According to Marvel, Disney is about to own Marvel Entertainment pending approval from its shareholders and various regulation approvals.  First Disney bought Pixar and now this?  I don't think this is a good idea.  Were you happy when Adobe purchased Macromedia or when Autodesk bought out the whole freaking 3d content-creation market?  Sure we may get the awesome Jubilee vs. Daffy Duck crossover or a brand spanking 3D rendition of Mr. Sinister by Pixar, but who cares?  If these companies remained separate entities, they would have more production time creating original content instead of working on existing IP's from their sister companies.  Sure, in the short term this won't happen.  However, in the future, I wouldn't be surprised if I see a kiddy version of a Spiderman comic book featuring Spidey's adventures with Mickey Mouse sitting in the store shelve while I'm perusing my local Graham Crackers on Chicago’s Clark Street.  Obviously, Marvel will be able to tap into Disney’s mass distribution channels which my help it pulverize other comic book publishers (in terms of exposure at least).  Here's hoping that DC Comics does not feel pressured to seek a buyer for its properties.

A few years ago, there was an animation site called the "10 Second Club" where the webmaster would post a 10 second audio/dialog clip for artists to download.  The artist would then animate their own character using the audio clip as their character's dialog.  People used it as a way to practice their animation skills as you usually had to perform lots of acting in order to match your character's motion with the dialog presented in the audio clip.

Recently, I've wondered what happened to that site.  Well apparently the 10 Second Club got hacked: Read More.  In its place, they created the "11 Second Club".  I guess using the number 11 makes it easier to find the site and it's better for branding purposes.  The site looks great and they are also sponsored by Animation Mentor.  It's good to see that site quite active with animation entries and a big forum.  Keep an eye out on this site as you will most definitely see the early works of future Pixar/ILM/Weta Diva Animators.  Of course, you should also participate if you happen to like animation and need some new personal project to work on.  Check out http://www.11secondclub.com/ for more info.

I don't know how I missed this.  It was launched on July 4th.  For a matter a fact,  I really haven't seen this ad played around here, but this really caught my eye.  I'm not a drinker myself and this video really has nothing to do with beer except for that wall.  The way they executed this was amazing.  It makes you wonder how many train rides they took to get this all synced up right. The ad was done by a company called DDB.  Here is an interview with Matt Delahunty who worked on this piece called Budweiser Lyrics Ad.   His view while working on this as is is very intriguing.

Take a look at other DDB works at www.ddb.com .

You guys have to check out this guy's website. Not only are there some stunning photography, but there is something else. Navigate to the make of section and be amazed. This person or people are truly masters of image manipulation. While your at it listen to the background music. It fits perfectly with the imagery.

You can visit this guy's website to check out his stuff .

www.christophehuet.com