Text - We are become pals (Joey Comeau and Jess Fink)

There are a number things I enjoy on internet and sharing those is what this blog is all about.
Curiously, one of the one's I indulge in on a daily basis (webcomics!) hasn't gotten much coverage here.
Well this post isn't about webcomics either...

Today I'd like to share a series of short fiction written by Joey Comeau and illustrated by Jess Fink.

Ok, so why the windup about webcomics? Well, I first discovered Joey Comeau through "a softer world", a series he is creating in conjunction with Emily Horne. A softer world uses captions and pictures to create single standing episodes, three frames and a handful of lines to tell a story, stories that pack a punch. They are at times tragic, bitter, sweet, funny, random, and everything in between or any combination of the previous and many other things.
Well, recently, I found out that Joey Comeau was working with Jess Fink (who does just the right illustrations for these texts) on a series of short stories aptly named "We are become pals" featuring the (mis?)adventures of two teenage girls called Helen and Jane (pictured below). I feel as if I should put up an excerpt, but the chapter/stories are so short there wouldn't be much point. Lets just say I strongly recommend these stories to anyone who likes reading and Calvin & Hobbes.
The first part of "We are become pals" can be found here.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! : j


Joey Comeau:
    Livejournal
    His books (some available for reading online)
    Twitter

Jess Fink:
    Her website with links to her blog, comics, art gallery, and more.

Video - "Splitscreen: a love story" JW Griffiths

This video has been buzzing in the web, and I can see why: it's sweet and its execution is flawless.

It won the 2011 Nokia Shorts competition, and get this: it was shot entirely on a Nokia N8 mobile phone!

Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo.

Video - "Anchored" by Lindsey Olivares

Whilst I don't particularly recognize St Valentine's day as being any more exceptional than other days of the year, I celebrate love no less today.

So, allow me to present Lindsey Olivares and her senior thesis at Ringling College of Art and Design... You can find out more about her on her blog (which is full of her artwork) and take a look at her portfollio!
And now for her creation (pst... watch it fullscreen, it's worth it):


Coincidentally, today, I'd like to tell you that I love you. ; j
Thanks for reading! Happy valentines! 

Video - "Eye of the storm" by Lovett

Ben Lovett is a man of many skills... I first encountered him in through the music he composed for a nifty psycho-horror film called the signal. Well, here he is again with a steam-punky animation music video:



His website.
His online radio, check out some of his work!

Video - Khoda (Animation made from paintings)

This is an awesome animation made from 6000 paintings by Reza Dolatabadi.
There are 20 paintings per second, and it took him over 2 years to complete this astounding student project!

Video - Doll face (cyberpunk short)

This is a beautiful and depressing CGI short (4.13mn) created by Andy Huang. It's about... I'll let you find out for yourself.

Video - Maya (dark cyberpunk short)

This is a wonderful and rather dark cyberpunk short... It pushes all the right cyberpunk buttons in all the right ways.


Maya (final Cut)

Video - Craziest (the awesome scrabble video)

A dark short story by Liz Dubelman. The truth you didn't know abut the meaning of scrabble.

Animation - Cleverman

This made me laugh... A short 7.20min animation piece from studio joho (studiojoho.com) about modern life.
Ridiculously cute but not cutesy at all.

Animation - Vincent

Tim Burton, back in 82, made a stop-animation short (6 minutes) in tribute to his childhood idol Vincent Price.

Vincent Price does the narration in the short. Worth watching for anybody who appreciates Poe, Burton, Emily Strange, Katie Towell... Or a bit of gently macabre humor with elegant wordplay.