I've been a fan of the work of the Aardman Studios for a long time. I realised Nick Park and his team of animators were geniuses when they made the chicken penguin from The Wrong Trousers menacing by the way it blinked.

Their latest animated children's series, Shaun the Sheep, is now airing on the BBC (BBC1 at 3.45pm every weekday since Monday; ( Read more... )

There are many occasions when I am thankful for living in the Age of the Internet and possessing high-speed broadband.

Such as today, when my husband introduced me to the demented animated creations of Don Hertzfeldt, of Bitter FilmsI'll link to three of his deranged films. The humour will not appeal to everyone, and much of it is not worksafe ( Read more... )