Black and White Cinema, Stanislav Sokolov, 1984

The Sword, Natalya Los and Victor Dovnar, 1989

The Heather Ale, Irina Gurvich,1974

A Non-Sad Story, Mariya Muat, 2009

Wind, Robert Sahakyants, 1988

Everything is Fine, Robert Sahakyants, 1991

Pan Tian Shou, Joe Chan, 2003

Cai Wei, Ye Zhao and Yang Huang, 2004

The Deer of Nine Colors, Qian Jiajun and Dai Tielang, 1981

Selecting a Beauty, Wang Shuchen, 1987

Cat, Bu Hua , 2003

Grin and Share It, Michael Lah, 1957

Vinegar Fish of West Lake, Xi Chen and Xu An, 2008

It's Called Moon, Emmanuele Kabu, 2014

Boogie Maths, Cyriak Harris, 2009

The Red Baron, Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, 1972

The New Adventures of Pinnochio: Duck Luck, Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, 1960

The first series by Rankin and Bass.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1973

The Last Unicorn, Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, 1982

I am sometimes known as someone who loudly and publicly proclaims a dislike of unicorns.

That doesn't mean I did not watch this movie eleven billionty times when I was a kid and I still actually choke up a little when I hear the theme song.


NOW YOU KNOW.

Also (as with anything else you see here) if you like this you should buy it since I suspect this will not last.

Tomfoolery, Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, 1970

The Smokey Bear Show, Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, 1969

Hey, it's Smokey Bear! He kept us from burning shit up in the 70s!

Don't be idiots with fireworks kids! Don't play with matches!

Hidden sheep in a tree, Michael Sporn, 198?

Whitewash, Michael Sporn, 1994

The Mad Mad Mad Comedians, Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass, 1970

Cavern, Michael Sporn (1946-2014) 1983

OK, change of plans.

I just learned that animator Michael Sporn passed away on January 19th.

Animation Scoop

Cartoon Brew



Not only was he a great animator known for his deep artistic integrity, his Splog is really fascinating and educational.

I might be interspersing the Arthur Rankin with some of Sporn's wonderful work, most likely some of Sesame Street shorts.

Here is his video for Liquid Liquid's Cavern.

Chimpnology, Cyriak Harris, 2014

Not to take anything away from the previous post, but new Cyriak guys.

Willy McBean and his Magic Machine, Arthur Rankin (1924 - 2014) and Jules Bass, 1965

On January 30th, the world lost legendary animation director and producer Arthur Rankin. (via Animationscoop.

If you were a kid that was even near a TV for the last, oh, fifty years or so, you know the name.

The output of he and his partner, Jules Bass, was impressive and far reaching.

I'll be posting some of their work for the next... oh, until I stop.

Here is one of their early stop motion features.

Ghost Burger, Lee Hardcastle, 2013

The sequel to T is for Toilet.

T is for Toilet, Lee Hardcastle, 2012

Yesterday I posted something from The ABCs of Death 2 (which is also part of the ABCs of Death 1.5 collection) Today, I post Lee Hardcastle's winning submission to the first anthology.

M is for Meat, Wolf Matzl, 2013

Originally made for The ABCs of Murder 2 competition where it scored far, far too low.


(Thanks for the correction from Mr. Cavin, see comments)