The Happy Tree Friends spin-off series has spun out Splendid. The latest 3-minute adventure from Mondo Media has launched, and it features the well-intended superhero Splendid, who has been redesigned for his new starring role. Roque Ballesteros directed and his pals at Ghostbot handled the design, storyboarding, layout and animation. This episode of Splendid’s SSSSSuper Squad is titled Mirror, Mirror, in which we meet Splendid’s arch nemesis – Splendont!
The new Happy Tree Friends project is officially live. It’s a spin-off project called KA-POW!, and it’s all-action, all the time. Okay, there’s comedy too… and blood. Lots of blood. The first episode is titled W.A.R. Journal Operation: Tiger Bomb and you are invited to watch:
The project is based out of Mondo Media in San Francisco, but for this new series they’ve invited the gang at Ghostbot to animate. These companies have teamed up before for projects like Mole in the City, but for KA-POW! we’re seeing some new takes on the art direction.
To learn more about that and other topics, we are now joined by the co-creator of Happy Tree Friends, Kenn Navarro, writers Warren Graff and Ken Pontac, and Brad Rau, who works at Ghostbot. I should mention that I’ve now started consulting for the team at Mondo, so read cautiously. I’m working from the inside now, and I’m not to be trusted.
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A few shorts to share related to a common theme (wink) that relates to a yearly event (wink) that happens this time every year (wink). Here’s the latest episode from Eric Pringle’s series Prophet Buddy titled You Called It.
Sadly, there are not more Prophet Buddy episodes until May. We’re still hoping this is an April Fools joke.
And, as promised, Jayson Thiessen’s series is back for a second week of Mr. Obtuse.
Jayson Thiessen, the creator of one of my favorite Flash-animated shorts Chubby Dee, has launched a new animated series. Mr. Obtuse brings his digi-voice humor to the web every Tuesday – now known as “Obtuesday” (Jayson’s joke, wish I could take credit). Here’s episode 1:
Jayson Thiessen, the creator of Chubby Dee, is thinking ahead with his latest animated series creation. Musseloom! is slated for production of a few simple shorts, but Thiessen has already finished the prototype for the stuffed toy.
He’s throwing out this short below and the plush photos to test the waters – and see if its working so far. If you’ve got a second, drop a comment in and let him know what you’re thinking. It’s hard to tell where this series about fungus people is headed from the short, but I can say with certainty that the short was created in Flash and the plush doll was made with ultra velour and felt.
