Crowdfunding is a very strange game. It relies on goodwill and nostalgia to such a high degree that even the most potentially interesting projects can be scuppered by a weak start and then suffer through a very public fall far short of their goal.

The animation industry is in rude health globally and especially in Ireland with Cartoon Saloon up for an Oscar next week. Ed Power asks some well known faces what cartoons they lived for as kids.

COMEDIAN Kathleen O’Rourke, the voice of Granny O’Grimm, is looking for a free frock to wear at next month’s Oscar Award night in Hollywood.