Animator Mugs

"For Heaven's sake, why don't you go outdoors and trace something?"

William Wallace & Gromit.

"It's basically the 'Tragedy of King Lear' but with animated penguins."

William Wallace and Gromit

'Action!...Cut!...Right, everything else is CGI'

Dot to Dot

The first animation.

Pop goes the weasel.

"As much as I love stop motion animation, it just doesn't transfer well to the stage."

"Cave painting is dead. I'm into Claymation."

"I'm sorry, we're looking for the voice of a spunky animated turnip and your reading is more fruit than vegetable if you understand what I mean."

Amimated illuminated Manuscript

'I AM a three-toed sloth, but cartoonists always draw us with two toes.'

'It's all done with computer animation now.'

3D business card

"Well for the last 50 years I've mainly been working as a cartoon cliche."

Help! Replaced by computer animation.

'Wanna see my Disney cells?'

King Kong

'You can be replaced with CGI ya know!'

'Do you guys ever do real art or just cartoons?'

'My taxidermist used to work for Disney.'

It's all done by stop motion photography, don't you know!

BIC TAYLOR MAKES A HORRIFIC DISCOVERY IN THE CHILLING CLIMAX TO 'PLANET OF THE PENCILS.'

Ever notice if you speed-read these cave drawings you invent animation?

'He had Pixar do a film dedicated to his topic. It was a great presentation.'

'The idiot's drawn us in the wrong aspect ration!'

"When they make a movie of my life, I can't decide if I want it in anime or CGI."

"Who allowed Andy Serkis to Mo-Cap Beverly?"

Nicolas 'The Croods' Cadge

Animation Studio. The actors do vocal warm-up exercises before recording their lines while watching the scene. Loose lips sync clips!

There's not a lot of work for Sidewaysman.

Los Angeles, 1928: Mickey Mouse Emerges from the Primordial Ooze.

"Your movements are stiff and you lack energy. I'm going to refer you to a top animator."

Walt Disney