NORMAN PETTINGILL WAS AN AVID TRAPPER WHO SPENT HIS QUIET TIME MAKING THESE LARGE SCALE, FULLY INKED POST CARDS. HE LIKED A CLEAN HOUSE AND KEEPING UP WITH DISTANT FRIENDS LIKE ROBERT CRUMB. ENJOY.
“CONSUMING SPIRITS”
CHICAGO ANIMATOR AND PERFORMANCE ARTIST CHRIS SULLIVAN PREVIEWS HIS MOST RECENT ANIMATION, A PROJECT THAT HAS REQUIRED OVER A DECADE OF WORK AND COLLABORATION. SEE IT HERE-
Glorious beauty! The great and under-utilized, under-appreciated art of the flat puppet.. The cutout animation, a history rich among Eastern European animators and film makers e.g. Yuri Norstein, Ivan Ivanov, etc..
Well, Ryan Bock is not Russian nor is he digitally-concerned; A proud luddite who produces crisp, styleized and sleek-moving imagery free of anything and everything computerized. ENJOY the “CETUS” trailer
“Cetus” is a three year-long project by Chicago animator Ryan Bock and features instrumentals by the strange and brilliant Chris Sullivan!




