Us and Them (Blindn)
Behind the Scenes and Everything else Inbetween (Jack Hudson)
I Met The Walrus - Directed by Josh Raskin Illustrations by Alex Kurina
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview. This was in the midst of Lennon’s “bed-in” phase, during which John and Yoko were staying in hotel beds in an effort to promote peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon’s every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries traditional pen sketches by James Braithwaite with digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit, and timeless message.
“Love Struck Salvage Bot” (John Powell)
“The Vine” (Carne Griffiths)
It’s about alcoholism, drawn in ink and alcohol, vodka, brandy, whisky
“Marty McFly” (Rich Pellegrino)