Aniboom's Marvel Motion Comics Competition has found its Wildcard Finalists!

We're proud to announce that animators Luis Felipe Nunez Velazquez's and Arnaud Faure have been chosen by Marvel's Judges Panel as our complete Motion Comics Wildcard Finalists.  They are now in the running for the Grand Prize consisting of $10,000 and their work showcased on Marvel.com.

Check out Luis's "Fragmented Memories" and Arnaud's "Nova: All For One" now, along with the finished Motion Comics from our Five Finalists!

And remember, on November 16th we announce the Grand Prize Winner!

Well gang, it's been a heck of a week here at Aniboom!

All three competitions, changed stages, and are all heading down the home stretch to three Grand Prize Winners!

In our History Channel Competition, we ended our Wildcard Submissions stage.  Now, Aniboom community members can view, rate, and comment on the 79 animations vying for a slot alongside our Five Finalists to go for the Grand Prize of $10,000 and a $15,000 Development Deal with History.  The Wildcards will be announced on or around November 18th--so it ain't over yet!

On the Marvel front, we closed Wildcard Submissions, and will be announcing the Wildcard Finalists on or around November 9th (this coming Monday!).  Then, after a week of nail-biting and Motion Comics watching, we'll announce the $10,000 Grand Prize Winner, whose work will be showcased on #1 comic book site Marvel.com.

We were also thrilled to announce the Five Finalists for FOX and Aniboom's Holiday Animation Challenge--our Grand Prize Winner will be announced on or around November 17th, and until then we encourage Aniboom's animators to keep watching, rating, and talking about the incredible animations.

Our Youtube Videos of the Day were our Marvel Finalists, and have garnered thousands of hits already--check them out on our channel and help our Motion Comics masters take in tons o' hits!

It was a big week this week, but they're only getting bigger and bigger!  We wouldn't have it any other way!

Let your voice be heard!

Aniboom and HISTORY's The People Speak Competition is now closed to Wildcard submissions, which means only one thing--it's now open for your votes and comments!

Wildcard animations from animators all around the world have poured in, and we want to know what your favorites are!  The Wildcard Finalists, which will be announced on or around November 18th, will join the Five Finalists in the running for a $10,000 Grand Prize and Development Deal with HISTORY!

Check 'em out now!

We're proud to announce the Five Finalists in Aniboom and FOX's Holiday Animation Challenge!

We garnered over 500 animations from animators hailing from 22 countries around the world!  After months of submitting, voting, commenting, and nail-biting, we can finally reveal to you FOX's top Five!  Those Aniboom animators, now awarded a cool $5,000, now go for it all: a $10,000 Grand Prize and Development Deal with FOX!

Without further ado, here are your Five Finalists:

• Jay Malone's "Santa Intervention"--the rude, crude, and hilarious story of Santa’s stay at an overeaters’ center, and what it took to get old Saint Nick back on the wagon…without breaking it.
• Brian Garrison's "Ghost Squad"--a beautiful animation showing what happens when inept ghost “hunters” meet three docile ghosts who don't have to work too hard in their haunting tasks.
• Sean Worsham's "Scare-Horn and Belle Jingles"--the tale of a homicidal pumpkin-headed psychopath who meets his match in a sweet little girl.
• Yotam Perel's "The Dangers of Halloween"--a local news “public service announcement” about the rather incredible and disgusting dangers of Halloween.
• Stephen Leonard's "My Life Plus Animals"--a turkey (and tofu) filled Thanksgiving insta-classic is Aniboom’s Community Choice.

Congratulations to all our Finalists, and to everyone who participated!  We'll be announcing the Grand Prize Winner on or around November 17th, so keep watching, rating, and voting!  We'd like to know who you think should go all the way!

There's only one day left to submit your Wildcard animation to Aniboom and The History Channel's The People Speak Competition!

Put your animation in the running for a Wildcard Finalist slot, and grab your shot at the $10,000 Grand Prize and a $15,000 Development Deal with HISTORY, not to mention the chance to see your work broadcast on HISTORY!

It's not too late to let your voice be heard!  Submit now!

Today is the last day for Wildcard Entries to Aniboom's Marvel Motion Comics Competition!

It's your last chance to submit your complete Motion Comic and grab a shot at our $10,000 Grand Prize and the chance to have your work showcased on Marvel.com!

One or two Wildcards will join our Five Finalists for the Grand Prize chance--Marvel will announce their choice(s) on November 9th, after Aniboom's community of animators has a week to rate and comment on the Wildcard entries.

The competition is heating up, and we have some incredible Wildcard entries!  So where's yours?!

(Eric Hunn)

We return with our final Marvel Motion Comics Competition Finalist Eric Hunn, the animator whose Motion Comic "The Worst Part About Getting Your Memories Back" is our Community Choice!  Watch it and read our interview!

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(Justin Acree)

We continue our interviews with the Finalists of Aniboom's Marvel Motion Comic Competition now with Justin Acree, a Brooklyn-based animator with a real passion for animation, Motion Comics, and art in general!  His Motion Comic, Nova: All For One, lit up Marvel's screens with its amazing effects and storytelling!  Take a look!

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Yes, my Halloween-loving readers, the one-day fright-fest known as Halloween is upon us! From what I understand from my history class days, Halloween comes from an ancient Pagan tradition in which my stupid neighbors gave me Mounds and Almond Joy bars as a kid. Mounds and Almond Joy! No peanut butter cups or Butterfingers?! Insanity.

Anyway, one of my favorite movies is John Carpenter's seminal 1978 masterpiece Halloween, which was the highest grossing independent movie ever until the Turtles showed up.

The opening credits of Halloween remain the best of any horror movie: a dark, slow zoom into a glowing pumpkin, as Carpenter's light, tingling synthetic score evokes a flickering candle endangered by ominous chords trying snuffing it out.  Simply put, a masterful score.

But before we forget, Halloween also spawned what I believe to be one of the best remakes ever, Rob Zombie's thrilling 2007 Version.  A fierce filmmaker, Zombie explored the origins of killer Michael Meyers, devoting half the film to his initial murders and time spent in an insane asylum.  Deftly, the most compelling and frightening elements of the film are not the murders, but the horrific depictions of suburban familial discord which precede them.  Also, the film had one of the best horror movie endings ever.

And, on that note, have a happy Halloween, everyone!

(Mike Peraza)

Today, we're lucky enough to sit down with Marvel Motion Comics Finalist Mike Peraza, whose work, Nova Mojo, was not only one of Marvel's top picks but the number 2 ranked Motion Comic out of over 150 entries.  Let's get to it!

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