Krazy in Kanada
Krazy! The Delirious World Of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art is an exhibit currently on view at the Vancouver Art Gallery. It explores the related fields of comics (including manga and those “serious” graphic novels), animation (including anime), and video game design. Nice roundup at Canadian Art.
The animation section was curated by Tim Johnson, director of Antz and Over the Hedge and these films are highlighted:
GERTIE THE DINOSAUR | 1915
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED | 1926
GERALD McBOING BOING | 1950
BLACK HULA | 1988
AKIRA | 1988
WALLACE & GROMIT in THE WRONG TROUSERS | 1993
OVER THE HEDGE | 2006
PAPRIKA | 2006
Marv Newland is in the exhibit (Black Hula), so that gives me an excuse to insert his most famous creation (and possible the greatest very short animated film ever), “Bambi Meets Godzilla”, here:
If you want to catch up with what Marv is up to these days, he was recently interviewed on a favorite podcast of mine, Inkstuds. Inkstuds is a Canadian “Radioshow About Comic Books” which also covers animation-related creators on occasion. The Newland interview is here.
Some other interviews in the archives that may be of interest: Tony Millionaire (his barf-happy bird will star in a Drinky Crow series for Cartoon Network), Peter Bagge (of Hate fame), and a fascinating no-holds-barred three parter with Kim Deitch (1,2,3).
PS: If you can’t make it to Canada, there’s a catalog coming out this summer.
PPS: There were no subsidies involved in the writing of this blog entry.
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