Ami Thompson's cartoon Basilisk clocks in at just over a minute and a half, but there's plenty of great animation packed into that short time span. Watch as a water-running treasure hunter flees a tentacle-tongued monster.
Bathing goddess deals with a stubborn perv in this silly cartoon short
Remember the old days when a goddess could just turn a peeping Tom into a stag and see him devoured by dogs? Well, that doesn't happen in Melanie Atwater's funny short film Moon Goddess. In fact, cursing the peeper doesn't seem to deter him one iota.
Artist draws himself in 100 cartoon styles
Cartoonist and animator Kevin McShane has decided to explore the styles of various animators by drawing himself in 100 different animation styles. You can see the full series (and learn the style behind each cartoon) at his site Cartoon Kevin.
Jem’s adventure with the Yeti and the magic bongos was truly outrageous
The Oxford definition of the word "outrageous" lists two meanings: "shockingly bad or excessive" and "wildly exaggerated or improbable." I'd say both of those apply to the Jem and the Holograms episode "Journey to Shangri-La," in which Jem nearly kills both the Holograms and the Misfits — all for the sake of a magic set of…
Clone Wars once again proves that it's the ideal venue for Darth Maul
One of the things that Clone Wars does especially well is to develop characters who were poorly developed in the prequel trilogy. And, after a lackluster performance in the season opener, Darth Maul has become an exciting character to watch as he and Savage continue their renegade Sith act. Last episode, Maul and…
This wordless, richly animated short fantasy adventure film is nine…
Drop everything you're doing and hit play on The Reward, a graduation film from Denmark's The Animation Workshop. This fantasy film about a pair of wannabe adventurers who stumble upon a treasure map plays with a mishmash of animation styles (including a few shades of Adventure Time contrasted against rich light…
Clone Wars reminds us that R2-D2 is the unkillable hero of the Star…
Is it over? Is the D-Squad arc finally over? Clone Wars' ill-fated team of astromechs (plus WAC and Gascon) had one last hurdle to jump before handing over that encryption chip, and this time there's more than their lives (or Gascon's sanity) at stake. That means it's up to R2-D2 to make sure the Republic doesn't…
Watch a trippy, alien-filled animation by the director of Yellow…
After finishing his work on the Beatles' Yellow Submarine, director and animator George Dunning made a surreal science fiction short, 1970's Moon Rock. Turn on this 10-minute cartoon in which an astronaut encounters the strange creatures of a bizarre alien world, and let yourself get swept up in its peculiar…
It's Doc versus a Giant Crustacean in a slew of new Venture Bros. images
We won't get to see the Season 5 premiere of The Venture Bros. until March (at the earliest), but the AstroBase team has most of that season already in the can. To reward Venture fans for our grumbling patience, co-creator Jackson Publick has posted a ton of teaser images to his Tumblr and LiveJournal blogs. So what,…
