Category Archives: Animation

Perspective on Transportation

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

You may be familiar with the brilliant work of Argentinian filmmaker Fernando Livschitz from his opening credits film for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert or his wild video Buenos Aires Inception Park, but his crazy short Perspective will blow your mind.

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Resist Periodically

Posted on July 5, 2017 by

Last January, I posted a story about RESIST! magazine, which was launched to coincide with the women’s marches against the illegitimate Trump regime. The editors Françoise Mouly and Nadia Spiegelman issued a second edition of the protest magazine on the … Continue reading →

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Historical Inaccuracies

Posted on June 17, 2017 by

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It’s Still 1984

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Getting Your Priorities Straight

Posted on June 6, 2017 by

I love each and every edition of “Reading Quirks” comics. You can catch-up on the series, with illustrations by Laura Pacheco and scripts from The Wild Detective bookstore guys right here. 

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Little Books

Posted on June 3, 2017 by

British illustrators Emma Ehrling and Michael Driver created this amusing animation for Penguin Random House to promote the publisher’s imprint Vintage Minis. Cleverly summarizing twenty books in two minutes , the short film covers big subjects, with single word titles … Continue reading →

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Reader’s Manifesto

Posted on May 25, 2017 by
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Some Random Island In The Pacific Ocean

Posted on April 29, 2017 by
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More Than Polar Bears

Posted on April 10, 2017 by

 Berlin-based German illustrator Christoph Niemann has created a charming visual diary of a seafaring expedition to the Arctic for National Geographic, told as an interactive story with illustrations, animation, photos and videos along with handwritten text. North: An Illustrated Travelogue is a click-through … Continue reading →

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How To Design Book Covers

Posted on March 16, 2017 by

h/t Tom Gauld

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