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It’s time for the Cartoon of the Month prize to go out! I’m excited to announce that Gabe Swarr’s What the Shell?!?! is our April Winner! What the Shell?!?! is a perfect example of what happens when a particular Koopa Trooper gets fed up with Mario’s squashing antics. The results change Mario forever!
Check this funny 8-bit inspired short out in Channel Frederator Episode 124. Or, read the interview that Jeaux Janovsky did with creator Gabe Swarr here. Gabe will receive the prized Channel Frederator Cartoon of the Month prize pack with $100 worth of goodies. Congrats Gabe! - Carrie

Congratulations to Eve Weinberg and Ryan Suffern for winning February’s Cartoon of the Month Award! This very deserving pair will win a special $100 prize pack of super-special Cartoon of the Month Channel Frederator Merchandise. Freewheel features a plethora of musical critters, my favorite being the cello-playing manatees. You can check out the official CF interview by Jeaux Janovsky here, or head back over to episode 117 for another glance at Freewheel. Wish you were one of our amazing award-winners? Well you don’t have a chance unless you submit your cartoons! Click here to submit your own cartoon. - Carrie

Tis gettin’ to be about that time again, folks. As primary fever sweeps across the US, we have our own little primary here at Channel Frederator - the Cartoon of the Month. That’s right, every 15th of the month, you get the chance to have your voice heard.
Click away at those little stars and vote for your favorite Channel Frederator cartoons. February’s Cartoon of the month includes episodes 114, 115, 116 and 117. Click those links, refresh yourself on the episodes, and get clickin’ so you can win your favorite submitter a $100 prize pack of choice, specialized Channel Frederator Merchandise. You can vote once an hour for your favorites up until noon EST on Friday 2/15. - Carrie

We have a winner, folks! I present to you FOT - Champion of the World submitted by Alex Dron. The people have spoken and the decision is made. Alex will receive the awesome Channel Frederator Cartoon of the Month prize-pack, plus the fame and recognition that comes with being a Cartoon of the Month award recipient. Alex, thanks for submitting a great cartoon that our viewers clearly loved and adored. And thanks, viewers, for voting! If you want to know more about Alex, be sure to check out the interview that Jeaux did with him here.
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Congratulations to submitter Allan Dye! His cartoon, A.D.D. Jane, featured in Channel Frederator Episode 107, is December’s Cartoon of the Month! Allan will be the lucky recipient of a $100 prize pack of awesome Channel Frederator goodies. Be sure to send us some action shots of you and your goodies Allan, and congratulations. As for you viewers and voters, keep on clicking those stars for your favorite cartoons! Voting ends for next month’s Cartoon of the Month in only 29 days!

The results are in, and it looks like “Sub” by Jesse Schmal is December’s winner. Check it out on Channel Frederator Episode 62. Quite a trip.

So Jesse, how did you come up with the idea behind “Sub”?

“The idea was made from lifting several characters and props from the sketchbooks I made during a year in Rome for school. I’m very insecure and inexperienced when it comes to writing anything resembling a script, so I basically took the characters I thought I’d have the most fun drawing and put them all in one place. The submarine being little and coming out of the fountain….hmm….I think I had a submarine drawing that turned into a moth or something. Moths are small, right? Right. I know, weird. But then the mini-submarine became this link between all the characters, and I figured out what each character would do with the submarine to get themselves [Read more…]

Episode 53

When death comes a-knockin’, make sure he has the right address…

A hearty congrats goes out to Austin Madison for hisCal Arts film, “The Ending”, which not only won the Student Choice Award of this year’s CalArts Producer’s Show, but has now won Cartoon of the Month as voted by Channel Frederator viewers far and wide. Download Episode 53 to check it out, or click here to read my post on it.

It comes as no surprise that Austin and his talented-ness has been snapped up by Pixar. For those of you who caught my previous Dreamworks blooper, thank you.

Thanks again Austin for the wonderful film!

Melissa

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Congrats go out to Dael Oates, Animal Logic, and Telementry Orchestra for their excellently awesome music video. They have won Cartoon of the Month of September!

In this impressive vid, a boy and girl attempt to reunite in a surreal train chase set to some great tunes.

Check it out by downlading Episode 49 or visit iTunes!

Melissa

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Congratulations are awarded to Red Rover Studios for scoring the first EVER Cartoon of the Month award. Their February submission of “Plumber” on Episode 18 scored a 4.2 out of 5 points.

Thanks so much to everyone involved with the making of and submission of this film. Truly outstanding. To read more about this film, click here.

And don’t forget to vote for your March favorites HERE at the Channel Frederator website!

Melissa