Chris Ware, best-known for a series of comics called the Acme Novelty Library and Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, has produced another amazing piece of work. Brimming with geometric comic charm, this short story is narrated by the “husband and wife” and serves as an animated opening for This American Life, a 15-year-old, … Continued
An interview to read, this time. Piet Parra is one of the hippest illustrators in Holland. He’s also in a band called Lele (of Lele’s “Breakfast” by Parra and Sandder). His hand-drawn art work has graced many a flyer and poster, as well as big brand campaigns, CD covers and the T’s of his Rockwell … Continued
This new Chunk “Breakfast” is director Sandder’s fourth video for the brand-new band Lele. The art work for the video was done by another band member, who also happens to be one of the hippest illustrators in the Netherlands: Piet Parra. The result of the Sandder/Parra cooperation is an original, funny and raunchy video for … Continued
The new Arthur Jones short (the genius of Post-It Note Stories fame) is called ‘I Like Jessica’. It’s an animation of a phone conversation between author Rodney Rothman and the first girl he ever kissed, way back in Junior High. You simply must check out the cheeky conversation. ‘I Still Like Jessica’ was commissioned by … Continued
A big shout-out to Run Wrake! He completed a new short and what a nice one it is. Just like his Rabbit, that extraordinary little gem about two kids that slice up a rabbit and won’t live long to tell it, The Control Master is an animation that consists entirely of vintage images. The children’s … Continued
Must be something in the air (or in this case, something in the cosmos). Some of the most original, most talented and most wanted animators around have all completed new works recently. We just posted two stories about a new Run Wrake short and the latest works by Bryan Arthur Jones. And now Fons Schiedon … Continued
“Molotov Alva took us on an incredible journey… Now it’s your turn to show us “Your virtual Life”. This is the tagline of the Molotov Alva Machinima Contest that just launched on Machinima.com. The idea is that you create a machinima video using your favourite video game or virtual world, and blow everyone’s minds. Cinemax … Continued
Back online on May 8, Molotov Alva and his search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey, the first documentary entirely shot within Second Life. Episode 1 of this very first MiniMovie was released online in March 2007 under the title My Second Life and became a smash hit on YouTube virtually overnight, catching the … Continued
Director Rogier van der Zwaag, describes this music video for Nobody Beats the Drum as dark and dirty. It sure looks like an icky place to be! NBTD is a Dutch breakbeat formation with a knack for word play and of course a talent for great electro beats. In fact, beats are the most important … Continued
Although the short time-lapse film about the making of his paper-cuts is quit boring, Javan Ivey’s stop-motion film My Paper Mind is absolutely beautiful. In this experimental animation Javan explores the possibilities of the Stratastencil-technique which he invented himself. The result is amazing, we especially like the flowmotion of the swing.
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