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We have a winner, folks! I present to you FOT - Champion of the World submitted by Alex Dron. The people have spoken and the decision is made. Alex will receive the awesome Channel Frederator Cartoon of the Month prize-pack, plus the fame and recognition that comes with being a Cartoon of the Month award recipient. Alex, thanks for submitting a great cartoon that our viewers clearly loved and adored. And thanks, viewers, for voting! If you want to know more about Alex, be sure to check out the interview that Jeaux did with him here.
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The clock is ticking, folks, so don’t miss your chance to make your voice heard! We have less than 90 minutes until the voting cutoff for January’s Cartoon of the Month. I just went and checked the stats and it is SUPER CLOSE this time. I’m talking fractions of a point. So go back and review episodes 109, 110, 111 and 112 and tell us which one you love. Your vote really counts! I’ll be checking the polls at noon EST today! - Carrie

photo via Shorpy.com

It’s that time of the month again! Time to show your love for all of our Channel Frederator submitters by voting for your favorite cartoons. January’s Cartoon of the Month includes shorts from episodes 109, 110, 111 and 112. There are a lot of good choices in there that are running neck and neck, so get going on the voting. Just remember that you can vote as often as once every hour, and voting closes on Tuesday 1/15/08 at noon EST. That’s all there is to it! Get out there, get voting, and get your favorite cartoonist some awesome Channel Frederator gear!
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Congratulations to submitter Allan Dye! His cartoon, A.D.D. Jane, featured in Channel Frederator Episode 107, is December’s Cartoon of the Month! Allan will be the lucky recipient of a $100 prize pack of awesome Channel Frederator goodies. Be sure to send us some action shots of you and your goodies Allan, and congratulations. As for you viewers and voters, keep on clicking those stars for your favorite cartoons! Voting ends for next month’s Cartoon of the Month in only 29 days!

Hey, remember when, like, a million years ago, Channel Frederator would honor a cartoon every month by bestowing it with the title “Cartoon of the Month“? Well if you don’t remember, we did. And we’re doing it again!
Every month you have the chance to help elect your favorite Cartoon of the Month. Simply visit us at ChannelFrederator.com and vote. December’s cartoon of the month includes Channel Frederator cartoons that ran from November 1st, 2007 thru to November 30th 2007 (that would be Episodes 105, 106, 107 and 108). Make sure you visit each episode page (you can just click on the links for each of the episodes above) and simply give your favorites (or not-so-favorites) a star rating.
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The results are in, and it looks like “Sub” by Jesse Schmal is December’s winner. Check it out on Channel Frederator Episode 62. Quite a trip.

So Jesse, how did you come up with the idea behind “Sub”?

“The idea was made from lifting several characters and props from the sketchbooks I made during a year in Rome for school. I’m very insecure and inexperienced when it comes to writing anything resembling a script, so I basically took the characters I thought I’d have the most fun drawing and put them all in one place. The submarine being little and coming out of the fountain….hmm….I think I had a submarine drawing that turned into a moth or something. Moths are small, right? Right. I know, weird. But then the mini-submarine became this link between all the characters, and I figured out what each character would do with the submarine to get themselves [Read more…]

Episode 53

When death comes a-knockin’, make sure he has the right address…

A hearty congrats goes out to Austin Madison for hisCal Arts film, “The Ending”, which not only won the Student Choice Award of this year’s CalArts Producer’s Show, but has now won Cartoon of the Month as voted by Channel Frederator viewers far and wide. Download Episode 53 to check it out, or click here to read my post on it.

It comes as no surprise that Austin and his talented-ness has been snapped up by Pixar. For those of you who caught my previous Dreamworks blooper, thank you.

Thanks again Austin for the wonderful film!

Melissa

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Congrats go out to Dael Oates, Animal Logic, and Telementry Orchestra for their excellently awesome music video. They have won Cartoon of the Month of September!

In this impressive vid, a boy and girl attempt to reunite in a surreal train chase set to some great tunes.

Check it out by downlading Episode 49 or visit iTunes!

Melissa

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Congratulations are awarded to Red Rover Studios for scoring the first EVER Cartoon of the Month award. Their February submission of “Plumber” on Episode 18 scored a 4.2 out of 5 points.

Thanks so much to everyone involved with the making of and submission of this film. Truly outstanding. To read more about this film, click here.

And don’t forget to vote for your March favorites HERE at the Channel Frederator website!

Melissa