Drunk Batman and Robin Animated Short 1- Smart Phone from Spencer Scott Holmes on Vimeo.

Drunk Batman and Robin Animated Short 2- Why Robin Can’t Wear Pants from Spencer Scott Holmes on Vimeo.

The excellent Bill Griffith, creator of, among others, Zippy the Pinhead, talks to Mr Media in a nice, long video piece. Fantagraphics have just released a very fine retrospective collection of Bill’s work, Lost and Found.  (link via Tom Spurgeon at the indispensable Comic Reporter):

A trailer for the documentary about the excellent comics creator Guy Delisle, best known for his wonderful travel books such as Shenzen, the Burma Chronicles or his most recent Jerusalem: Chronicles From the Holy City which scored honours at Angoulême (the English language edition is due from D&Q this spring, it’s already on my Must Read Radar). From the description:

“Captured over the course of a 1 year period in the south of France, the film follows the gradual realization of Guy’s latest travelogue ‘Jerusalem Chronicles’ and includes an in-depth look at Shenzhen, Pyongyang, Burma Chronicles aswell as an intriguing insight into the rise of the independent graphic novel. Equally explored are Guy’s beginnings in animation, his studio, his inspiration, his career thus far and the travelogues that never saw print: Vietnam and Ethiopia.”

The Guy Delisle Chronicles from phillip rashleigh on Vimeo.

Why I like books! from Al Davison on Vimeo.

Batman & Joker – Time-lapse Painting by Stefan Eriksson from Stefan Eriksson on Vimeo.

Andy Luke follows up his impressive Abscence comic, which went out to a variety of organisations across Northern Ireland to promote awareness and understanding of living with epilepsy, with an exhibition at Belfast’s Arts & Disability Forum Gallery in Belfast. The exhibtion will include work from his comics such as “Gran, a reaction to the death of a family member, celebrating legacy; Absence, a study of how epilepsy has affected the artist’s life; and Don’t Get Lost, about a social group shattered by rape. Andy will be in residence at the ADF on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the exhibition, developing a new visual narrative in response to news topics that will be worked live on the gallery walls.”

There’s a preview of the exhibition on Thursday 2nd February  from 5 to 7pm, with the actual exhibition being opened to all from 3rd of February to March 15th. In addition to the exhibition Andy will be giving a talk on Thursday 16th February at 2pm and he will be leading a free comics workshop on Friday 24th February at 11am (you still need to book both the event though as spaces are limited). Some of Andy’s work should also be going up on the ADF’s website. And while we’re talking about the talented Mr Luke, you should have a look The Invisible Artist, an impressive half hour video piece on comics history and culture in Northern Ireland which he wrote and presented:

The Invisible Artist from Northern Visions/NvTv on Vimeo.

DC Nation – Aardman by redruger

We’ve seen pieces of the Star Wars Uncut project surfacing from time to time in the geek community and it looked like a pretty cool fan-film project inspired by one of the biggest movies of all time. Well now we get to see the entire film, over two hours of it, amazingly, uploaded by Casey Pugh, Aaron Valdez and many more. Quite clearly the Force was with them – and how funky are the lightsabres in place of the famous searlights in the 20th Century Fox Logo?!