Remember Joel Trussell’s 2006 music video for M. Ward? Chinese Translation was our 2nd look at Joel’s Flash-animation work, after his breakout video for Jason Forrest‘s War Photographer. Here’s his latest, The First Time I Ran Away. Full credits below.
Peabo has provided the unhinged animation to compliment the even more insane lyrics in the latest Weebls Stuff music video. Here’s Terry From The Gas Works (Boat Face), which will solve everything that may have already ruined your day:
The west coast Titmouse has migrated eastward. To Manhattan, in fact. 
The Hollywood-based animation shop founded by Chris P and his wife Shannon opened a second office in 2010, initially to take a crack at Superjail! season 2. The TriBeCa-based shop has since taken on a bunch of commercials and TV series gigs, often working in concert with the Hollywood team. It’s a busy time for Shannon and Chris P, but not too busy to answer some questions for us about bi-coastal business, studio rivalries and bringing jobs back home:
AARON SIMPSON: Why did you decide to open a NY studio?
CHRIS P: Really, it was an easy decision to make. I came up in NY. I went to SVA and worked primarily at MTV in the mid-to-late nineties. I always thought I’d work in New York or at least be bi-coastal – a concept I’d recently given up on. I had resigned myself to a life in LA. When Shannon and I got the call from Adult Swim that they were interested in Titmouse starting a studio in NY, we jumped at the chance. 
Holy Shit! It might just be possible! We still kept in touch with a bunch of East coast artists. A lot of our family lives in New York and New Jersey. If we had been asked to start a studio in another city, it would have been a way harder decision. New York feels like home. It just made sense.
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Ever wonder what a meme-based sitcom would look like? Ya, me neither. But now I will force you to. Here’s Yotam Perel’s vision for the future of television… in hell.
The Dick Figures season finale, already? Nobody told me! Okay, someone needs to get their ass kicked. Well, in this case, EVERYBODY gets their ass kicked, cuz the 30th episode of the #1 animated show on YouTube is titled Kung Fu Winners. Into the dojo, fight fans…
