Carson Mell has been making some of my favorite animated shorts of the past ten years. I met him years ago and about a year later picked up first issue of Wholphin, a DVD magazine that McSweeney’s puts out, his film The Writer, stole the show and I’ve been hooked ever since. His work is like a colorized Charles Burns, book but funnier.
Start with Saguaro, an excerpt from his novel about Bobby Bird, a country music star whose rose and fell from stardom and wants to tell you all about it. From there check out The Devil in Denim and Chonto, they are short films based on the book. From there the rest is up to you and there’s lots to see and hear.
Many times when viewing collaboration projects you miss out on the individuals that make up that project. Sam & Dave, Rogers & Hammerstein, Sumi Ink Club, and Frank n Dank are good great examples. After seeing the amazing video above I dug a little deeper and found a well developed nest for artists Blu, David Ellis and musician Roberto Lange. I’ll include a skimming of information here but I recommend you do some work yourdamnself.
