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That’s right folks, we’re upping the ante on our St Patrick’s Day 2-Second Cartoon Contest! No second-best for you. The winner of our contest will now be receiving the new and improved version of Nintendo’s handheld device, the Nintendo DSi. This new model features a bigger screen but thinner body, two cameras and more!
BUT you can’t win unless you enter. Visit the contest page here for more details. Entries are due on March 6th. That’s only  8 days away, so get crackin’ on those toons! - Carrie

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That’s right folks! We’re only 12 days away from the deadline of Channel Frederator’s 2-second cartoon contest. The theme is St. Patrick’s Day, so send us your flash cartoons, pencil cartoons, flip books, motion graphics, stop-motion cartoons… whatever it is, we want it!

The best submissions will be featured in our March 17th episode, but one lucky winner will receive a Nintendo DSi!!
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Congratulations to Felipe Zuleta! His film, Big Eater, takes home February’s Cartoon of the Month Prize! Featured in Channel Frederator episode 166, this film follows an epic eating battle. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you might get a little bit hungry.
Felipe will be the recipient of an awesome $100 prize-pack of exclusive Channel Frederator merchandise. I asked Felipe if he had any advice for other budding filmmakers who want to win this prestigious award as well. Felipe’s adice was:

Well, do your best! put everything into your work so you can be proud of it and have no regrets, then bug, bug, and… bug everyone to go into Channel Frederator, see and rate your work! then pray (that’s what I did :P)

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Don’t forget, guys! Channel Frederator is hosting another 2-second animation contest!

After the awesome success of our previous contests, we couldn’t resist having another. This round, the theme is St. Patrick’s Day. Send in your flash cartoons, pencil cartoons, flip books, motion graphics, stop-motion cartoons… whatever it is, we want it!

The best submissions will be featured in our March 17th episode, but one lucky winner will receive a Nintendo DS!!
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Calling all animators!

Channel Frederator is hosting a 2-second animation contest for Saint Patrick’s Day. We want your stop-motion, flash, cartoons, flip books, or any other kind of animation to help us celebrate the day of Irish green cheer. We’ll be featuring the best submissions in our Saint Patrick’s Day episode on March 17th.
One lucky winner will receive a Nintendo DS!

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Joel Trussell has been a long-time contributor to Channel Frederator. In fact, Joel’s film War Photographer was in the second episode to ever air! Every time we show one of his shorts we get a great response. This month, you guys really did your duty!

Joel’s animated music video for Morcheeba’s “Enjoy the Ride” is the winner of our January Cartoon of the Month prize, which means that out of all of the cartoons to run in December, you guys voted his the very best. Because of you, Joel will receive a totally awesome $100 prize pack of extra special Cartoon of the Month Channel Frederator merchandise.

I asked Joel a few questions about the making of the video. Check it out after the jump, and don’t forget to get voting on next month’s Cartoon of the Month! [Read more…]

Animals. Spies. Numbers. Spew. These have a unifying theme, right?

Nope. They do not. And that disorder… is the theme of this week’s episode.

WOAH! I JUST BLEW YOUR MIND!

I joke. If your mind was blown by that, I sincerely apologize. At Channel Frederator, we’re comfy in the knowledge that all of these films are awesome, and that is what is at the heart of this episode.

Awesomeness.

“The Ditching of 2008”, submitted by Floyd Bishop – 2, 0, and 0 decide to give 8 the slip… getting friend dumped is such sweet sorrow. Well, there’s nothing sweet about it, really. Bummer.

“Barfy the Pig: Episode 6”, submitted by Funkadillo – Your favorite vomiting other-white-meat is back!

“Chocolate and Mices”, submitted by Nick Bachman – A group of mice plot to get their paws on some chocolate… just like… in the title. Hm. Perhaps I should go back to construction.

“Snap!shots of the Year”, submitted by Art Grootfontein – Spyparazzi Stanley [Read more…]

Hey, have you been exercising your voting muscles?

I know all of the voting hub-bub surrounding this past November’s US election has waned, but that is no excuse to disregard your civic duty to Channel Frederator. Every month we count on you, our viewers, to rock the vote and tell us which cartoons you loved.

As a result of your community participation, the highest rated cartoon wins a $100 prize-pack of Channel Frederator goodies! Way to give some of your favorite cartoonists some lovin’.

Make sure you click on the ‘read more’ section for the latest episode to click away at those stars!

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Celebrate the swearing in of our new Head of State by watching lots of cartoons!

Then, celebrate the fact that… oh, I dunno, that it’s Tuesday (heck, it only comes around once a week) by watching some more cartoons. Repeat on all of the rest of the days of the week, continuing to watch lots of cartoons.

Check your watch. Does it work? Celebrate with cartoons!

Accidentally swallow a bug? Celebrate with cartoons!

Intentionally swallow a bug? Celebrate with cartoons!

Woo!

“For Sock’s Sake”, submitted by Carlo Vogele – Missing socks are explained, as well as clubbing pants and masochistic laundry. Well, actually, they’re not explained … but they’re all there.

“Island”, submitted by Alexander Gellner – No one says it enough, but it’s hard out here for a Viking.

“2 Scoops of Justice”, submitted by Zachary Lind – Two fanboys don superhero costumes and duke it out.

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What better way to transition into 2009 than with some of our favorite films from Channel Frederator circa 2008! We’re bringing back some excellent cartoons by our favorite artists, plus updates on what they’ve done since we featured them last, what they’re doing now, and what they’ve got lined up for ’09. The past, present, and future of awesome animation is right here on Channel Frederator! Happy New Year!

“Welcome to My Life”, submitted by Elizabeth Ito – A documentary film about a family of monsters just trying to fit in.

“Boxhead and Roundhead: Brothers in Arms”, submitted by Elliot Cowan – Best friends Boxhead and Roundhead are unwittingly pitted against each other in battle.

“Pushkin”, submitted by Trevor Hardy – Sometimes it’s better to let your little lost pet stay lost.

“St Laleeloo”, submitted by Jiwook Kim – A musical monk can resolve any problem with the combined powers of song and dance!

– Bailee DesRocher