Adam Phillips’ Flash-animated Brackenwood series was distinguished at this year’s Webby Awards as an Official Honoree. The awards is given to “sites and teams that demonstrated a standard of excellence.” The Webby’s are hailed as the “Oscars of the Internet,” and Phillips responded by saying that “this recognition validates the past 8 years in the dark, slumped and staring into the monitor.” He created this trailer for the Webby judges.

Several other Flash-animated series were bestowed this honor at the 2008 Webby Awards, including Dan Meth’s Internet People, Laith Bahrani’s Creep music video, Conan O’Brien & Jim Gaffigan’s Pale Force series, Kyle Boyd’s W’s World series and Devin Flynn’s Y’all So Stupid.

In the animation category, Nominees for the Webby Award include Jennifer Shiman’s 30-Second Bunnies Theatre and the Heavenly Sword shorts, both of which were animated in Flash.

Jennifer Shiman’s Flash-animated bunnies have re-enacted Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill - ninja bunny style.

“I spent like three hours shading the upper lip. It’s probably the best drawing I’ve ever done.” - Napoleon Dynamite

Jennifer Shiman put upper lip shading skills to the test in her latest 30 Second Bunnies Theatre short - Napoleon Dynamite in 30 Seconds. The animation is currently playing on Starz.com where you can see Shiman’s nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills and Flash animation skills on display. Vote for Paw-dro!

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With Bruce Willis’ new film, Live Free or Die Hard, due out in 2 weeks, Jennifer Shiman and her band of re-enactment bunnies have dusted off a classic. It’s the latest 30-Second Bunnies Theatre short - Die Hard. This was the original action pic that featured Willis as John McClane, a divorced cop with nothing to lose.

To be honest, I couldn’t remember which installment this was in the series, but after a little research, I’ve confirmed this is the 4th.

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Jennifer Shiman’s movie-loving bunnies are having a go at the smash hit documentary March of the Penguins. The 30 Second Bunnies Theatre employed Morgan FreeBun to narrate, and this version of frigid survival is titled March of the PengBuns. Jennifer’s version of the Borat film was recently accepted into the Platform International Animation Festival in Portland, Oregon. Congrats, Jennifer!

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With the release of the summer blockbuster Spider-Man 3 only a month away, Jennifer Shiman has spun a new 30-Second Bunnies Theatre short for the web. Typically, Shiman would encapsulate only one film in 30 seconds, but here she animates ‘Spider-Bun’ from both Spider-Man 1 and 2.

To get the early scoop on future bunnies releases, sign up for the Starz Bunny Club.

Jennifer Shiman rings in the summer blockbuster season with her version of ‘Superman.’ It’s the latest installment from her ‘30-Second Bunnies Theatre’ series, and for this episode she welcomes a guest star worthy of the red carpet - Bryan Singer. Yes, Jennifer managed to get Bryan involved her recent production, and perhaps Jennifer can clue us in to which character Bryan played.

CHF interviewed Jennifer back in August of 2005, and her shorts currently air before R-rated and PG-13 movies on Starz on Demand.

You can watch this latest episodes over at the Starz website, or click below to watch the official YouTube upload. When you’re done, go discuss in the Message Board community where you can watch an interview with Jennifer.