Sita, Rama, Annette Hanshaw
Sita Sings the Blues is a multilayered Ramayana, an amazing display of animation prowess and Sita sings in the voice of 1920s jazz singer Annette Hanshaw. It’s neater than I make it sound. Make some time.
See the Fury!
Black and white wuxia? Animated chi? See the devastating fury of Buddha’s Palm!
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
Airships, mysterious islands, satanic scientists, vampiric creatures, tragedy. All in silhouette in The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello. (Thanks, Steven!)
Voltron in Oil
Voltron’s splendor is revealed in this time lapse film of Robert Burden painting. Enjoy the emo giant robot music. See Burden’s toy paintings and flags here.
Coraline’s Crafty Marketing
Artsy craftiness prevails in Coraline’s marketing with sweater patterns, secret handmade boxes, sheet music and a cat puppet.
Nobody Dies: The Eternal Return of LEGO Batman
I’ve written before that I was put off superhero comics by all the dying and resurrected X-Men—the eternal return and the attempts to escape it. You might have noticed that DC and Marvel’s superhero titles have become a bloodbath. Sure, it started it with big crossovers and the […]
The Cultural Gutter 