Recently Muttpop Bob was telling you about THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, the animation who traumatized him. If you follow this link, you'll find an excerpt of RA, a French short movie that I've seen in 1984. I wasn't traumatized because I was too old already but I still think it's one of the scariest piece of art I've seen in my life. I know at some point it was released on a tape with a few other shorts. If somebody could find me a copy, he'll get a nice gift!

I didn't know why but this morning I woke up thinking about TAVARES, a disco band form the seventies that I didn't even like. I made a search, found this picture and realized why I though about them: because of their amazing look!

We don't know anything about him... yet. Art by Gobi.

This is something we're thinking about. A series of super deformed LUCHADORES FIVE toys.

I recently rediscovered one of those films that traumatized me as an 80s kid: the claymation feature film "The Adventures of Mark Twain". In it, Tom Sawyer and friends journey through various recreations of Mark Twain's stories. The characters had a wrinkly charm that made them oddly beautiful. But then came the mysterious stranger. That sequence mesmerized and frightened me to no end. Recently I have discovered that this movie was the creation of Will Vinton. Will Vinton was the Nick Park of the 1980s. If there was a great piece of claymation, chances were that it was done by Vinton Studios. I'll showcase some of my favorite Vinton claymation pieces in the coming weeks.

This is some early research for Mr. Armageddon and his Creatures. I left the images in high res so you can have a perfect idea of Bill's amazing talent.