‘Random Cartoons’ start today!
Starting today, the Nicktoons Network presents Frederator Studios’ Random! Cartoons each Saturday and Sunday at 10:30am Pacific time …
Shorts
Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death
Cracking good news! Wallace and Gromit, who haven’t starred in anything significant since the 2005 feature The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, …
Wright Meat
A Thanksgiving rebuttal from the pen of animator James Sugrue: (Thanks, Felicia Spano)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers. Here’s a little turkey day treat – Tex Avery’s Jerky Turkey. For model sheets and animation …
Pulsar by Katushi Bowda
By far the coolest thing I’ve seen on YouTube all week is this Japanese short from 1990. From the video description: “This is not clay …
A Conversation by Matt Saunders
A Conversation is a piece combining stop-motion and digital compositing that was created by student Matt Saunders. It shows lots of …
2008 Oscar-Eligible Animated Shorts
Michael Sporn has a complete list of all the animated shorts eligible for an Oscar this year, along with links to their official …
The Black Dog’s Progress
Count me in as a fan of Stephen Irwin’s eccentric little animated shorts (check them out here). The Black Dog’s Progress may be his most …
The Shaker Brothers
Way back in September 2006 we pointed towards a promising new short, produced as a labor of love by a small animation collective in …
Night of the Werehog
Here’s the entire Sonic The Hedgehog short (mentioned previously here), released to You Tube today by Sega:
Luxo Jr. Grows Up
Twenty-two years later, Luxo Jr. is no longer a kid, and he’s developed other interests that are a bit more mature than beach balls. The …
Pixar’s Burn-E
Pixar’s Burn-E is the short that’s attached to the Wall-E DVD coming out next week. It’s directed by Angus MacLane. (via Kottke)
‘Come Have An Omelette with Me’ by Stephen Neary
I’m not sure why I’m linking to this one-minute short besides the fact that it made me want to have an omelette. This is what happens …
Happy Halloween!
Attack of the Giant Vegetable Monsters by Ken Turner. (Thanks, Daikun)
Rocket Jo by Julien Charles
It’s plenty refreshing to see a CG character that is designed with a sense of caricature in both his appearance and physical movement. …
Emcee Cain
It’s hard to avoid political humor during campaign season – especially in these last days of the presidential race. Animator and …
French student film Gary
Gary is a French student CG film created by Clement Soulmagnon, Yann Benedi, Sebastien Eballard and Quentin Chaillet at Supinfocom. The …
“Don’t Cry for Me, I’m Already Dead” by Rebecca Sugar
Don’t Cry for Me, I’m Already Dead is a tearjerker of a comic about brothers who communicate only through Simpsons quotes. The artist is …
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater
There are multiple copies of Disney’s 2007 Goofy short How to Hook Up Your Home Theater floating around on YouTube. Read Jerry Beck’s …
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