The Animation Pimp

The Animation Pimp: From Quays to Krays?

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Animation Pimp ponders the effect of comprising the Ottawa Festival’s jury with worldclass criminals instead of international intellectuals.

The Animation Pimp: How To Avoid Pissing Me Off or…. Ottawa Festival Entry Tips (aka Festival Rant #2)

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The Animation Pimp gives his sage advice about how to submit films to the Ottawa Film Fest, thus not pissing him off.

The Animation Pimp: Finally… a RANT.

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The Animation Pimp rants about cookie-cutter, butt-kissing festival reviews.

The Animation Pimp: Pleasure and Pain: Ren & Stimpy’s Adult Cartoon Party

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Known for being racy himself, the Animation Pimp tackles the “adultness” of
Spike TV’s new primetime “The Strip” line-up.

The Animation Pimp: Like Everyone, I’m Not Like Everybody Else

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The Pimp bemuses charlatans and Ottawa’s funding fiasco in this month’s edition.

The Animation Pimp: Attack of the Clones

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Class is in, and the Pimp is teaching Animation 101 to students and schools that churn out cloned work.

The Animation Pimp: Chillax

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The Pimp says change is unavoidable, and for that matter, it can be a good thing! What's more, he tells the animation community to look forward to good computer animation.

The Animation Pimp: Leftovers, B-Sides and Outtakes

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The Pimp just doesn't even care about the war anymore…he's had it with two-faced rhetoric and the independent animation film community's failure to be relevant.

The Animation Pimp: You Never Know

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While the Pimp believes that a complete picture should be created when depicting "heroes"…how does this complete picture, flaws and all, impact how we view their accomplishments?

The Animation Pimp: Elbows and Cakeholes

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The Animation Pimp discusses the Academy's choices for Best Animated Short Film and suggests that some changes are made to their nominating process.