kambole campbell

there was a blogpost people were sharing and bravo-ing a couple weeks ago that did this very thing while calling someone ELSE out for making real world comparisons without considering the in-game context - they also elided the racism lmao

ngl I’m getting incredibly frustrated by people treating the allegory of Resident Evil 5 (as a reflection of companies from the global north being an extension of colonialism) as something that negates the fact that the game deals in some real fucking awful racial stereotypes

Somewhere in the heavens, they are blogging An assortment of offerings from two weary freelancers.

3 or 4 things of direct interest to our newsletter dropped almost immediately upon sending so it’s just one of those weeks I guess. here’s me and @thesaintoftous.bsky.social on some trailers and my fave MARATHON vendor: buttondown.com/reframe/arch...

is that DJ Crazy Times

anyway, guess we’ll see how this goes with Watanabe and the One Piece people involved but I cannot help but think of the last time people assumed that his interest in cinematic visual language and somewhat realistic movement meant an easy translation to live action (Netflix Cowboy Bebop)

live action Samurai Champloo already exists and it’s called GHOST DOG

wishing you all the best and a speedy recovery Helen!

really sorry to hear this Matt - hope you land on your feet

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

A longer shorts shortlist Ahead of the 98th Academy Awards, we add some alternatives to this year's animated shorts shortlist.

re:frame #62:

Oscars animated shorts! or rather, some standouts from this year which didn’t make the cut. (mostly) curated by wonderful guest contributor @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social! buttondown.com/reframe/arch...

shout outs to juan for helping out with today's re:frame send!

A screenshot of a trans mermaid serving cunt and kicking their leg up exactly like I would, taken from Cynthia Calvi's Gigi.

biggest thanks to @kambole.bsky.social @thesaintoftous.bsky.social @rollinbishop.com for letting me hop in here and write about some of my favorite shorts of last year (most of which are linked to in the newsletter!) while also trying to coax people into watching hundred year old shorts too 💕

A longer shorts shortlist Ahead of the 98th Academy Awards, we add some alternatives to this year's animated shorts shortlist.

the hottest oscars discourse comes from me and kambole this friday afternoon, writing about a bunch of animated shorts that were eligible but, heartbreakingly, did not score nominations this year.

A longer shorts shortlist Ahead of the 98th Academy Awards, we add some alternatives to this year's animated shorts shortlist.

re:frame #62:

Oscars animated shorts! or rather, some standouts from this year which didn’t make the cut. (mostly) curated by wonderful guest contributor @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social! buttondown.com/reframe/arch...

The Elastic Worlds of the Looney Tunes With insights from The Day The Earth Blew Up director Peter Browngardt, we salute the mad, mad, mad, mad worlds of Bugs, Daffy and co.

wrote about da Looney Tunes for @lwlies.com’s new(ish) Big Shorts column! with a lot of great input from director of recent feature The Day The Earth Blew Up, Peter Browngardt:

lwlies.com/big-s/looney...

I interviewed the directors of that incredible animated Gorillaz music video:

Cartoon Saloon Reveals Trailer for ‘Kindred Spirits’ Feature Tomm Moore was at Cartoon Movie to tease his upcoming animated film about an Irish refugee and a Choctaw boy on a magical journey across 1840s America.

EXCLUSIVE: Watch the first teaser for Cartoon Saloon's 'Kindred Spirits,' the new animated feature in development from studio co-founder Tomm Moore ('The Secret of Kells,' 'Song of the Sea'). www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...

WhatsApp message: “[ice spice voice] Juan and Kambole big shorts yay”

shout out to the other Big Shorts contributor @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social: lwlies.com/big-s/sundan...

The Elastic Worlds of the Looney Tunes With insights from The Day The Earth Blew Up director Peter Browngardt, we salute the mad, mad, mad, mad worlds of Bugs, Daffy and co.

wrote about da Looney Tunes for @lwlies.com’s new(ish) Big Shorts column! with a lot of great input from director of recent feature The Day The Earth Blew Up, Peter Browngardt:

lwlies.com/big-s/looney...

Iwao Takamoto was one of the Disney greats. Films like Sleeping Beauty owe a lot to his meticulous lines.

The studio was a kind of home for him -- it was a big change. Just before, he'd been in the camps. We explore the story:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/takamoto-a...

re:frame re:frame is an animation newsletter covering all aspects of animation no matter how small or tangentially related. We aim to be playfully serious and seriously playful, writing about the medium from e...

lastly: an obligatory plug of my animation newsletter: buttondown.com/reframe

adding one more thing because I keep seeing people saying this: they did not make this whole short with cel animation! they made some as reference which they then made digitally. it’s a hybrid process! mix of analogue and digital layered on top of each other until it’s indistinguishable

it’s not! they mirrored the look of cels through digital, they only made a couple of cels but it’s still remarkable that they did.

thank you!!

everything they told me about this project was so cool – as well as the actual book they used, they even showed me a real cel of animation which they made for reference!

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thank you brother 👊🏽

I interviewed the directors of that incredible animated Gorillaz music video:

Another banger c/o @kambole.bsky.social

Tubi, or not to be A sampling of some of the best animated offerings, via the people’s streamer.

Today @thesaintoftous.bsky.social is out here saying what we're all thinking: hot damn, Tubi.

re:frame #61, out now:

De La Soul: Tiny Desk Concert YouTube video by NPR Music

the rendition of Stakes is High in the De La Soul tiny desk video feels like a shot in the arm rn. incredible stuff, RIP DAVE www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AVY...