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Yes, this video has been around for a while, but after watching the recently posted interview with Fred, and thinking about the early days of MTV, this video’s visuals popped into my head.

Directed by Ace Norton, this video for the band Death Cab for Cutie has many elements that remind me of early MTV promos.

Much of Ace’s work has a similar feel, from his other work with Death Cab for Cutie (an homage to Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer“), to his newer stuff (like this Coke commercial).

With so much slick CG stuff in front of us all the time now, I really enjoy seeing animation like this. What do you think?

-Floyd Bishop

This latest issue of Giant Robot Magazine (#55) has an article about Monkmus, who has drawn and animated music videos for the likes of Badly Drawn Boy (hug-fest “Year of the Rat” is seen above), Kid Koala, Death Cab for Cutie, and Los Campesinos. (The interview is not available online–you have to buy the magazine, and you should!)

His real name is Ken Wong. He lives in NYC and is represented by Hornet. You can peruse his Hornet bio page here. Wong went to RISD, animated for The PJs, in-betweened for Prince of Egypt and collaborated with J. Otto Seibold on a webtoon.

Watch his videos on his YouTube page. Then see the tofu balls he had for lunch when he dined with Giant Robot editor Eric Nakamura.

After the jump, his quietly touching bunny-themed video for “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” by Death Cab for Cutie. [Read more…]