Alongside the debut of our Wildcard Finalist, from animator Carlos Rivera, we're proud to present the Completed Animations of our Five Finalists!

Animators Avi Graiver, David Chen, Tiny Circus, Antonio Nardella, and Gabriel Aronson, have submitted their complete animations, and they are stunning!

They compete for the $10,00 Grand Prize and $15,000 Development Deal with HISTORY which will be announced one or around November 18th!

Watch these incredible animations now!

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Howdy, Aniboom fans and fan-ettes!  Today we have a special kind of Finalist--a Wildcard Finalist from Aniboom's Marvel Motion Comics Competition!

Meet Arnaud Faure, an incredible animator whose Nova Wildcard Entry wowed Marvel, and is now in the running for the $10,000 Grand Prize and the chance to be showcased on Marvel.com!

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'Twas a big week here at Aniboom--a very big week.

On Tuesday, we announced the Marvel Wildcards for Aniboom's Marvel Motion Comics Competition, one awesome Hulk entry by Guicho Nuñez and a dazzling Nova piece by Arnaud Faire.  Next week, we'll announce our $10,000 Grand Prize Winner Motion Comic, which will then grace the ions and electrodes of Marvel.com.

Our featured Youtube animations showed off the Five Finalists in our Fox Holiday Animation Challenge.  We also gave you exclusive interviews with our FOX Finalists, on this here very same blog.

And, as all this was going on, we celebrated The Simpsons' 20th Anniversary in style.  So, without further Apu, let's give y'all Simpsons addicts one more priceless clip, before I sleep the weekend away, so that I may return to you rested and ready to impart only the greatest Aniboom news there is!

(Stephen Leonard)

We close out the week of FOX Finalist interviews with animator Stephen Leonard, our Fan Favorite and Community Choice!  His awesome series, My Life Plus Animals, is a huge hit on Aniboom, and it's no wonder his Thanksgiving installment grabbed FOX's eye.  Watch it and then read the words from the slacker animation master himself!

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What has most defined the humor of the generation that came of age in the 1990s?  There are many answers but the only right one is The Simpsons.

Mixing irreverance with political satire, cultural commentary, and familial love is perhaps the most influential television program of all time.  The endless-running The Simpsons is turning 20, and instead of trying to make endless references to its stories and characters, rather than regurgitating its history that everyone knows, I'll give you five personal opinions I have on the show (and then some clips!).

1.  The best character relationship is Lisa and Homer, the most human and heart-breaking interpersonal dynamic of any two characters on the show.  Both know that the other operates at a different mental and emotional level, but over time each has found mutual satisfaction in accepting, and being accepted by, the other.  While Lisa is too smart to ever truly connect with Homer, a man of simple delights who approaches the world with little nuance or reflection, it is their love for one another, simply that of a girl to her father, that sustains and strengthens their relationship, as well as the fact that both understand the cognative chasm which divides them.

2.  The show jumped the shark after Season Ten.  There, I said it--the show was good through Season Ten (most state Season Eight, but they are wrong).  It's been better in the last two seasons though.

3.  Homer Badman is the funniest and best episode.  Why?  Because everyone (every character, social group, political ideology) is attacked and mocked, the jokes and writing are impeccable, and the Under the Sea spoof is unmatched.

4.  Second place is King Size Homer.  This needs no explanation.

5.  The Simpsons Movie should have been nominated for an Oscar.  Yes, it should have lost to Ratatouille (itself written and directed by Simpsons vet Brad Bird), but it was way better than Surf's Up.

Okay--CLIP TIME!!!

And the best clip EVER

(Jay Malone)

FOX Finalist Interview Week keeps on rollin' along--rollin', rollin', rollin' along--as we sit down with each and every one of our Five Finalists in the FOX Aniboom Holiday Animation Challenge!

In the hottest seat on the interwebs today is "Santa Intervention" animator Jay Malone, who's here to talk animation, art, comedy, and everything else a FOX selectee would talk about.

Let's get goin'!

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(Sean Worsham)

We are pleased to announce that for the next week or so, we'll be sitting down with our FOX Holiday Animation Challenge Finalists for the traditional Aniboom Success Stories Interview!

Today, we're lucky to have animator Sean Worsham in the hot seat, creator of the hilarious and brutal Scare-Horn and Belle Jingles, one of FOX's top picks!

Watch it and then read our in-depth exchange!

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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!

(Pryce Duncalf)

The Marvel Finalists are here!  And this week, we're sitting down with each and every one of them and chattin' about comics, Motion Comics, and animation!

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