Dark Comedy
Laugh because it hurts.
Laugh because it hurts.
Posted by dave
I’ve been waiting for this to pop up on youtube for two years now. It was made by Daniel Nocke, it’s all in German, it’s filled with awkward animals, and I love it.
Posted by jon
Okay, so this certainly isn’t the first time someone has made a comic out of pixel art. But a couple things set Super Oors World apart. First, is the pleasing lack of text—making this essentially a “silent” comic. Second, it’s completely Creative Commons licensed, including the sprite characters themselves, so that you can make your own comic. Oh yeah, and it’s also funny, which helps!
Link to: Super Oors World
Posted by ted
A comedic guide to life by pseudonymous Winston Rowntree with anthropomorphic animals. I wish someone had given this to me as a kid. I could have handled it.
Link to: Virus Comix
Posted by dave
TotemX makes flipbooks. Lots of flipbooks. He then records himself flipping through them and adds foley. Yes.
Link to: TotemX’s FunnyOrDie Channel
Posted by jon
In addition to their great Lasagna Cat and Infinite Solutions series, Fatal Farm has made a collection of videos in which they take intro music (and sometimes footage) from famous television intros and remix them with very entertaining results. Embedded above is the intro for Duck Tales. My other favorites include Alf, Doogie Howser, The Golden Girls, and Knight Rider.
Link to: Fatal Farm TV Themes
Posted by jon
The Parking Lot is Full is the first web comic I ever remember reading, back in 1996 when I was still connecting to the internet using AOL. Retired since 2002, the comic’s lasting legacy seems to be the Goofy Time meme, started by this comic. I remember PLIF as my first experience with a whole genre of excessively dark, overly conceptual web comics (the best of which is probably the Perry Bible Fellowship.) While PLIF is certainly hit or miss, and suffers from a now somewhat dated 90’s pop culture bashing aesthetic—I still find stuff to enjoy in it after all this time—it’s just so strange.
Link to: The Parking Lot is Full
Posted by jon
Dave Firth, flash animator, is best known for Salad Fingers and Burnt Face Man. Though those series are great, I also get a lot of enjoyment out of Mr. Firth’s occasional (and less well known) one-off animations. Here are two conceptual shorts I found amusing.
Link to: The Men From Upstairs | The Latest Model
Posted by dave
As always, there were some amazing shorts in this year’s Animation Show. This was one of the best. Stefan Muller’s got it going on.
Link to: Basement Pictures Animation
Posted by julie
Derrick is not a person’s name. It’s the name of this sketch comedy group.
Also check out their sketch "Mafia," which appears to all be done in one shot, demonstrating some impressive acting and comedic timing.
Link to: Derrick
Posted by dave
Dony Permedi submitted this as his graduate thesis at The School of Visual Arts. In case you didn’t know, SVA has a Masters of Being God Damn Adorable program.
Link to: "Kiwi!" at Dony’s Animation
Posted by dave
I caught this at Animation Show last year. Run Wrake is a sick, twisted bastard.
