Animation Links
Animation Nation
A discussion site frequented by animators and artists, with a gallery, links to independent filmmakers, and more.
Cartoon Brew
Cartoon Brew is a animation news blog, written by Jerry (Cartoon Research) Beck and Amid (Animation Blast) Amidi, and also featuring guest bloggers.
mumbleboy.com
Hypnotic, abstract, beautiful Flash cartoons. Look out for: giant donuts, angelic anime animals, and pulsating patterns. Great soundtracks as well.
Nausicaa.net
A portal for news and information related to director Hayao Miyazaki and his production company, Studio Ghibli. Miyazaki has made a number of wonderful movies, among them Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta (Castle in the Sky) and the zany Lupin III adventure, Castle of Cagliostro.
Art Links
BrianMooreDraws.com
My new art site, featuring watercolor paintings, illustration, cartoons and comics.
Thecatspants.com
The Cat's Pants is the portfolio site of painter John Wimer. He makes absorbingly beautiful portraits and drawings.
Flight discussion board
Discussion board related to the Flight comic anthology series, which debuted in 2004. Many talented artists frequent this board and display their work. Inspiring.
Tadahiro Uesugi Illustration
Mr. Uesugi's work continues to amaze. A must see.
Design Links
Zeldman.com
Jeffrey Zeldman's incisively written site, covering a multitude of web-related topics. Zeldman can be an entertaining writer; his My Glamorous Life series of essays run the gamut from curmudgeonly to heartwarming. He also wrote a pretty funny piece on Lawrence Welk: Postmodernist.
Web Comics Links
Dicebox
Jenn Manley Lee's serialized sf story about "two migrant factory workers in space" features sharp characterization and an oblique storytelling style, slowly filling in the details about heroines Griffin and Molly, and the universe they call home. Catch Jenn's blogs here and here.
Electric Sheep
Patrick Farley creates state-of-the-art online comics in a futuristic vein. His serial "The Spiders", subtitled "An Alternate History of the Afghan War", is one of the better sf stories I've seen in graphic form, and features some ingenious use of the web comic medium.
Narbonic
Shaenon Garrity's comic about a mad scientist (who is herself a clone of an even madder scientist), her gun-happy but cute henchwoman, their collective victim (the lab's IT/engineering guy), and a talking superintelligent gerbil. Shaenon spins a wild yarn.
RadSechrist.com
Rad Sechrist is one of the contributors to the Flight anthology. His cartoon work features humans and anthropomorphic animals who live in ramshackle, steampunk-esque cities and ride on trains that seem to be held together by a few rivets and good faith. A talent to watch.
Scary-Go-Round
John Allison's elegantly designed comedic supernatural adventure, which crosses easily between "spooky" whimsy and genuine creepiness. Lately it's been more whimsical.
Smithson
"Smithson" is the relaunch of Shaenon Garrity's series "More Fun", originally drawn by Robert Stevenson and Roger Langridge. I took over art duties on the strip in November 2005.
"Smithson" has it all: a superhero in a miner's helmet and tied-on cape; an a capella group that dabbles in black magic; a dorm RA who synthesizes human skin on fish; the Nonconformist Chair Movement, a shadowy, militant re-decorating group; a handsome DJ that puts Pump Up the Volume-era Christian Slater to shame, and more. Shaenon couldn't tell a boring story if she wanted to. Let's hope I can hold up the art end!
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