Posted 05.14.2012
Martha Colburn's 8mm animation invites you into a kaleidoscopic puppet show in which pop culture and historical trauma engage in aestheticized warfare...
E. Nina Rothe | Posted 05.07.2012
Filmmaker Nick Day is stepping a bit outside his comfort zone -- or seems to at first glance -- to make an animated film about the inner workings of our busiest organ: The brain.
The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.07.2012
Considering her animated videos mostly incorporate some cocktail of torture, bestiality and sexual abuse, Nathalie Djurberg was quite shy in person. S...
Leah Lamb | Posted 05.03.2012
Every time I return to my computer, and theBlu pops up, it reminds me of my passion and love of the ocean, and as Jacques Cousteau says, "We protect the things we love."
The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012
The stand-out aspect of Chris Sullivan's animated film "Consuming Spirits" is its insanely meticulous construction. The animation took 15 years of wor...
Lilia Ziamou | Posted 04.20.2012
Museums are increasingly creating interactive exhibits as a way to increase audience engagement. This raises a natural question: What are the elements of an exhibit that prompt visitor interaction?
Posted 04.16.2012
If you thought the Ally McBeal dancing baby pioneered the animated GIF, think again. It turns out GIFs have been in business since the 1930s -- they j...
Network Awesome | Posted 04.13.2012
The man they once called "the Black Walt Disney" doesn't even have a Wikipedia page and the collected clips of his original work on YouTube don't even add up to seven full minutes, but the scant few items of substance that Google can come up with tell a fascinating story.
The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 04.09.2012
Click on Google's home page logo on April 9, and you'll trigger an homage to Eadweard J. Muybridge, known by many as the father of motion picture. ...
Posted 04.09.2012
Eric Yahnker's exhibition "Party Sub / Sub Party" presents a playful look at the United States in a time when celebs, sports and sandwiches rule. ...
Michael Giltz | Posted 03.30.2012
Tintin is all about pell-mell adventure but the rather bland hero could use some fleshing out, in every sense of the word.
Posted 03.29.2012
The animated GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) was first invented in 1987 and has since achieved the status of being referred to as "super 90s". Now GI...
Posted 03.26.2012
We think this video directed by Esteban Diácono should help you ease back into the work week. Ólafur Arnalds' soothing sounds coupled with the strik...
The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 03.26.2012
Don Hertzfeldt is a guy who has a lot on his mind. He is often referred to as a "cult animator" and his short films are popular with severely damaged ...
Rocco Staino | Posted 05.23.2012
From now until May 5 at The Society of Illustrators visitors can get an inside look at the creative work of Blue Sky Studio, the creators of such films as the Ice Age series, Robots and Rio.
Washington Spectator | Posted 05.23.2012
In "A Brodner Minute," Steve Brodner's animated series for The Washington Spectator, the illustrator skewers the 2012 candidates and other delicious t...
Posted 05.23.2012
Is it possible for Sterling Archer to grow as a person? On the "Archer" (Thu., 10 p.m. ET on FX) Season 3 finale, he was faced with the chance to be s...
Posted 03.20.2012
You've seen stop motion animation before, but we're guessing you've never seen anything that equals the epic qualities of this little video. Normally ...
Posted 03.15.2012
"South Park" (Wed., 10 p.m. ET on Comedy Central) returned with the Season 16 (count 'em) Premiere Wednesday night and showed no signs of slowing down...
Network Awesome | Posted 05.13.2012
It's hard to imagine that his work, his style and his visions would come to an end, yet sadly, this past Saturday, March 10th, Jean "Moebius" Giraud passed away from an unpublicized fight with cancer.
Jane Chafin | Posted 05.08.2012
What happens when heavy metal meets Hieronymus Bosch?
Posted 03.08.2012
It is incredibly creepy when childhood artifacts are put into a darker, more adult context. We can't imagine anything scarier than Stanley Kubrick's "...
Turnstyle | Posted 05.05.2012
By Noah Nelson The 3rd Annual Los Angeles Animation Festival takes over the Regent Showcase next week, bringing to the screen a collection of new cl...
The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 03.05.2012
Ozzy Osbourne and his family are returning to primetime TV, thanks to Canadian animation house Cuppa Coffee Studios and its upcoming animated series "...
Scott Bateman | Posted 05.16.2012