Mark Fiore, the most prominent political cartoonist using Flash, has released a DVD of his work. It’s called ‘Mark Fiore: A Heckuva Job,’ and it features 20 animated political cartoons. The title is an homage to President Bush’s praise of FEMA director Michael Brown - “..and Brownie, you’re doing a heckuva job.”

It’s currently going for $15 a pop, and it includes ‘GOPS,’ which was discussed here at CHF back in October of 2005.

‘Queer Duck - The Movie’ is due on DVD on July 18th, as reported here back in April. The DVD is currently available for pre-sell over at Amazon, and it’s listing at $13.99 for 75 minutes of Flash-animated wackiness.

Variety, the entertainment industry news magazine, recently gave a strong review of the DVD, and said it “registers surprisingly vividly on the bigscreen, deserved a theatrical shot before its July 18 DVD release.” Take that, Paramount! ‘Golden Blaze’ shouldn’t be the only Flash-film to get a stab at the silver screen.

Alright, I’m off my high horse now, and I should probably give kudos to Paramount Home Entertainment for funding a feature-length LGBT cartoon. Either way, I would’ve loved to have seen this get a wide theatrical release.

Here’s an excerpt from the Variety review that give praise to Xeth Feinberg, the director, and his crew.

Tech credits are intelligently primitive. Feinberg and Richard Codor’s unshaded, blocked-out character design unabashedly delights in pure two-dimensionality, while background artist Jon Ehrenberg’s large monochromatic blocks of color (Salmonella’s Restaurant awash in a coral hue) recall UPA abstraction or Maurice Noble’s Frenchified backdrops for late Pepe LePew cartoons.

Xeth was inteviewed here at CHF back in November of 2005.

A Brazilian Flash animation site called Mundo Canibal seems to have captivated the nation. The site hosts dozens (hundreds?) of short animated clips, all narrated by in a pitched-up screetch that will burst your eardrums. Some of the shorts are topical - making fun of Tom Cruise or Star Wars - but most are original characters.

The most popular shorts have been viewed millions of times, and the most popular, a short called ‘Avaiana de Pau,’ has been seen over 8 million times. It appears the short is about homemade shoes and the pain they can inflict. Most of the shorts seem to rely heavily on poop, screaming, and then more screaming.

The site has seen so much success that they’ve released a DVD filled with 40 of the web episodes and 5 special bonus episodes. They’ve released a short trailer of the DVD that you can view on the site.

Mundo Canibal is also hawking a Flash animation tutorial book written by the brothers Piologo. The cover features one of the characters from Mundo Canibal.

Don’t miss the short Chuck Norris clip. He’s incredibly powerful and focused, and they capture his essence perfectly.

Thanks to Fabio for the story tip.

The ‘Broken Saints’ DVD release date has been announced. On August 1st of this year, the Flash-animated series that began on the web will be in stores, thanks to Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The price is set at $49.98, and the DVD features over 12 hours of entertainment. The series was created by Brooke Burgess.

Cartoon Network’s hit Flash-animated show ‘Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi’ will
soon be available on DVD. On November 29th, we’ll be treated to ‘Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Let’s Go’, and ‘Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Rock Forever,’ two DVDs, each featuring 12 episodes from the hit TV series aimed at the girls market. ‘Puffy’ is animated out of Glendale, California by Renegade Animation - and you can see clips online at the Cartoon Network website.

We’ll also be seeing the Flash-animated series ‘Atomic Betty’ on the store shelves in October. Two DVD releases are scheduled
Atomic Betty, Vol. 1 - Betty, Set, Go! and Atomic Betty, Vol. 2 - Betty to the Rescue!.

These DVD releases of Flash-animated project are exciting, but surely not the first. Here’s a little taste of the history of Flash animation on DVD:

Strongbad Emails (2005)

Home Movies - Season Two (2005)

Broken Saints (2005)

Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie: Dee-Vee-Dee (2005)

Quads Vol 1:Freak Parade (2005)

Lil’ Pimp (2005)

Mucha Lucha - The Return of El Malefico (2005)

Happy Tree Friends:Third Strike Vol 3 (2004)

Mucha Lucha: Heart of a Lucha (2004)

National Lampoon Presents - Mr Wong (2004)

Happy Tree Friends - Second Serving (Vol. 2) (2003)

Happy Tree Friends - First Blood (Vol. 1) (2003)

Larryboy - The Angry Eyebrows (2002)