide.

Combining high-quality standard and high definition (HD) video file streaming with best-in-class social networking for animators, MyToons.com showcases the greatest variety of independent and studio animation anywhere. Dedicated to “everything animated,” MyToons.com allows artists to share their techniques, discuss their thoughts and ideas, and explore their commonalities in a robust visual environment. The website can be explored at MyToons.com.

For Immediate Release

September 11, 2008

MyToons Partners with QD3 Entertainment for Art Contest

Online Animation Community Invites All Artists to Submit Art and Designs for a Chance to Help Brand the Upcoming Movie “Concrete Jungle” – Including Over $10,000 in Prizes to be Awarded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 – Los Angeles – MyToons.com, the world’s premiere online animation and art community, today announced the launch of its latest art competition, The Concrete Jungle. MyToons has teamed up with Grammy award winner and platinum music and film producer Quincy Jones III to give artists from around the world an opportunity to help brand his upcoming hip-hop and skateboard movie, Concrete Jungle. Artists everywhere are invited to submit original artwork and designs for a chance to have their work incorporated into the movie collateral and marketing materials of this ground-breaking new film. In addition, artists will also have a chance at over $10,000 in cash and prizes.

This ground-breaking film, produced by QD3 Entertainment takes an in-depth look at skateboarding, hip-hop and the convergence of the two cultures. The film also features some of today’s most innovative artists, including Pharrell Williams, Tony Hawk, Paul Rodriguez Jr. and many more.

“Concrete Jungle takes a look at one of the least understood aspects of urban culture – it’s hip-hop, it’s taking it to the streets with a skateboard, it’s life, and it’s art,” says QD3 Founder, Quincy Jones III. “Art is definitely an integral part of defining this pop-culture phenomenon. Partnering with MyToons and reaching out to its growing community of artists just made sense – it’s a natural fit. We look forward to seeing how the artists are inspired by Concrete Jungle.”

On September 19^th, 2008, the celebrity judging will begin with three semi-finalists chosen and announced every Friday. The 30 semi-finalists will then move on to the next round of judging, where 10 lucky finalists will be chosen and put in the running for the Grand Prize. Finalists will each receive a designer 2GB Mimobot USB flash drive, courtesy of Mimoco. On December 3^rd, the grand prize winner and two runners-up will be announced. In addition to this once-in-a-lifetime movie branding opportunity, the grand prize winner will also take home a cash prize of $2000, with the runners-up receiving $500 each.

“We have such a wide variety of talented creators with unique and distinctive styles,” says, Paul Ford, President of MyToons. “We are eager to see how everyone is inspired to create cutting-edge art for this ground-breaking film, and we’re thrilled to be able to share this opportunity and to help build bridges between the incredible talent of the MyToons community and some of the most influential leaders in Hollywood.”

The MyToons.com Concrete Jungle Contest launches September 11^th, 2008. Submissions will be accepted through November 21^st, and winners will be announced on December 3^rd, 2008. For complete rules and details, please visit MyToons.com/contests/ConcreteJungle.

About MyToons.com

MyToons.com is the world’s premier online animation and art community. Launched in spring of 2007, MyToons.com provides global content creators with a free platform to share their original animations, artwork, and games with animators, enthusiasts and fans worldwide.

Combining high-quality standard and high definition (HD) video file streaming with best-in-class social networking for animators, MyToons.com showcases the greatest variety of independent and studio animation anywhere. Dedicated to “everything animated,” MyToons.com allows artists to share their techniques, discuss their thoughts and ideas, and explore their commonalities in a robust visual environment. The website can be explored at MyToons.com.

About QD3

Founded in 2002, by Quincy D. Jones III, QD3 is the leading independent urban multi-platform media and entertainment company. The company produces, aggregates and distributes original urban programming across online, DVD, television, VOD, mobile and theatrical platforms. Through strategic partnerships with, Image Entertainment, BET, and Comcast the company is fulfilling its mission to deliver entertaining and thoughtful content documenting urban culture.

For Immediate Release

August 27, 2008

MyToons.com Announces Partnership with Vuze

Leading Online Animation Community Launches Cartoon Classics Channel on Vuze

AUGUST 27, 2008 – SAN ANTONIO – MyToons.com, the premier online animation community, today announced a global partnership to bring MyToons animated content to Vuze’s 30 million member worldwide audience. Joining global television networks and production studios, MyToons debuts its first channel – MyToons Cartoon Classics – set to entertain Vuze members with an array of funny vintage animations. Featuring classic animations like Popeye and Betty Boop, viewers can appreciate these time honored animations created before the computer age.

“We are thrilled to have MyToons as a new partner,” said John Fernandes, Vice President of Marketing at Vuze. “Almost everyone has childhood memories of these great cartoons. We look forward to sharing these classics and other quality animated videos from MyToons with the Vuze community, and introducing MyToons content to a new generation of online viewers.“

“With the recent rise of CG animation, The MyToons Cartoon Classics Channel is a great way to look back at the hand drawn origins of animation and appreciate how the art has evolved,” said Paul Ford, president of MyToons. “We recognize the vast creative talent that went into these classic animations and hope that they will not only entertain, but will also inspire the Vuze audience to create compelling new high resolution content.”

MyToons is currently developing additional Vuze channels that will highlight the work of select up-and-coming global animators, including High Definition animation. These MyToons-member channels will showcase the very best in international independent cartoons and animations. Through this dynamic partnership, MyToons animation community members gain valuable exposure through the Vuze platform.

The MyToons Cartoon Classics Channel is also available on MyToons.com, and includes all of the animations available on Vuze, plus many more.

About Vuze

Vuze is an all-in-one bittorrent application that enables people around the world to discover, download, play, and share high quality content. The Vuze Network brings high quality content to its rapidly growing installed base of millions of users, from an ever growing list of providers ranging from global television networks to maverick content creators. Vuze, Inc. is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, and London.

About MyToons.com

Based in San Antonio, Texas, MyToons.com was established in 2006 as the premier online resource and entertainment destination for professional animators, students, artists and animation fans. Combining both High Definition (HD) and high quality video file streaming with best-in-class social networking for animators, MyToons.com showcases the greatest variety of independent and studio animation anywhere. MyToons.com empowers animators and animation fans everywhere by providing a platform for interaction and world wide exposure, and allowing artists to share their techniques, discuss their thoughts and ideas, and explore their commonalities in a robust visual environment.