animation – The Tory Party https://www.toryhoke.com Comics, essays, art, and heckling Sun, 21 Jan 2018 07:16:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 75387560 3 Animators That Will Explode Your Brain https://www.toryhoke.com/2015/04/10/3-animators-that-will-explode-your-brain/ Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:00:46 +0000 http://www.toryhoke.com/?p=8602 You work hard. You show kindness. You pay your taxes. You just remembered you have to pay your taxes. You deserve to meet three animators that will explode your brain. There are no fluffy 3D clouds or meet-cute plots here. But there are unforgettable images and squealing rapture. Time Consumption Advisory: these artists’ work is… Continue reading 3 Animators That Will Explode Your Brain

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]]> 8602 Spring 2015 Cartoon Preview https://www.toryhoke.com/2015/03/13/spring-2015-cartoon-preview/ Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:00:35 +0000 http://www.toryhoke.com/?p=8574 This article first appeared as a “Chick on the Draw” column in Luna Station Quarterly, March 6, 2015. This year’s animated lineup is out of control. There is no controlling it. Don’t try. You will hurt yourself. There are two Disney/Pixar movies coming out this year: INSIDE OUT (June 19) and THE GOOD DINOSAUR (Nov… Continue reading Spring 2015 Cartoon Preview

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]]> 8574 Drawn in Drag: Examining Male Voice Actors Cast in Female Roles https://www.toryhoke.com/2014/10/10/drawn-drag-examining-male-voice-actors-cast-female-roles/ Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:00:24 +0000 http://www.toryhoke.com/?p=8264 This article first appeared October 3, 2014 in my Chick on the Draw column at Luna Station Quarterly. Sometimes animation is sort of like SNL in the early 90s–it assumes men dressed as women are funnier than actual women. I’m not saying Cross-Dressing Voices is always men-as-women. Where would animated boy roles be without June Foray, Nancy Cartwright,… Continue reading Drawn in Drag: Examining Male Voice Actors Cast in Female Roles

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]]> 8264 5 Best Current Animated Series That Pass the Mako Mori Test https://www.toryhoke.com/2014/08/08/5-best-current-animated-series-pass-mako-mori-test/ Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:00:40 +0000 https://www.toryhoke.com/?p=8004 This article first appeared in Luna Station Quarterly’s Chick on the Draw column on August 1, 2014. Maybe you’re out of the cartoon loop. Maybe you don’t have cable TV. Maybe you’re a former fan who got super distracted by Breaking Bad. Well, there’s been no better time to reconnect. We live in a golden… Continue reading 5 Best Current Animated Series That Pass the Mako Mori Test

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]]> 8004 4 Reasons Why Cartoons Matter https://www.toryhoke.com/2014/07/11/4-reasons-cartoons-matter/ Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:00:20 +0000 https://www.toryhoke.com/?p=8001 This article first appeared in Luna Station Quarterly’s Chick on the Draw column on July 4, 2014. It’s a pleasure to join Luna Station Quarterly’s new content lineup. I’ll be your friendly neighborhood animation commentator and theorist. Why? I’m so glad you asked. Of all popular media, animation is the truest mirror of our culture.… Continue reading 4 Reasons Why Cartoons Matter

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]]> 8001 5 Beefs with How to Train Your Dragon 2 https://www.toryhoke.com/2014/07/08/5-beefs-with-how-to-train-your-dragon-2/ https://www.toryhoke.com/2014/07/08/5-beefs-with-how-to-train-your-dragon-2/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:00:33 +0000 https://www.toryhoke.com/?p=8015 What oh my God what. Let’s be clear. The original How to Train Your Dragon (2010) is excellent, structurally and emotionally. Both it and its sequel are gorgeous, imaginative, and animated by some of the greatest hands in the business. Each individual frame of How to Train Your Dragon 2 deserves nothing but high-fives down… Continue reading 5 Beefs with How to Train Your Dragon 2

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]]> https://www.toryhoke.com/2014/07/08/5-beefs-with-how-to-train-your-dragon-2/feed/ 3 8015 Another Defense of Frozen: The Subversive Appeal of Disney’s New Breed of Fairy Tale https://www.toryhoke.com/2014/02/11/another-defense-of-frozen-the-subversive-appeal-of-disneys-new-breed-of-fairy-tale/ https://www.toryhoke.com/2014/02/11/another-defense-of-frozen-the-subversive-appeal-of-disneys-new-breed-of-fairy-tale/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:00:31 +0000 https://www.toryhoke.com/?p=7457 I dug Frozen. I laughed. I cried. I gasped at the third act reveal. In the wake of Dani Colman’s essay for Medium asserting the film has a problem with false feminism, I feel the need to tell you why. I hope you can stand another defense of Frozen. (You may also enjoy the original… Continue reading Another Defense of Frozen: The Subversive Appeal of Disney’s New Breed of Fairy Tale

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]]> https://www.toryhoke.com/2014/02/11/another-defense-of-frozen-the-subversive-appeal-of-disneys-new-breed-of-fairy-tale/feed/ 3 7457 In Defense of Frozen https://www.toryhoke.com/2013/11/18/in-defense-of-frozen/ https://www.toryhoke.com/2013/11/18/in-defense-of-frozen/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:00:39 +0000 https://www.toryhoke.com/?p=6804 (You may also enjoy Another Defense of Frozen: The Subversive Appeal of Disney’s New Breed of Fairy Tale.) Disney’s animated feature Frozen, which opens Thanksgiving, has received some attention for 1) its nearly indistinguishable female leads and 2) the interview in which its head of animation, Lino DiSalvo, dared to mention the difficulties of animating… Continue reading In Defense of Frozen

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]]> https://www.toryhoke.com/2013/11/18/in-defense-of-frozen/feed/ 9 6804 Motte and Bailey: Crow Stew https://www.toryhoke.com/2013/02/20/motte-and-bailey-crow-stew/ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:14:06 +0000 https://www.toryhoke.com/?p=4520 It’s here! Please enjoy this animated short that me and Jeremy did. It is less than four minutes long. It just wants to make you happy. You should watch it. No pressure.

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