Have you ever wondered how LEGOs came about? As everyone’s favorite childhood toy celebrates its 80th Anniversary, LEGO has produced this 15-minute animated film telling the brand’s genesis. Formed in 1932 in Denmark by carpenter/toymaker Ole Kirk Christiansen and later developed by his son Godtfred, LEGO of course has blossomed into arguably the most creative [...]

Animation studio Yum Yum London debuts their new collection of figures based on their Happy Food short. The quick 1-minute video was scored by David Kamp and created by YYL’s Beth Algieri and Jonny Plummer, and is a continuation of sorts of their Parallel Parking clip. You can pre-order the collection of 5 vinyl figures here [...]

Seth MacFarlane moves on from TV to features with his first film, Ted. The infamous Family Guy creator voices the title character, an animated Teddy bear from Boston whose best friend, Mark Wahlberg, has just met the girl of his dreams in Mila Kunis. As can be expected, debaucherous activities ensue. Ted opens in theaters [...]

Arguably the most hated (and yet beloved) villain in comic book history, the Joker has had his fair share of highs and lows over the 70+ years he’s been featured in print, television and film. In showcasing his storied history, writer Daniel Wallace’s The Joker: A Visual History of the Clown Prince of Crime looks [...]

While it’s not necessarily capitalism per se when you’re promoting an animation film festival, this still belongs in our odes to well executed commercials. Ogilvy puts together this really clever live action piece to promote the Anim’est International Animation Film Festival in Romania, which goes down the 7th-16th of October in Bucharest…

The infamous NMA.TV do their own Taiwanese animated news interpretation of what the Osama Bin Laden capture/firefight must’ve looked like. I don’t know exactly how accurate this version is, but I do like Obama going up on stage and kicking Donald Trump to the curb. That’s a nice touch…

A beautifully animated and very bizarre — bordering on disturbing — 6-minute animation about a fictional group of mutant children from Chernobyl, titled Chernokids. The short video was made by a group of Frenchies (Matthieu Bernadat, Nils Boussuge, Florence Ciuccoli, Clément Deltour and Marion Petegnief) who will most definitely get some professional work if they [...]

An animated typography interpretation of Conan O’Brien’s farewell address on his last day at NBC. Wow, truly bad ass. I’ve been with Team Coco since Day One (anyone who wrote the “Monorail Song” on The Simpsons has my eternal respect), and his humility and humor in the face of such a stunning career blow only [...]