After reading Guy Delisle’s wonderful book Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea last week, running across this animation was quite amusing. It’s the cutest piece of animated propaganda for a militaristic totalitarian society you’re ever likely to see.
Don’t miss Pyongyang… it is Delisle’s story of a trip he took to North Korea on a gig supervising animation for a French studio. His experiences in Orwellian North Korea are bizarre, chilling, and frequently hilarious (a nice combination of effects). Delisle is an excellent cartoonist, with a keen eye for observation and a great sense of timing. Pyongyang is the first thing I’ve read by Delisle, and I’ll definitely be hunting down the rest of his works.
