I was interviewed last year by Nathan Nathan Kuruna for an upcoming documentary about Newgrounds, and Ajay Karat recently sent me the trailer. Here’s the basic premise of Everything by Everyone: “it’s the story of a website called Newgrounds and the online cultural trends it helped create and drive over the last decade or so. It’s also the story of how the web became fun as well as functional.” The list of other people interviewed for the project is including John K, Bob Cesca, Adam Phillips, Sandro Corsaro, Chris Georgenes, Harry Partridge, Nina Paley, Kevin Pereira of G4, and of course Tom Fulp, the founder of Newgrounds. If you find yourself with a little extra lunch money today, go make a donation to help him finish the project.
The Manchester-based studio Kilogramme was recently called upon to educate us all about drugs. The upsides of Mephedrone, Ketamine and Cocaethylene all have a downside, and animations like this one below use a touch of humor to illuminate that point.
Have you seen the new Nick Jr. show It’s Oppo? No you haven’t. That’s because it only exists in the mind of CalArts student Tyler Chen. Chen primarily used Flash to create this 7-minute student short that takes us into the unraveling world of an animated children’s show. It’s interesting to note the Chen learned a great deal about Flash in the Indies Flash Class that was publicized here in 2009. (NSFW – There’s some swears, sexual innuendo and mild nudity here.)
You are hereby welcomed to click away from this page, should you be offended by what the bible calls “cussmouth doo-doo speak.” UK animator Fraser Davidson (Storm) has given shape to Tim Minchin’s vulgar (read: hilarious) and blasphemous (read: deserved) diddy about Pope Benedict’s supposed cover-up of rampant child molestation within his church. It includes incessant swearing, and it’s surely not safe for work, especially if your boss wears a pointy hat. This is Pope Song.
Ted Rall and Toon Boom animator David Essman have taken Obamacare back into the operating room, following up on a brief animated procedure in January. I present to you Obamacare is Here, the latest animated politcal cartoon from Ted Rall:
