When animator Stefan Gruber was eight, they saw a dog run across a wall, not in real life, but in Jules Engel’s hand-drawn short “Accident,” projected during a Pioneer Square art walk. That was the ...
For many people, "stop-motion animation" instantly conjures up images of clay reindeer prancing around, singing songs and wishing you a "holly, jolly Christmas." But oh, how far the art form has come ...
NO one’s four-legged friends were harmed during the making of “My Dog Tulip,” but the roar of Paul and Sandra Fierlinger’s untethered Jack Russell suggests that two-legged strangers might not fare so ...
Baboon Animation and Tokyo and Los Angeles-based indie studio Custom Nuts are joining forces in a toon development pact that pools the companies’ writing and visual talent. Custom Nuts founder Silas ...
This story first appeared in the Oscars Nominations Preview issue of the TheWrap Oscar Magazine. Jérémy Clapin’s animated film “I Lost My Body” tells the peculiar story of a severed hand that has a ...
Michael is a huge fan of JRPGs and fighting games that includes the Persona, Final Fantasy, and Guilty Gear franchises. He has worked as a journalist for a decade and has written for a number of ...