It's the History Eraser Button, You Fool!

Ren and Stimpy is my favorite cartoon show of all-time! Ren's psychotic rages, the nonsensical adventures, the parodied "cat and dog" genre, and of course the amazing music! It was very intense to watch as a child and I was obsessed! I used to get in trouble on the school bus in elementary school for reenacting scenes. It's been a while, but I have been watching the DVDs so much lately that I thought I should post my favorite cartoon moment EVER! I've been doing a ton of research on guys like Alan Watts and some other philosophers, tryin to find deeper meaning, ya know, and its real draining on the brain so after a couple of hours of that I always watch Ren and Stimpy to clear my head. This scene comes from the "Space Madness" episode. I recommend watching the episode(shit quality) in its entirety. Ren absolutely kills me in this scene and the music fits his mood perfectly! Enjoy!

That's a Spicy Meatball

Saw Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs last week, and was blown away! This is a real cartoon, from start to finish. With all due respect to Pixar, Meatballs is THE cartooniest CG feature I've seen. The characters squash and stretch. Most of them have really interesting designs. They have funny walk and run cycles. And in the style of real cartoons, the character's eyes pop out, their mouths curl and gape and fly all over the place. I also dig the comedy and cast of voices: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell, and James Caan



Another great thing to note is the female lead named Sam, who is the first woman main character in decades worth of animated films to have a personality beyond the typical uptight, cynical, everything-is-in-control female role. Sam has cartoon double takes, freak outs, goof ups, and moves funny just like the rest of the characters around her. This alone is something no other CG film does.

This post isn't much else than a simple beginning entry to share all the cool concept artwork for Cloudy that I've been collecting on the intenet. These pieces are credited to artists Pete Oswald, Armand Serrano, Kris Pearn and David Gibson. If you really like this movie and the art, check out the art-of book!