Magic Man to Monster Lab: The Animations Behind the Art
Every design in this shop comes out of the same cartoon world: childhood icons twisted into horror, with a joke hiding somewhere inside. Here are the animations that built it.
Where did it start?
Magic Man, 2017: my first upload on the MeatCanyon channel went up on January 27, 2017. Everything since grew out of that first short.
Which animations are people talking about?
Wabbit Season (2020): a short from February 2020 that was later taken down after a copyright claim.
Jawbreaker and Jawbreaker 2: two horror parodies of Ed, Edd n Eddy. The cartoon you remember, but very much not the way you remember it.
Monster Lab: a series, with episode one premiering on January 3, 2021.
What ties them together?
Twisted childhood icons: the famous characters everyone knows, pushed somewhere dark.
Horror that's also funny: surreal, grotesque and darkly humorous, all at the same time.
Parody: each one starts with a franchise you know and asks what would happen if it went wrong.
How does that become merch?
The same look: gross-out cartoon faces, bulging eyes, horror-comic colour and metal-style lettering.
The same sense of humour: designs that make people do a double take, then laugh.
Black and white garments: every design comes on black and white tees, long sleeves, crewnecks and hoodies, plus kids' tees, youth crewnecks and youth hoodies.
Where do I watch them?
MeatCanyon on YouTube for the animations above, and Papa Meat at youtube.com/@PapaMeat for the second channel.
More about the second channel: read the Papa Meat channel.