Don Hertzfeldt‘s latest short film, Everything Will Be OK, has just won the Jury Prize for Short Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival. The film will also be screening along with some of the best animated shorts from around the world in The Animation Show: Year 3. To find out when the show will be traveling through your town, check out the schedule over at the official site.
The prolific and energetic Michel Gagné has just posted a small preview of Zed #8, featuring KRAH, the loudest heavy metal band in the universe. On top of having an epic 36-page story in Flight 4 and producing his own independent comic books, Michel has been hard at work on an upcoming animated feature film. As always, Michel continues to inspire and motivate the rest of us.
One of my frequent stops on the web these days is Jeff Smith’s production blog. It’s full of great Bone-related news, commentary, and some excellent production process images from the upcoming Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil mini-series for DC Comics.
Here’s an interview with Jeff over at Newsarama.
Ryan Estrada, world traveler and comic artist, has begun working on his newest crazy idea. He’ll be posting video podcasts from his adventures around the world. I’m always wondering what he’s up to on his travels, so this should be interesting. Here’s the first video.
A new all-ages webcomics collective has been launched, called Lunchbox Funnies. From their website:
The term “all-ages†has become something of a mantra for our creators. We’ve each been working towards creating highly entertaining comics that can be enjoyed by beginning readers, teenagers, and adults alike. We’re convinced that “all-ages†doesn’t mean “just for kids,†but rather it’s a label that should apply to entertainment that allows for shared experiences across generational lines. Our creators benefited greatly from quality all-ages entertainment growing up, but these days stories that can be enjoyed by children and adults seem incredibly rare. Lunchbox Funnies wants to change that.
The collective includes comics such as Ryan Estrada’s Aki Alliance, Dave Roman’s Astronaut Elementary, Dean Trippe’s Butterfly, Ovi Nedelcu’s Lunchbox, Ryan Sias’ Silent Kimbly, and more! Or just pop over to the Lunchbox Funnies website and check out all the comics for yourself.
Paul Harmon has just launched a new weekly webcomic, Welcome to Falling Oaks. Paul describes the series:
“When a young girl’s bunny mysteriously becomes monstrously large, the inhabitants of Falling Oaks begin to take it upon themselves to uncover the mystery for their own personal endeavors. As the mystery unfolds so does the veil concealing the strange lives of the people living there. Sometimes it’s best not to know…”
Begin reading the webcomic here.
(Comic Book Resources also has a write-up on the new series).
Once upon a user interface, Vera Brosgol was busy drawing… Microsoft comics! It is pretty sweet.
The Three Trees Make a Forest hardcover has landed! Ronnie has the full scoop and the photos to prove it.
Check it out, then pop over to Amazon.com to place your order.
EDIT: Enrico chimes in to add: “if you are in the L.A. area please buy the book at Nucleus Gallery. As much as it’s great to have the book on Amazon enabling people everywhere to order it, I think it’s important when possible to support your local bookstores.
Furthermore Ben and Nucleus have been key to these three trees coming together. ” 
ChuckBB has been working with the Three Legged Legs on a great little animated short for General Electric, entitled “Samurai.” You can watch the short here, and also check out some of Chuck’s design work by clicking on the “view production stills” link at the bottom of the page.
Rodolphe Guenoden really knows how start off a new year right. He’s updated his website with a ton of gorgeous new sketches of his favourite subject — girls, of course!
Happy New Year, everyone!