stop-motion

We've enjoyed the work of stop-motion animator Kyle Roberts here before, but he's really stepped up his game now. Check out his fully-realized take on the opening credits to the 1966 Batman TV series, that comes with a Dark Knight Rises framing device, its own recreated music, and cameos!

Following the release of a roughly 3-minute short last week, director Derek Kwok and Henri Wong of Parabucks Co. have released their full stop-motion animated Batman: Dark Knightfall short, successfully wrapping the tale of Hot Toys' 1/6 scale The Dark Knight Rises Batman fighting the Joker's thugs, a bizarre morping version of the Clown Prince of Crime himself and the big bad Bane...

Animator ParanickFilmz brings us much joy on this frantic day of preparations for Emerald City Comicon in Seattle by recreating the much parodied and mashed-up trailer for The Dark Knight Rises entirely in LEGO, animated in the time-honored stop-motion style...

Movies: The Avengers kicked it in Central Park over the weekend, giving fans a solid look at Black Widow and Hawkeye's new movie costumes. Creators: PvP's Scott Kurtz shares some thoughts on digital and the direct market. Manga: Dark Horse has a FLCL omnibus planned for 2012, collecting both volumes of Hajime Ueda's Gainax anime adaptation...

Kyle Baker is working on animation for Showtime's creepily awesome show "Dexter," and the stills look pretty excellent. Check out another image below, plus a stop-motion "Dexter" short made with a voiceover by lead actor Michael C. Hall and dead-eyed plastic dolls that manage to make Dexter seem even creepier...