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If you want to see some absolutely stunning illustrations, head over the AnimationArchive.org and look at Edmund Dulac's illustrations for The Poetical Works of Edgar Allen Poe (1912). This is about the best there is anywhere.
By the way, the International Animated Film Society is creating a virtual archive of animation. They plan to digitize thousands of animated films for public access and research. The Animation Archive site is part of that effort. If you want to know why someone would create an archive of animation, read this.
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Oh wow! Here's something amazing. An old radio suspense series from the late 1940's. It's called 'Quiet Please.' The shows were written and created by Wyllis Cooper. The main actor was Ernest Chappell. It was played on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1947 through 1949.
It is widely regarded as one of the greatest radio dramas ever created. When you listen to these you will see where TV's 'Twilight Zone' found its inspiration. You can't beat this stuff. Now I want to go out and buy an old radio just to listen to these.
I'm giving these shows a good, thorough listen while forming ideas for Candlelight's own suspense audio stories.
You can get a huge listing of 'Quiet Please' episodes from a site called, 'QuietPlease.org.' Turn out the lights, disconnect the phone and let your computer play these brilliantly frightening dramas for you.
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Here's an animated short by David Chai that was part of the Sundance Film Festival. It looks like the best one to me. It's called 'Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot.'
It's a charming, funny story, with excellent drawing.
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Dreamworks has a fun behind-the-scenes clip in QuickTime format about 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.'
It's not long, but it has shots of the miniature sets and plasticine figures used to make the movie. It's fun to pause the film and look at the clutter of cool stuff the Aardman animators use.
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There's a French school of animation called Gobelins and the students there produce some extraordinary animations. These animators consistently create films that get worldwide attention and play at the Annecy festival.
This one's called 'Le Piment.'
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Comic artist Kazu Kibuishi has posted a complete tutorial on how he draws his 'Copper' comics. He covers penciling, lettering, inking, and coloring in Photoshop.
You can also see a bunch of his completed comics.
Where did I hear about this? A great site called Drawn!
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Another Ub Iwerks cartoon from the early 1930s. This guy invented everything that made Disney famous and when he left to start his own studio, Disney was not able to recover the spark of irreverent genius that Iwerks had lent the company.Click Here to Watch 'Aladdin's Lamp'
You'll need a player that handles MP4 video files. Quicktime does this.This video file comes from the Internet Archive, where you can find thousands of public domain movies.Where did I hear about this? A great site called Vintage ToonCast. Check them out.
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