We’ve featured Gene Goldstein’s work here in the past, but as an animator, not an original creator. His own creation, Hyperboy, has found a sizeable audience over at Newgrounds, where he recently launched his 5th episode.
Hopefully you caught Max Gilardi’s Flash-animated short Jerry, which he produced back in 2007. He has a signature brand of storytelling that involves little dialog, repetition and minimalist audio. It’s kind of mesmerizing, and the same can be said about his new short, Jackie, which is part of the Jerry storyline. I won’t tell you any more than that, as it’s a fun reveal. Check it out over at Newgrounds, where Gilardi is one of the top 15 best-ranked artists of all time.
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The fifth and final installment of the internet hit series There She Is!! has been released. Created by the team known as SamBakZa in 2004, There She Is!! has built a huge international following over the last 4 years, due in large part to the elaborate, fast-paced animation and the high-minded romantic story-arc. Watch the fifth short, titled Imagine, at Newgrounds, where it currently ranks as the #1 submission of all time, or at the SamBakZa website. Animation direction, as usual, was handled by amalloc.
Thanks to Sean McKenzie for the story tip.
You may recall Max Gilardi’s 2007 short Jerry. It’s a unique short, driven by great timing and strong audio editing. Gilardi, now 20 years old, has produced a Flash-animated follow-up titled Little Jerry and the Closet. We meet Jerry as a 5 year old whose life is no more rewarding than last we met. Like the first short, the animation isn’t extravagant, nor the designs groundbreaking, but Max knows comedy timing. I particularly liked “I’m locking the door from the outside.” The short is Gilardi’s submission for the Newgrounds 2008 Halloween Flash Off contest.
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Our 2008 Comic-Con coverage continues (2 months after the event), with our Tom Fulp interview. Fulp, as you may know, is the founder of Newgrounds.com and also a partner in the gaming company The Behemoth. In this 3-minute interview below, we cover the launch of Castle Crashers, new figurines for sale, tricks for succeeding on Newgrounds (be original and team up with other talented folks) and Tom’s continued collaborations with animator Dan Paladin. And make sure you pay attention to the people standing behind us wearing what looks like toilet seats around their necks. Oh Comic-con, how I love you.
This isn’t our first interview with Tom. Check out Tom The Tank Engine, our 2-part interview from 2005. And another big thanks to the team at Mondo Media for the help producing this interview – especially to Jason Costello and Nate Johnson, the man behind the camera.
