Robert Etchingham, a Flash animator hailing from Dublin, Ireland, has worked on several projects discussed here – Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and Carter & Son. When he’s not at work at Boulder Media, Etchingham is creating his own projects, which include Speakeasy, a mobster, film noir cartoon starring Jack Knife, an Irish/American hoodlum. Robert has cut together a trailer for the project, which is below.

Etchingham will soon be setting out for his new home in Vancouver. There he’ll continue to watch gangster films, including Jimmy Cagney flicks which he lists amongst his favorites. Good luck with the big move, Robert!

Skunk Fu, an new comedy adventure series Aidan Harte and Hyun Ho Khang, has begun to spread on the world’s airwaves. The series, which was animated by Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon, started airing on BBC earlier this month, and it has been sold in 22 countries, including Australia (ABC), Ireland (TG4), Germany (Super RTL) and France, where it plays on Canal J. Note to all you hip hop fans – the show’s theme was written and performed by Ghost Face from the Wu Tang Clan.

The series is a co-production between Cartoon Saloon, HLT Production and Telegael.