Day071: Colleen AF Venable's "Death Row Baby"

I'm pretty sure Colleen did this song for her podcast, Fluff In Brooklyn. She was pretty much the only person in the world with a podcast in the fall of 2005. She's always been ahead of her time, that one.

Day 070: Scurvy Steve, Pirate Accountant 4

A moment of silence for the missing Bateman365 film, Day069: Homies Theatre Troupe Presents Hamlet's Soliloquy. Honestly, I'm glad a few of these are missing.

Day 068: Classic Batemanimation: Human Guinea Pig

This was the second day of two that I took off. What I love about the pre-Bateman365 animations: the long, long lading sequences. You needed long loading sequences for large file-size (at the time) animations like this back in 2003 or so--literally NOBODY had broadband yet. Oh, it was supposedly coming, in some glorious, far-off future. But at that time, if you didn't want the animation to freeze up part of the way, you needed a loading sequence long enough so that at least half of the animation was downloaded before playback started. Man, what a time.

Day067: Classic Batemanimation: The Charlton Heston Story

Missing from the 365: Day066: George W. Bush's So. Really, it's just as well--the political stuff doesn't age well. I took a few days off from the 365 and but so I put up this animation that I had done earlier, in 2004 maybe. Still fun!

Day 065: Deerhoof's "Spirit Ditties of No Tone"

The first music video of the Bateman365! I really liked this new (at the time in late October 2005 or so) Deerhof song, so somehow I reached the band (or their label?) and got their official okey-dokey. Many more music videos are to come in the Bateman365, and I would go on to do official music videos for Clinic, Low, Sarah Shannon from Velocity Girl, and more!

Day 064: Bob The Damn Bunny 3

Day063: Stoner Dude 4

More missing animations, lost forever: Day062: Jenna G.'s Do Not Try This At Home and Day061: DeathCo 2. SHame about Jenna: that was a fun animation. She was a student in New Zealand who was following the 365 and sent me the sound clip. Loved it. Wish it still existed. Still: SToner Dude. It's funny cuz he's stoned!

Day060: The Bobo Bear Show 3

And then, several in a row went missing: Day059: That One Guy On The Subway. Day058: Meet More Of The Fleezles. Day057: Blind Mango Jehosophat's "Talkin' Head Blues." Day056: Dad. All gone forever. Don;t worry, you won't miss them much!

Day055: Momus Tells A Joke

Two more Bateman365 animations lost to the sands of time: Day054: Fadila The Entertainer, Iraqi Stand-Up Comedian 2: Fadila vs. Jeff Foxworthy and Day053: Meet The Fleezles. I really don't remember either of them. Momus is a musician, and back in 2005, he was huge on LiveJournal. I asked him to record something I could animate, and he came back with this: professionally recorded, different character voices, and sound effects throughout. Incredible guy.

Day052: My Mom Had A Stroke

Missing from the line-up: Day051: Ari Lesser's "Vote Liberal Rap," Day050: How To Draw A Political Cartoon, Post-Katrina Edition, and Day049: Blind Mango Jehosophat's "Chilly Willy Bite My Foot." Of those, "Chilly Willy" is the biggest loss to humanity. My mom has since passed, but she loved this animated thing I made of her.

Day048: Zoe Trope's Who Can You Count On?

Zoe Trope is the author of Please Don't Kill The Freshman, a memoir/novel she wrote while she was still in high school. Today, she's a grown-up and a college graduate. Yay!

DAY 047: Turning Japanese 2

And then four days went missing: Day046: Numbers Stations, Day045: Christopher Martiny Goes To The Principal's Office, Day044: The Bateman Lectures On Physics 1, and Day043: Bush ABCs. it's just as well, really. Turning Japanese 1 also went missing. But luckily (?), the sequel is here.

DAY 042: Stoner Dude 3

Day 041: Colleen AF Venable's Brand New Holiday

Missing: Day 040: How To Speak Cat 3. Now we'll never know how to talk like a cat! This animation is kind of huge. Colleen actually gathered several of us to celebrate Talk Like A Lumberjack Day later that month, in September 2005. Since then, Lumberjack Day has become an annual tradition every September 26 in Brooklyn--it even has its own web site! And it really, truly is simply an excuse to eat pancakes.

Day 039: Pierre's Guide To Football

No character was more fun to voice than Pierre.

Day 038: Zombie Grrrl

Zombie Grrrl was voiced by Colleen AF Venable. Can't remember which of us wrote this?

Day 037: Elyse Sewell's Ultra-Glamorous Party!

Elyse Sewell returns to the Bateman365, and this time she's way better animated! Yay! Also: I love this story.

Day 036: The Bobo Bear Show 2

Day035: Fadila The Entertainer, Iraqi Stand-Up Comic is missing. I believe this was a female Iraqi stand-up, voiced by my wife?

Day 034: Scurvy Steve, Pirate Accountant 3

Day 033: Buried Alive In 1995 is missing. It was a person who made a LOT of 1995 references about 2005 stuff. That's it. Scurvy Steve's parrot is voiced by Amy Stephenson, who was an awfully good sport.

Day 032: Bob The Damn Bunny 2

Day 031: The Bobo Bear Show

Day 029: Kirsten Eidsmoe's "Cats" and Day 030: Turning Japanese have disappeared. I don't fully remember what either of them were now. As for Day 031, I love these new, experimental vector-style characters, especially Office Bunny.

Day 028: Anonymous' Acid Trip

Sadly, Anonymous has passed away in the nine years between September 2005 when this was animated and today. I'll respect his wishes to remain anonymous.

Day 027: Subway ABCs

Day 024 is missing--it was my director's commentary of Day 023's animation. I am really sorry it's not available, because it was so, so funny. Day 025 is also missing. It was something called "GWB, PI." I think I may be glad it has disappeared. Also, Day 026 has gone missing. It was "How To Speak Cat 2," a sequel to the also-missing Part One. But Day 027 is a good one, an Edward Gorey-style ABCs of the New York City subway. I did all the original music for these animations myself, and I'm really pleased with this film's soundtrack.

DAY 023: Terry Bain's Proof Of God's Existence

Day 021: Meet The Lithium League is missing to the fogs of time. It was an animated version of a mini-comic I had done earlier in 2005. Also missing is Day 022: Pierre's Guide To Back-To-School. This is sad--Pierre is a character that pre-dates the Bateman365 and is still one of my favorites. Terry's logic is difficult to argue with here.

DAY 020: Scurvy Steve, Pirate Accountant 2

More Scurvy Steve.

DAY 019: New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's Actual Comments On The Bush Administration's Disaster Relief Efforts

The audio for this animation was also ripped from the headlines, as New Orleans struggled to deal with the aftermath of Katrina.

DAY 018: Stoner Dude 2

Day 017 is missing. It was about George W. Bush and Hurricane Katrina, which was happening that day.

Day 016: Terry Bain's Star & Buck 2

Sadly, the first installment of Terry Bain's Star & Buck is lost forever, but enjoy the further adventures of Terry's baristas. Terry is the author of You Are A Dog and several other books you should read.

DAY 015: Amy Stephenson's NYPD

Amy Stephenson was my wife in September 2005 when this was recorded, and is still my wife today. I can't believe it, either.

DAY 014: Colleen AF Venable's The Giraffe Project

Eventually, Colleen AF Venable found her childhood giraffe, but not before cataloging hundreds of incorrect giraffes. She even became Internet-famous for her connect-the-dots giraffe tattoo. Nine years later, Colleen is an award-winning book designer at First Second Books. Plus, she wrote the also award-winning graphic novels for pre-teens, Guinea PI, which are super-delightful!