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31 May 2012 Model of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by Hotel Modern

How do you illustrate the horrors of the holocaust on stage? That was the creative challenge faced by Hotel Modern when they set out to stage Kamp, a harrowing story of life and death in the infamous Auschwitz death camp during World War...

24 Jun 2011 Even More Video Anarchy

This week's posts about Video Anarchy at the O'Neill Puppetry Conference have generated a lot of interest, so here's a couple more to finish off the...

23 Jun 2011 More Puppet Video Anarchy

Suit is another film that was made at Video Anarchy during last week's O'Neill Puppetry Conference. It was directed by Broaderick (Ben) Jones, who's best known for his puppet web series...

30 Dec 2009 Never a Year Like ’09

Well, another year has come and gone. I've been a little too busy doing puppetry to write about for the past several months, but before 2009 comes to a close I wanted to share JibJab's annual year end video, Never a Year Like...

14 Jun 2009 Pop-Up Puppetry Music Video

“OK” nicely combines puppetry and pop-up books. I know at least a couple puppeteers who love to make pop-up books. This music video from an unfortunately named band seems to combine those two interests very nicely. Via Mary Robinette...

21 Apr 2009 Action Figure Videos

Action figures are used as puppets in Star Wars in 3 Minutes. I’ve written about the phenomenon of “Action Figure Videos” before (previously posted examples include I’m A Marvel / I’m A DC, The Eyes of Darth Tater and The Eye of the Tiger), which I find really interesting because they’re a form of found...

12 Feb 2009

Michael Agrusso is the creator of the popular action figure online comedy series I’m A Marvel and I’m a DC. Sprout Blog has an interview with Michael Agrusso, creator of the previously-blogged “geeky word-of-mouth phenomena” I’m A Marvel and I’m a D.C.. In the interview Michael discusses his latest videos and how he navigates the...

29 Oct 2008 Hi, I’m a Marvel…and he’s a DC

Hi, I’m a Marvel…and he’s a DC uses super heroes and found object puppetry to send up Apple’s popular I’m a Mac…and I’m PC commercials. This has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on YouTube; it’s been around for over a year and half, but I only discovered it this...

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