How to Cope with Death, Ignacio Ferreras, 2002

Apparently, you cope with death by being totally awesome.

Machu Pichu Post,Clément Crocq, Margaux Durand-Rival and Nicolas Novali, 2008

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My Green Crocodile, Vadim Kurchevsky,1966

Regarding a crocodile who likes to sniff flowers, play the violin, read poetry and wear scarves.

Special Delivery, John Weldon and Eunice Macaulay, 1985

Before the winter comes... a cautionary tale.

Oscar winner for Best Animated Short Film, 1986

Fobia, Julian Antonisz, 1967

Hand drawn directly onto film.

Midnight Games, Rinat Gazizov,1991

What body parts get up while you are sleeping. Also explains why you feel that way when you wake up.
From Russia's Pilot Studio.

Tidy Monster, Tim Marchant, 2007

I'M THE MAN WHO KEEPS IT TIDY... TIDY...

Chilling video of a room as seen by an unseen character descending into madness.

Badgered, Sharon Coleman, 2007

I identify with this badger, except for instead of crows, it's that effing weed whacker.

Mr. Frog Went A-Courtin', Evelyn Lambart, 1974

Yes, I know, I think of it as "Froggy Went A Courtin'" too. But deal.

Sung by formidable animator and NFBC executive producer Derek Lamb.

How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels, Craig Welch, 1996

A beautiful surreal film from Craig Welch and the always incredible National Film Board of Canada.

Louvre Come Back to Me, Chuck Jones, 1962

The amorous misadventures of one PePe LePew in an art museum.

Meat Love, Jan Svankmajer, 1989

Does what it says on the tin.

Genre, Don Hertzfeldt, 1996

Don Hertzfeldt, being a total dick to a cartoon rabbit.

Sueños, Isaac Sandoval, 2007

Strange dreams from Mexican animator Isaac Sandoval.

Manifestations, Giles Timms, 2009

Concerning the adventures of one Mr. Chip, who is looking for love in all the wrong places.

Animation by UCLA MFA student Giles Timms. Music by Ceri Frost.

Saadia, a Moroccan Woman in the Resistance, Tarik Cherkaoui, 1999

The tale of Saadia Bouhaddou, a woman who was involved in the Morrocan resistance against the occupying French. Rendered in paint on glass.

N+2, Ivan Maximov, 1993

HAY GUISE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY (I am olde.)

So you know what that means? Ivan Maximov time!

N+2 contains two stories, Waiting for the Balloon and The Perfect Hole.

How a Mosquito Operates, Winsor McCay, 1912

Some things never change.

Skinner's Hell Dream, Jim Dirschberger and Skinner, 2009

Today's cartoon is brought to you courtesy of METAL and AWESOME.

Artwork and music by Skinner. Animated by Jim Dirschberger of Eighty-Four Films.



First seen on Aeron Alfrey's Fantastic Animation blog. You may know Aeron from THE BEST BLOG IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD.

Jay Mac and Rad Boy, Wesley Archer, 1984

BYOB Mac, we need cold brew-haw-haw.

Feet of Song, Erica Russel, 1988

The Box, Fred Wolf, 1967

Oscar winning short about a dude and his box and the adventures they have sitting at a bar.

Ferdinand the Bull, Dick Rickard,1938

All the other bulls would run and jump and butt their heads together...

Disney's Oscar winning short film based on the popular children's book by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson.

Animaniacs - Yakko's Nations of the World, Tom Ruegger, 1993

Chances are, if you are a product of the US education system, you suck at geography. Let Yakko help you*.





*He won't help you too much; the song is missing Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Moldova, Nauru, Northern Ireland, Federated States of Micronesia,San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Solomon Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,Tonga, Tuvalu, Vatican City, Vanuatu, Wales,and Samoa. There are also several countries that have changed names or split since this was made, so you also need: The Democratic Republic of Congo (instead of Zaire), The Czech Republic and Slovakia, Slovenia, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (for Yugoslavia)and all the countries of the former USSR (referred to as Russia in the song)- Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. More exclusions and irregularities are detailed in the wiki.

Bruno Bozzetto, Baby Story, 1978

Answering the age-old question, "Where do babies come from?"

One of my very favorite Bruno Bozzetto cartoons.

Gahan Wilson's Diner, Gahan Wilson and Karen Peterson, 1992

Gahan Wilson's fluid, macabre creations brought vividly to life.

Juke Bar, Martin Barry, 1989

What do you think the roaches do when you shut down your filthy little weiner joint for the night?

Vykrutasy, Garri Bardin, 1988

A parable about possession and fear, rendered in wire.

The Wrong Type, Candy Guard, 1990

All our temps are SUPER.

TV of Tommorrow, Tex Avery, 1953

The future as envisioned by the past. It's 2009, and my TV does none of these things. I want my money back.

I mean, yeah, it's in color and stuff. and I can hook it up to my computer, but its anti-aircraft armaments are definitely sub-par.

Rooty Toot Toot, John Hubley, 1952

Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts, and then some s$%^* went down. Sing it to the judge.

Directed by John Hubley for UPA.