Gibson MacReady
The Savior of Funk

“Gibson MacReady: The Savior of Funk,” has been a long-term project that has finally and suddenly come to fruition. It’s our own take on the blaxploitation genre, as told through a familiar religious allegory. It’s especially gratifying and surreal for us because we have been working on this piece sporadically for roughly two years.

The animation style is rotoscoping, which meant lovingly drawing, coloring, and shading every frame. It seemed endless. Now, it suddenly materializes in the form of an injection of mayhem, funk, and humor directly into the bloodstream. “Gibson MacReady” was our very first collaborative project, and now it is here, two years later, bloody as it is funky.

Notes:
-The “Story So Far” button goes to a short slideshow with voiceover that explains the backstory. Highly recommended.
-The “Skip to the Action” button goes directly to the animated section.