When animator Dan Meth released "Internet People," a high-octane spin through web celebs, last year, the video went viral with nearly 3 million views.
The hit clip (embedded right) is part of The Meth Minute 39, a surreal series of pop culture shorts hosted by user-generated cartoon site Channel Frederator.
Next month at the second annual Channel Frederator Awards, Meth will be taking home top honors — a special juror prize dubbed the Vanguard Award.
"We’re honoring the filmmakers, like Dan, who whose animations have been totally embraced online," said Fred Seibert, founder of Channel Frederator and former head of Hanna-Barbera, in a phone interview. "Which takes a lot more time than putting Mentos into diet soda and filming it."
At the inaugural Channel Frederator Awards ceremony in 2007, David Karp, who helped spawn the idea of an online portal for user-submitted animation, took home the honor. Shortly after, he created the wildly popular microblogging platform Tumblr.
Meth’s catalog of clever, spastic spoofs have tallied a collective 20 millions views. He’s currently at work on a "super top-secret project" to debut on Channel Frederator next month.
The Channel Frederator Awards will be presented June 4, and will air online June 10. More than 2,000 submissions submitted by cartoonists and animators were whittled down to 33 nominations, which include categories like "So Cute It Hurts," Sick Sick Sick Award" and "Best Flash Film."
Watch the selected submissions online at Channel Frederator and vote for your favorites. See also:
