Heinz Edelmann (1934-2009)

Heinz Edelmann, art director and character designer for "Yellow Submarine," died on Tuesday in Stuttgart, Germany. He was 75.

New York Times obit here.
Read a tribute from 2002 written by his former student Christoph Niemann here.

Direct from Pepperland

Happy Birthday, Nick!

George Harrison sings

The Beatles Rock Band

This has got to be the best opening cinematic for a video game EVER.

Watch it here

and then have a look at some of director Pete Candeland's other awesome work here