I wonder who they’re gonna vote for? [...]
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A new feature in which I recommend the work and websites of people who buy me dinner. Today’s entry: Thomas Florek! Songwriter. Filmmaker. Humanitarian. Thomas Florek seems determined to make the world a better place – by any means necessary. Already he’s turned to such extreme methods as documenting philanthropic bike rides, making a feature … [...] “Don’t be embarrassed. Especially if you write humor….We all have our kinks (I’ve got all their albums!), our weirdness, our neurosis and our strange ideas–God knows you could fill a city with mine–but most people are afraid to admit to them for fear of being laughed at. Well, you’re writing humor, so that’s the … [...] Fellow animator Lee Rubenstein came by last week with a little video camera, and now here I am on Youtube. The piece above is almost 8 minutes long (that’s close to infinity in animator time) so Lee also made a short (01:40) version for today’s on-the-go interweb entertainment audience: Thanks, Lee! [...] A new feature in which I recommend the work and websites of people who buy me lunch. Today’s entry: Gordon Fitch! Gordon Fitch is a friend to artists. He’s a friend to me, a friend to my friend Signe, and a friend to all the other artsists whose work he put on the interwebs long … [...] My pal Gordon suggested checking out Coney Island before it’s eaten by condo developers. Since I hate crowds, we chose today – a Tuesday – to pay our respects to this historic neighborhood. Click here to see the 144 photos I took. [...] A new feature in which I recommend the work and websites of people who buy me lunch. Today’s entry: Marty Wombacher! You may know Marty Wombacher as the publisher of Fishwrap, a 1990′s ‘zine about magazines, or as the author of 99 Bottles of Beer Off The Wall, an answer to Zagat guides. Lately Marty’s … [...] At a Platform Festival panel on intellectual property, I heard Rick Prelinger – filmmaker, founder of the Prelinger Archive and archive.org – warn animators against “internalizing the permission culture.” I’d never heard it phrased that way, but I can dig it. This morning I’ve been ruminating on this and other “enemies of creativity.” They … [...] A new feature in which I recommend the work and websites of people who buy me dinner. Today’s entry: Roz Warren! Back before the interwebs, we independent cartoonists struggled in obscurity, seldom finding the audiences who would most appreciate our work. That anyone saw marginal comics like Nina’s Adventures at all was due to the … [...] I don’t like beer, and I don’t like to party, but I like Party With Beer: Apparently some people were offended by “Heinrich Stämmler”‘s (I love how a Norwegian cartoon features German English) cartoon wee-wee. It’s part of Norges Televisjon’s animated talk show project, which postulates TV talking heads don’t wear pants, since they’re (supposed … [...] While in Portland I had the pleasure of hangin’ out with Jennifer Shiman, the genius behind 30-second Bunnies. Haven’t seen 30-Second Bunnies? Go. [...] The Platform Animation Festival was a big success, classy from start to finish. The Sita Sings the Blues work-in-progress screening went exceptionally well. The theater was beautiful, the projection system outstanding, and the audience was exceedingly kind and generous. I sampled some fine films, hung out with old friends and colleagues, and met some … [...] |
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