The Joy of Belasco

I first knew of Belasco when he sent in a comment to Animan's World. I checked out his blog, and found plenty of pictures of his hunky sculptures as well as his drawings which are sleek, smooth, and sexy. 

When I visited his blog recently, I found a large group of animated GIFs done by Belasco, and they're great! They explode with erotic energy and male power. Belasco obviously has quite a flair for animation, and he does it with style. By all means, have a look!

Check out Belasco-Comix

More Retro Eye-Candy

There's nothing like a dip in a real cool pool. (Animan just goes wild for retro pools!) Some guys like the poolside gals. Animan prefers poolside guys, with some muscle and plenty of body hair, and wearing itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny posing trunks.

And what better place to hang out with one's guy than in this marvy pad? With a few adjustments of course--lose the doll carriage, deep-six the tricycle, and Mom's knitting stuff can go take a hike. Replace the teddy bear with a real-live Bear or Bear Cub. Enjoy a humongous turkey from the rotisserie, and finally, make out in front of that real (not fake) fireplace. Weekends were never better!

And finally, speaking of Armstrong floors, Animan just COULDN'T forget this!

Cool Retro Record Art

When I was little, I enjoyed going to my aunt and uncle's house. My uncle loved music, and had all these really old records. Most of them were 45's, with the big hole in the middle, and they were in boxes! What I liked most about them was the post-war art on the lid. It was very flat-looking, and sometimes had an almost Picasso-like, European quality.

There were only a few colors, and the design was always funky. I found that Andre Kostelanetz records had the best jacket art. So last night, I went on Ebay, input his name, and voilà! I thought I'd share these unusual pictures with Animan's friends. Who knows? Someday I may make a cartoon in the style of one of these jackets....

Trouble Buying Animan Videos

Occasionally, buyers of Animan videos send me a message, and sometimes, it's about how they haven't been able to buy or download the pay videos.  I have informed the staff at the Selz site about it as much as possible (without nagging them to death).

I received some information that might begin to help solve the problem.

Here is the letter I just sent to the Selz site:

My thanks to the Selz staff for their hard work over the past year, and the lovely Christmas card!

As you know, I have been blessed with many sales. Unfortunately, I still continue to hear from buyers who clicked the "download" button in my shop and got a "processing" message that never ended and nothing more.  I've been hesitant to mention these unfortunate instances to the Selz staff, because I think it's of little use for me to merely offer complaints unless I have some solutions to accompany them.

Just now, I received a buyer's message, which might shed some light on a way of making things better:

"I love your animations! I tried purchasing on several occasions but was unable to. I switched browsers from Firefox to Chrome and was able to purchase and download all of the files. Previously, the only ones I was able to 'purchase' were the free ones..."

I remember several years ago, trying to submit a clip to an animation contest using Safari as my browser, and it failed 10 times out of 10. Someone suggested that I change my browser to Firefox, and it worked like magic. I know from experience now that browser incompatibility is a reality, and it dawned on me that this could be happening at my shop.
So, I hope this information will help to iron out the problems buyers occasionally experience at the Selz site, not only in my store, but those of all the Selz merchants.

Thank you very much for taking time to read this note!

If you're experiencing problems at the Animan Shop and are using a Firefox browser, if possible, I hope you will try navigating with a Chrome browser. It might make a difference!

For all those friends of Animan who have experienced such browser problems with my site, I wish to offer my sincerest apologies. It is my greatest wish that ordering and downloading problems will someday soon, no longer be an issue at the Animan Shop. Thank you for being so patient!