Video moment: Bronte Sister Power Dolls

If I lived in a world where this was real, I'd be so happy. In truth, it is a fake commercial by Phil Lord and Chris Miller made in 1998 for a series of educational shorts about action figures based on historical figures. It was never aired. Thank god for YouTube.

The Jonah Hex motion comic

Here's the trailer for the series, now available on iTunes, Amazon Video on Demand, Xbox Live / Zune Market Place and the PlayStation Network. More info here.

If a real Spider-Man fought crimes, it would look something like this

   An Australian comics shop owner who was dressed as Spider-Man for his Free Comic Book Day festivities confronted a real life perp, who tried to steal a $150 X-Man Omnibus. ... Michael Baulderstone, 45, owner of the Adelaide Comics Center, said he was dressed as Marvel comics character Spider-Man for Saturday's international "free comic book day," which promotes literacy, when a customer without a costume grabbed a $150 book, the "X-Man Omnibus," from a window display, The Times of London reported Monday. Another employee of the store, who was dressed as the Flash, and other customers, dressed as Jedi Knights, helped subdue the suspect until police arrived. ...Finally, as the video shows, a real life Spider-man's crime solving would involve walking around holding a ruck-sack.

Gorillaz secret guest stars

Reader Maclaine Diemer alaerted us to this new Gorillaz video which, in addition to being just excellent, features a couple of guest stars. One is obvious -- the star of many comic-bookical movies. The other -- appearing at around the 4:00 mark -- could be an homage to another well known character? Since this is the first part of an evolving story, perhaps this mysterious figure will be back in future installments.

Adèle Blanc-Sec — the movie

Luc Besson has directed a flim version of Jacques Tardi’s great comics heroine, Adéle Blanc-Sec, a sort of one woman BPRD of Steampunk. The fim has just been released in France but has no US distribution plans yet (Boooo!) Fantragraphics will release an Adele Blanc-Sec book later this year. More at io9. PS: here’s the [...]

CARTOON COLLEGE documentary trailer

CARTOON COLLEGE is a documentary by Tara Wray and Josh Melrod about the Centre for Cartoon Studies. They’ve just released a new trailer, and while the film’s not finished yet, it is looking good. There aren’t any titles or names in the trailer, so how many cartoonists can you recognize?

BONUS Lost video: Sawyer learns genealogy

A montage of Sawyer saying “Son of a bitch!”

What do you DO with a kraken, anyway?

Via Vulture . And more Kraken videos, just because it’s hump day:

Video Parade: Samsung, Matt Thurber, Lego Runner

Johanna Draper Carlson points us to this Samsung ad for a phone that enables a moody cartoonist who looks more like a magician to draw comics. The art looks a bit like Lee Bermejo? A trailer for 1-800-MICE that will set the day off nicely, we believe. And via Topless Robot, a Lego version [...]

Daily Video: SNL’s Scrooge McDuck

Somehow missed Andy Samberg as Scrooge McDuck last fall.

Feel Good Video of the Day: Dwarfed Punk

Let’s get this party started quickly. (Via Rob Bricken)

The SHOCKING TRUTH!!! — Updated

Yow! You’ll never believe it but that Kinsey girl on MySpace was really a Marvel viral video campaign! The final video launched last night and shows Kinsey (played by Megan Sherlock) finding out her brother has been replaced by a Skrull. The videos were written by Marvel’s own Jim McCann and Ben Morse, and directed [...]

James Jean Prada video

Prada Animation – Trembled Blossoms from kwest on Vimeo. Pretty pretty.

P. Craig Russell discusses SANDMAN: THE DREAM HUNTERS

Via YouTube Craig is profiled by the local paper . . . and we get a sneak peek at his adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s SANDMAN: THE DREAM HUNTERS. This is a preview scene from “Lurid Chief” Wayne Alan Harold’s upcoming DVD profile of Craig, titled SOUND INTO IMAGE: THE ART OF P. CRAIG RUSSELL.

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