Katan is a rather epic Flash-animated short by a 22-year old artist from the UK known as Cerberus. He’s built a sizable following in the furry community, and on sites like FurAffinity. He started making this particular Aztec-themed short back in 2008, and recently hit it big on Newgrounds, where it’s currently ranked #1 on the All-Time list. I also spotted a making-of video he posted last year.

The NPR radio show All Things Considered aired a segment yesterday about the importance of Flash in the birth of the internet. How Flash Brought The Internet To Life by Guy Raz mentions a number of topics related to character animation including JibJab, Tom Fulp and Newgrounds.

Here’s the transcript from the bit with Tom Fulp:

It definitely made the Internet more fun and more lively. It would have been a much more static and quiet place if not for Flash… Whether you’re good at drawing or good at programming or good at music, you can inject that talent into Flash in some form to create something.

So according to the box office reports, we’ve all seen Avatar by now… twice. Harry Partridge surely has, and he then created his own take on relationship between Sully and Neytiri. This short, titled Hot Na’vi Sex is most definitely, and without reservation NSFW.

Felix Colgrave, who lives on the island of Tasmania in Australia, has submitted a rather epic Flash-animated short to Newgrounds, titled The Pigpen. It’s an abstract story dealing with drug addiction, and it’s the result of 6 months of work during his studies at The Don College in their Digital Media section. Thanks to Ajay Karat and Sean McKenzie for the story tip.

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Max Gilardi has brought his animated series to a close. The story of Jerry is rather epic – spanning several decades of his life, over multiple, lengthy episodes. Jerry: The End is a fitting finale, and it’s actually quite touching. Congrats to Max. Now go watch it over at Newgrounds. Big thanks to Sean McKenzie for the story tip.

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