Category Archives: Animation

All the Tintin you need

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

This delightful unofficial titel sequence for the upcoming Adventures of Tintin movies was created by James Curran and includes references to all Tintin books, from Pays des Soviets to L’Alph-Art. Splendid stuff !

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Tintin previews get better and better

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

Earlier this week a new trailer was released for The Secret Of The Unicorn, the Spielberg-Jackson movie based on two of the best Tintin books around. Even though some of the scenes in the trailer are hopefully not the final … Continue reading →

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More Oliver East for Elbow

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

The Oliver East – Elbow connection keeps on growing.  Richard points us toward this video for the new Elbow single, Open Arms, which is essentially an animated short by Mr. East.  Brilliant.

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New Peanuts movie !

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

At the end of the month, the new Peanuts feature, Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, will be released on DVD.  And even though Warner Premiere had a normal trailer made to promote the video, they also compiled this … Continue reading →

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Inception in 60 seconds

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

For the German edition of the Gone In 60 Seconds competition (the purpose of which was to recreate a well-known film in only one minute), Austrian illustrator and animator Wolfgang Matzl did a great job in compressing Chrisopher Nolan’s Inception … Continue reading →

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Shaun Tan wins an Oscar !

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

At yesterday’s Academy Awards ceremony, Australian cartoonist, writer and illustrator, Shaun Tan won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.   He received the award together with Andrew Ruhemann for The Lost Thing, which was based on his picture book of … Continue reading →

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Tom Gauld gives the Heart Truth

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

Earlier on, Tom Gauld designed some very nice cans for Diet Coke. Now he’s designed the complete look of the new Diet Coke campaign to raise awareness for women’s heart health (organised in partnership with The Heart Truth). This involved … Continue reading →

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Last Kiss Animated

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, John Lustig’s Last Kiss Comics breaks through the comics medium and gets all animated !  Monday morning romance (of a kind) ensured ! (video © Last Kiss Comics)

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Lost Building

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Wim Lockefeer

Charlie Gower pointed me to yet another great animation by Chris Ware from the excellent radio programme , This American Life, which you really should listen to.

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The essential Batman

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Wim Lockefeer

Hey, have a look at this.  Spanish illustrator Javier Olivares manages to capture the essence of Batman in a very stylish animated short of merely 1 minute and 2 seconds.  That’s class ! (via  Álvaro Pons at La Cárcel de … Continue reading →

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