Bender as Luke?

The best cartoon voices in the business assembled at Comicon. Together they do a table read from the Star Wars radio play. Bender as Luke? Bubbles as Vader? Pinky as a Storm Trooper? Christopher Walken as R2-D2? Wow.

Terri Gilliam Demonstrates Cutout Animation

In this short a very young Terri Gilliam demonstrates his stop-motion techniques back in the early days of "Monty Python"

Indiana Jones Old and New

This cool video shows side-by-side shots to demonstrate all the early cinema references used by Spielberg in planning the opening act of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".  It's true that everything is a re-mix. But what a remix!

Kinetic Creatures

Kinetic Creatures is a KickStarter project from the creative team of Lucas Ainsworth and Alyssa Hamel. Looking like minimalist Theo Jansen sculptures, these toys will be available in pre-cut kits, with a turn handle.

Three basic kits are available, an Elephant, a Rhino, and a Giraffe. For an additional fee, an optional gearbox / motor assembly can be had.

Like an animated blank slate, these toys are the perfect canvas for Art Students to decorate and embellish. Perfect for hours of creative fun! 

Mel Blanc: Man of a Thousand Voices

His life story is one of perseverance. At first, Warner Bros would not even let him audition. He had to wait for the guy in charge to die before he got his foot in the door. He kept working, even from a hospital bed, with nearly every bone in his body broken. He spent his spare time doing his characters for kids in burn units and hospitals. A great method actor and comedian, he helped define the cartoon medium as we know it. He was a major fixture in the golden age of radio. A lot of modern sarcastic comics owe him a huge debt.

Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of "Where the Wild Things Are," has passed away at 83.