A Story in 4 Animated Shorts
December 11, 2009 11:39 AM   Subscribe

The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. Comics creator Dash Shaw made a series of short animations.

The music in this is really rad. There's also a book that collects the the story boards and some comics short stories. For being so young, I think Dash is doing some really great stuff with comics. He is spearheading the new movement in the comics medium. 20 years from now, people will look at back at Dash as the Charles Burns of this generation.
posted by Olive Oil (13 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: you may be unclear on the "no friends link, no self link" rule but this guy publishes through the company you work for which moves it into terrifically not okay territory. -- jessamyn



 
I'm so sick of these fucking hipster artists coming back from the dead like they're Tup---oh wait, nevermind. Sorry.
posted by nasreddin at 11:41 AM on December 11, 2009


He is spearheading the new movement in the comics medium. 20 years from now, people will look at back at Dash as the Charles Burns of this generation.

The key to success, in posting as in life, is to underpromise and overdeliver.
posted by DU at 11:52 AM on December 11, 2009


The key to success, in posting as in life, is to underpromise and overdeliver.

I am not going to apologize for being enthusiastic and excited about something I enjoy. I posted this because I thought others might appreciate it. You don't have to be cruel because I am expressing my thoughts on a person I believe in. It is okay if you don't agree with me. But, there is really no need to start tossing out negative cliché advice.
posted by Olive Oil at 11:59 AM on December 11, 2009


Hi there penis. May want to put a NSFW tag. I mean, I know you said it was unclothed and all, but still.
posted by scrutiny at 12:03 PM on December 11, 2009


But I thought it was interesting. Haven't got to the other eps yet as I am, well, at work.
posted by scrutiny at 12:04 PM on December 11, 2009


Uh, I'm not being cruel. I haven't even looked at it yet. I'm just saying that if you present something as a cure for cancer and then it's merely really amazingly good, people are going to be disappointed and make negative comments about it falling short of "the hype".
posted by DU at 12:09 PM on December 11, 2009


Your profile says that you work for Fantagraphics. As much as I like comics, I dislike shills. Please go market elsewhere.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 12:11 PM on December 11, 2009


Cool find! I love folk-art visions of the future...I hope to god the actual future looks this hand-made.

It kills me that nice work like this often ends up on some site like IFC that can't stream it fluidly. Jumpy abstract animation does NOT benefit from long freezes mid penis-shot.

I'd recommend putting it on Vimeo, they have their act together.

Also, DU is totally right. Just enjoy art for what it is, here and now, and let history take care of itself. The best possible way to kill an artist is to tell him he's the next ___________.
posted by chronkite at 12:19 PM on December 11, 2009


Your profile says that you work for Fantagraphics. As much as I like comics, I dislike shills. Please go market elsewhere.

Ha! Yeah, I work at a comic company, because I love comics and comics art. That is why I posted this. So others might enjoy this as much as I did.
posted by Olive Oil at 12:21 PM on December 11, 2009


/makes popcorn, settles in for the evening
posted by HuronBob at 12:24 PM on December 11, 2009


You work for the publisher of the book you linked to. That's not good.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 12:25 PM on December 11, 2009 [1 favorite]


That full minute AD for Crown Royal was great!
posted by gcbv at 12:39 PM on December 11, 2009


This thread looks like it may be deleted anyway but this, posted by DU:

Uh, I'm not being cruel. I haven't even looked at it yet


Would it kill you to RTFA before you snark?
posted by Rumple at 12:59 PM on December 11, 2009


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