The 18th episode of Dick Figures is an homage to what I feel is the best action movie of all time – Raiders. In 1981, Speilberg and Lucas teamed up to bring us a legendary film that had everything – action, romance, booby-traps and Nazis. Everything except one critical element…. poop. That’s all been repaired, thanks to Sex Marks the Spot:

Huge congrats to Jim Mehsling, who just took Best Animated Feature prize in the 2011 Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge. His short, titled Bounty Hunter II: Pit Of Carkoon, stars the infamous Bowble Fat.

Animators – you might want to put a LoJack on your animations, because Toyota Motor USA seems to be in a stealing mood. I’ll let JibJab’s official complaint for damages explain why:

“Toyota recently ran a commercial promoting its 2011 President’s Day sale, which incorporated elements identical (to) and/or substantially indistinguishable from JibJab’s Founding Father’s Rap and Starring You Tap Dance videos.”

The TV spot in question was produced by Hoffman Lewis, who simply shoulda known better. The whole dancing president thing certainly feels JibJab-esque, but wait until the end for the little “Ends Soon” tag – it’s a blatant rip. Watch for yourselves, ladies and gentlemen of the jury….
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The very first Dick Figures music video is never going to get made – unless you help! Ed and Zack, the creators of the huge online hit Dick Figures, are inviting artists and fans of the series to help make the video. Along with the rest of team at Mondo Media, I’ve been helping upload 41 short clips of the song onto the web. Pick one or several, and animate on top of the audio using the theme “Rap Video.” Use any medium you want (Flash, stop-motion, CG, etc), so long as it’s animation, and upload your finished animation(s) by the August 18th deadline. The best animated pieces will be inserted into the official video and full credit will be given to each artist. Read more on the official rules page.

Alan Lau, Roque Ballesteros and Brad Rau, the Ghostbot guys, have fashioned a new animated series. The pilot for CTRL+♥+DELETE premiered this past weekend at Comic-Con in San Diego, and it features a toy robot, Presston, who has true, unrequited love for his companion Penny.