The Haunted Mansion has long been one of Disney’s greatest gifts to Halloween and horror fans alike. For newcomers, the Haunted Mansion was a “dark ride” originally conceived as a theme park attraction back in 1969. Home to “999 happy haunts”—including the infamous Hatbox Ghost, Madame Leota and the Hitchhiking Ghosts—the mansion used an array […]
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‘Raging Balls of Steel Justice’ Offers 80s Action Overload in Claymation Form
You know, there’s a serious shortage of insanely entertaining claymation movies out on the market these days, particularly ones that pay homage to 80s action movies like Die Hard, Robocop, Cobra, Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hrs, Tango & Cash—man, there were a lot of them—Lethal Weapon, Code of Silence, Raw Deal, Rambo… I think you […]
Tagged with: 1980s, 80s, action, Chuck Steel, claymation, short film, stop motion, Stop Motion Animation
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Before the idea of a ‘web-series’ became the modern phenomena that it is now, the internet was a wild frontier where we could look upon everything from the wonderful recordings of Wesley Willis to the eclectic animations on Newgrounds with wide-eyed wonder. As exciting and creative as all this was, however, nothing could have prepared […]
Tagged with: animation, David Firth, Salad Fingers, web series
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A brand new series premiered on Mondo’s BITE channel yesterday, created by illustrator Jimmy Giegerich. We first met Giegerich back in 2010 when the “Warrior of the Graphic Wasteland” revealed the inspiration behind his work along with his love-hate relationship with vomit. More recently, Giegerich successfully funded his own comic on Kickstarter called Fight Frogs. […]
Tagged with: animation, Executioner and Friend, indie comic, Jimmy Giegerich, Mondo Media
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Yeah, you heard that right… a Robot Gladiator squares off against Space Jesus. As if that sentence wasn’t enough to pique your interest this short, CARL, also features “Drill-Raptors, EggBeater-Scorpions and a mighty BBQ-Octopus.” So, there’s that. Even though there’s plenty of the aforementioned madness afoot in this short there’s also a pretty deep story […]
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Sadly, this is not for a real series BUT it’s still pretty awesome. Created by animator Stephen Byrne, who also did The Animated Adventures of Doctor Who, this short finds the old Scooby gang together again and in a really fun way too. Now, I haven’t watched Buffy in a long time but there was […]
Tagged with: 90s, animation, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon, short film, Stephen Byrne
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We all experience those days when the one thought on our minds is “Why did I bother even waking up today?” Most of us eventually get over it, but not Crack-Duck. Those days full of self-loathing are an everyday odyssey for him, serving as fuel for the surreal and bizarre (ie. f*cked up) world in […]
Tagged with: animation, cartoons, Crack-Duck, Danny Lacy, Mondo Media, pilot, shorts