New Alice In BlankLand Pilot Clip! One of my proudest pieces of #animation thus far is on Alice here! Lots of work to keep her feeling lively with tons of personality choices inspired by the great Melissa Medina ( Her VA ). & All the same with Maddie's vocal lifeblood in Brenna Thornton!
( An indie-animated 80s spin on the classic Wondelrand fairytale!
Expecting a typical summer, two sisters: the optimist Alisson Carol Downs ( A.K.A Alice, AGE 9 ) & the punk-rocker Maddison Carol Downs ( A.K.A Maddie, AGE 19 ) fall down into a massive black hole underneath their town of Peaksville Pennsylvania.
With their cat, Cheshire, along with their quirky neighbors, they uncover an endlessly changing labyrinth of secrets, magic & horrors beyond imagination.
Alice ( voiced by Melissa Medina ) & Maddie ( voiced by Brenna Thornton ) now have to learn more about themselves, eachother & their neighbors in order to save them from this liminal nightmare! )
Would she ever just
The time has come, and we need your help! Zipped Up has been in development since December of 2023, and our hardworking team deserves compensation for their hard work thus far, and for future. Introducing ... the ZIPPED UP KICKSTARTER! Launching April 2nd all the way to June 2nd, we are more than ready to get this show on the road! Backers will receive rewards, behind the scenes updates, and much more! If you'd like to see Zipped Up come into fruition sooner rather than later, feel free to share this Kickstarter link with your friends and family! We will be in pre-launch until April 2nd, 2025, meaning it is completely free to sign up for our email list! Thank you so much for all of your support thus far, as the BlipToons team could not be anymore grateful for the love and support we have received in the year of progress we've made so far!
Craig and His Big Peanut Head
Based on a post by @missplayer30
No, you guys don't understand. This is HUGE.
In 1968, a schoolteacher named Harriet Glickman wrote to Charles Schulz, the Peanuts creator, and asked if he could introduce a black character to the comic strip. Schulz wrote back that he had thought about doing so but he was afraid that the character would come off as too "patronizing" or stereotypical. The two then began writing back and forth, with Glickman helping Schulz develop the character of Franklin.
As expected, there was pushback. A lot of people argued that Schulz only created Franklin for "political reasons" (kinda like how people accuse things of being 'woke'). One teacher from the South wrote to Schluz, saying they didn't mind a black character being in the comics, but they didn't like that Franklin was in a classroom with white students. The newspapers even threatened to cut the strip completely. Schulz simply said "Either you print it as I draw it, or I quit."
Now, over 56 years later and during Black History month no less, Franklin is front and center for a Peanuts special. This is absolutely amazing and we should be talking about it
!! FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING !!
A small editing exercise I made as a love letter to TV animation. I hope it's as overwhelming as I intended it to be. Sorry if I didn't get your fave in, I ran out of room faster than I thought!
#comic #comics #graphic novel #Tiffany's Griffon
The book I made with Magnolia Porter Siddell is OUT on shelves today! If you pick it up at your local bookstore or library, I hope you enjoy reading it. In the meantime, you can listen to the official theme song, or design your own griffon with Tiffany's Griffon-Maker on Picrew.
Never Forget the Reign of Terror waged against Muslims (and by extension, Sikhs profiled as being Muslim) in the nearly two decades following 9/11.