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A Year of Free (Animated) Comics: Cuteness and Canibalism in Philippa Rice and Luke Pearson’s “Soft Spot”

01/09/2019 6:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald Leave a Comment

A Year of Free (Animated) Comics: Cuteness and Canibalism in Philippa Rice and Luke Pearson’s “Soft Spot”

Need to take a break from reality with something cute and sweet?

Filed Under: Cartoons, Free Comics, News Tagged With: Luke Pearson, Philippa Rice, sister bffs, soft spot, stop motion animation, we like to eat human meat

24 Hours of Halloween: Calliope combines toys, animation and a spooky vibe

10/31/2015 3:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

24 Hours of Halloween: Calliope combines toys, animation and a spooky vibe

If you liked Coraline, you’ll probably like Calliope, a proposed stop motion film that’s a collaborations bwteen the world of designer toys (Circus Posterus’ toy designers Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters), stop-motion innovator and Annie Awards Special Achievement recipient Martin Meunier (Coraline) and filmmaker Jon Schnepp (The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened). It’s currently being Kickstarted, and if it isn’t quite a Halloween thing, it certainly fits in with the mood of the season.

Filed Under: Crowdfunding, Helloween!, Holidays, Top News Tagged With: calliope, Crowdfunding, stop motion animation, Top News

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