Leroy Neiman has died.

Artist Leroy Neiman has died. I remember during the 1976 Olympics his art was everywhere. He also invented the "Femlin" cartoon on the Playboy joke page. Handlebar mustaches everywhere will be flown at half-mast today.

Picasso vandalized in Houston TX

Police are searching for a man who vandalized a Picasso painting at a Houston museum. Act caught on cellphone video by another museum patron, and by security cameras.

Night Light

Illustrator / Animator Qing Han created this delightful animation as her senior project.

Simple, inventive and pleasant!

Elvis Needs Boats! Elvis Needs Boats!

"Elvis is everywhere!" by Mojo NIxon. I'm posting this one for my kids. They grew up singing along in the car to Mojo and Skid Roeper singing "Pirate Radio." ...And remember, avoid the Bermuda Triangle, cause "Elvis Needs Boats!"

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!