Maker vs. Marker pits an animated character against its creator in stop-motion
There’s a grand tradition of breaking the fourth wall throughoutanimation, particularly in the Chuck Jones shorts “Duck Amuck” and “Rabbit Rampage.” But stop-motion short “Maker vs. Marker” takes the creator-against-creation battle literally, depicting a standard 2-D fighting game sequence between a Street Fighter-based character and the hand that drew him on a dry-erase board. It’s the stop-motion equivalent of the Master Hand boss battle in the Super Smash Bros. series. Check out the video below.
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