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It Was A Dark And Silly Night
by jerry
April 16, 2009 12:04 am


A Neil Gaiman story, designed by Gahan Wilson, directed by Steven-Charles Jaffe.

(Thanks, Mac Cauley)

04/16/09  1:37am
Emily says:

That boy’s voice has to be Shin Chan’s on Adult Swim.

04/16/09  5:28am
Gene Hole says:

me encanta! This is super-appealing animation & design, I like the fact they used such cute drawings to contrast with the ghoulish story material, instead of going the usual Tim Burton-esque route of dark imagery and spindly, grotesque characters.

04/16/09  6:00am
Ryan says:

Truly one of the best things I’ve seen in a long time. Love Gahan Wilson, love Art Spiegelman, love Neil Gaiman, somehow never gotten round to getting those Dark & Silly Night books. Is this going to be a series, or a special DVD perhaps?

04/16/09  6:16am
Tim Rauch says:

That’s some good lookin’ stuff… anyone know what it was created “for”? Cheers to all involved, that was a really unusually brilliant piece of work, apparently done right here in NYC, no?

04/16/09  6:27am

I little predictable, but perfectly adorable, and really well executed. I love the style and how smoothly it was animated in that style.

04/16/09  6:49am
A.M.Bush says:

I’m not gonna act like I know anything about animation or anything, but I would have rather seen a more original and unconventional animation style to go with Gahan Wilson’s designs. I thought the animation had a really cliched school-learnt look to it that distracted me.

04/16/09  7:17am
Patrice says:

lovely animation!

thanks for sharing!

04/16/09  7:59am
Brad Constantine says:

Just Fantastic!! That was the best animated Gahan Wilson I’ve ever seen! They really made it great with all of the subtlety and character bits. After seeing so many flash cutout animations lately, It’s great to see draw-rings really coming to life like that again..
Bravo!!

04/16/09  8:33am
John A says:

Proof that cel animation and computers can mutually co-exist. Fun short.

04/16/09  9:25am

ha! that’s adorable!!! awesome 2D animation! fun story too, and i’ve never seen character design like that… i thought it looked weird at first, but it works beautifully. WOOT! thanks for posting it, Jerry! :)

04/16/09  9:34am
Jordan S. says:

This is an adaptation of one of the comics in the third volume of Little Lit, all of the stories in which are called “It Was a Dark and Silly Night…” My bother has this volume and the second one and I too would like to know why one one of them was chosen to be animated…

04/16/09  9:45am
warren says:

There’s also a NYC screening of the doc this Friday! I wonder if this animated short is part of that?:

http://www.borndeadstillweird.com/

04/16/09  12:28pm

So great!

04/16/09  2:02pm
Mukpuddy says:

This was actually animated here in New Zealand by Flux Animation!!

04/16/09  6:20pm

“Proof that cel animation and computers can mutually co-exist. Fun short.”

You mean… like children & corpses?? :-P

Awesome short.

04/16/09  7:18pm
Gill says:

Oh, I love this.

04/16/09  9:50pm
Martin says:

The animation had a “cliched, school-learnt look” to it. Does A.M. Bush mean skill? This short showcases the best animation that top flight designer Gahan Wilson’s work ever got. It seems a bit talky but it was based on a talky book.

04/16/09  10:22pm
maxeythecat says:

Beautiful animation, design by Gahan Wilson and story by Neil Gaiman….sigh…what more can a toonhead ask for?? LOVE it!

04/16/09  11:28pm

What a kick to see Gahan Wilson animated! I think he’s as funny as ever in his “New Yorker” cartoons, though not quite as sick as his “National Lampoon” stint in the raunchy Seventies. I wonder if fellow NatLamp cartoonist Charles Rodriguez’ drawings have ever been given movement.

04/17/09  6:19am

I thought this was great! Love Gahan Wilson, and think the animation perfectly complemented his already squishy drawing style.

04/17/09  7:38am
Rodrigo says:

Engrossing animation style and cute.

Horrible horrible voice acting.

04/17/09  10:18am
Gavin says:

That was fun. A very different style of animation. I want more…

04/19/09  12:10pm
Lippy says:

Best Wilson interpretation I’ve EVER seen. Will someone *PLEASE* animate “Nuts”?

08/24/09  12:17pm
norreim says:

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I am trying to locate a specific black & white cartoon drawing by Charles Rodrigues. It was first published in a Playboy magazine…several years ago. It’s a black & white cartoon drawing depicting two police officers sitting in a police car looking at each other with surprised facial expressions.
In the background is an 18 wheeler big rig towing a large enclosed trailer. On the side of the trailer is: INTERNATIONAL MARIJUANA TRANSPORTERS. Do you know how any where I can get a copy of this cartoon. Thank you.

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