Stashmedia is very helpful these days... with a nod to the frabjous work of Osbert Parker (especially the amazing wig driving a car, seldom seen elsewhere)...







...PLUS an ad by one of my heroes, Michel Gondry.

The big news comes from the distant galaxy of Hydrocephalicbunny, which directs us to Rambler Vision... it is hundreds of samples of Russian animation. Thanks HCB!!!

Sorry... my computer got a virus and sort of died for a while.
Now I have lots of new non-Microsoft products to learn and play with.

But that's neither here nor there... there's animation news to share!

Firstly, the Minuscule shorts are finally available on DVD.

In French, with Region 2 copyright protection, so you have to re-jigger your DVD player to view French things. So, you'll probably never bother.

But, I will get them, and you are invited over to view them, because they are awesome. OK? See you.


Thanks to fous d'anim for the warning.


Also, the Newport Beach Film Festival shorts are extremely winning, and you should check 'em out.

Thanks to stashmedia for the note.



Stolen from Neatorama, which also has a Damon Wellner link today! Bwa ha ha!!!!


And finally... Spy Kids, as perceived in Belarus, actually looks very excellent. I wish every lousy Hollywood movie had posters hand-painted by someone who has never seen the movie or anyone in it.

Aren't you glad you have English Russia?

Nothing wrong with a million album covers, to start off an evening of eye candy. Mmmm.

Thanks, FMU, as usual.


This sketchbook blog is inconsistent, yet still pretty mesmerizing. It is NSFAWLKAMAAWEI (not safe for anywhere where little kids are milling around, asking what everything is).

























At the end of the day, is there really anything better than a whole mess of full-color Jack Kirby monsters? That you don't have to pay $35 apiece for on eBay?

Oh, really???

Why was it so spooky millions of years ago? Find out at Bibliodyssey!



From ze wonderful fous d'anim! Is very French!

Also treat yourself to Tadanori Yokoo, please.

There, there...

Thanks to the interweb, now I can join countless French children laying awake at night in fear of the Tarasque! Gaaaaaah!

Shat communicated from deep space, using the last few zontars left on his communicator, to make sure we knew about cookie monster with teeth.

Well.... Egads!

Still looking for the worst sumo-wrestling videogame ever made? Your search is over!

Thanks to you, metafilter.

We may have completely neglected to post about this. If you are a big animation-head, you can skip this because you already know about Animation Archive. Hopefully, tho, there are some out there who are just waiting for someone to give 'em them the green light.

Go! already! and follow all those links! There are illustration treasures galore waiting for you!!



That is a little bit too short, really... try this if you feel cheated.

From Cartoon Brew, this color key from one of my favorite animated films: 101 Dalmations. What a work of art.















Sergey Tyukanov certainly knows what he's doing.. go forth and learn, y'all!!

Credit goes to Bibliodyssey...