Filed under: Video of the Day | Tags: animation, Cartoon Brew, Great Pumpkin, Halloween, Peanuts
The Peanuts specials were never really touted as great animation but everytime I watch The Great Pumpkin, I end up getting lost in the backgrounds. The autumn settings and the nightime “war” settings bring me back to chilhood faster than a Proust’s Madelaine cookies. Justin Hildend has written an essay on the colour choices for the special and can be found here (this link is thanks to the Cartoon Brew site).
Filed under: Video of the Day | Tags: Heinz Edelmann, xtc, Yellow Submarine
I wasn’t writing posts in September so I wasn’t able to mention the passing of Heinz Edelmann (June 20, 1934 – July 21, 2009) The German illustrator and designer of Yellow submarine. He also did the cover for xtc’s Oranges & Lemons which contained maybe my fave xtc songs, The Mayor of Simpleton.
xtc
and here’s a sample of his actual work:
Another of the great unappreciated bands, The Close Lobsters has a new collection that just went up on emusic. Plenty of old songs that are new to me. Please check them out.
Chris Ware is in the latest issue of the New Yorker.
Chris Ware cover
Chris Ware part 1
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Chris Ware part 2
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I watched the last couple episodes of Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut) documentary last night and thought I would post the link to the Monty Python channel on YouTube as the video of the day.
Dinosaur Jr concert currently streaming on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113550890
Filed under: picks | Tags: animation, Cartoon Brew, Jérémy Clapin, Skhizein
If you can find 13 minutes of free time, you won’t regret viewing Jérémy Clapin’s Skhizein, one of the most charming animations I have come across. Thanks to Cartoon Blog for this link.
Jérémy Clapin’s Skhizein
I remember Lou Jacobi from small character roles but he always had a big presence. He always brought a world weariness to his roles and it started with his face.
Lou Jacobi
Other than Anne Frank’s father, this segment from Woody Allen’s Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex might be his best known role:
Jim Shorkey 