Website of the Week: BigListofDeadPeople.com

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Mike McCubbins website www.biglistofdeadpeople.com is an inspiring space that collects his animation work, drawings, writings and all kinds of wonderful stuff that all comes out of his very talented brain. Came across the site after watching his very cool 2D animation of Camus The Fall, which posted on another fav site, www.openculture.com. 

In addition to drawing, writing poetry and creating wonderful animations, Mike also creates his own music. His music for The Fall is really neat (created with toy instruments, I believe). He's created comics using the www.issuu.com publishing site (very cool) and even has a section on his site devoted to puns. I also found his compilation film "Man Dies Goes to Hell" quite amusing and original. 

I just love Mike's spirit which comes through beautifully in his website and design. Funny, DIY, retro, imaginative, silly, sad; all of these words come to mind when I visit his site, which I plan to do often. He's got a collection of his animations out called "Baby is Mamas Favorite Toy" which is being sold at another great site called www.crankyyellow.com

I hope I get a chance to work with Mike some day on an animation project. He's the kind of artist I admire. Now, take a look at Mike's version of Albert Camus' The Fall