Comics & Animation
Blues For Grendel
by Nick Glossop on May 31, 2013
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. So said Dr. Johnson. Unfortunately not all pain is thereby abated.
Body (2004) from Patrick McHale on Vimeo.
I made this video in a month during the summer of 2004 by sneaking into Cal Arts to use the equipment. Whenever the security guard came around I’d turn off the light and keep quiet…
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Beaster Bunny
by Craig Elliott on March 31, 2013
I saw this sadly sweet animation about a man whose giant rabbit might be standing between him and love. How could I not share it?
Red Rabbit from Egmont Mayer on Vimeo.
We’ve got a comments section if you’ve got any suggestions along the lines of lessons learned.
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Originally posted September 22, 2011…
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Joyce’s Phantom Power
by David Reddall on March 17, 2013
I am prepared to affirm this proposition: only James Joyce could read Finnegan’s Wake. It is not my desire to assert that only James Joyce could read it insofar as that verb can signify studying it closely in order to ascertain its meaning. Instead, I would invite you to consider the possibility that the characters who speak, for example, in the scene whose improbable, necromantic reading we owe to …
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Happy Birthday, Edward Gorey
by Nick Glossop on February 22, 2013
Born this day in history, the incomparable Edward Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000).
There is no going to town in a bath tub.
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Answering To The (Rivet) Guns Of Brixton
by Nick Glossop on January 31, 2013
Robots of Brixton
Robots of Brixton from Kibwe Tavares on Vimeo.
Brixton has degenerated into a disregarded area inhabited by London’s new robot workforce – robots built and designed to carry out all of the tasks which humans are no longer inclined to do. The mechanical population of Brixton has rocketed, resulting in unplanned, cheap and quick additions to the skyline.
The film follows the trials and tribulations of
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Merry Christmas (On Acid)
by Nick Glossop on December 23, 2012
If you are dreaming of a brown Christmas, this post is for you. First, a Christmas card from Cyriak, none of his usual fractal madness, just a fairly standard-issue nightmare Noel. Nevertheless, we bid you view with caution.
Second, a seasonal song originally from Radio Free Vestibule, a loon trio from Montreal now going by the more wield-friendly the Vestibules.
Christmas on Acid
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Blitz Interactive
by Nick Glossop on December 17, 2012
The Bomb Sight project is mapping the London WW2 bomb census between 7/10/1940 and 06/06/1941. Previously available only by viewing in the Reading Room at The National Archives, Bomb Sight is making the maps available to citizen researchers, academics and students. They will be able to explore where the bombs fell and to discover memories and photographs from the period.
The project has scanned original 1940s bomb census maps ,
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Altered States: Booze v. Weed
by Nick Glossop on November 21, 2012
ASAPScience lays out the neuroscience of alcohol and, after the break, marijuana.
They cover a fair number of off-color topics; perhaps we should start a write-in campaign to get them to explain the physiology (and anthropology) of butt-chugging. …
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Happy Birthday, Nestor (Have A Sub!)
by Nick Glossop on November 8, 2012
Sub!
This odd little film, made by Jesse Schmal of the the Rhode Island School of Design, had me thinking of Jan Svankmajer, at least in its use of soccer montage-reportage. The military choir in the soundtrack is apparently (thank you, Alex Evstr) singing the song Tachanka Rostovchanka (the Tachanka of Rostov).
Sub! from Jesse Schmal on Vimeo.
What’s a Tachanka?
You may well ask.
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