Scope
About this reference
This site examines a specific corner of internet media history: independent political animation made for browser playback during the first half of the 2000s, with Eric Blumrich’s documented works as a central case.
Independence
This reference is editorially independent. Eric Blumrich does not operate it, contribute to it or endorse it. The full notice appears at the top of the homepage and in every page footer.
What is included
Facts and historical context
The work pages give a small set of documented facts: the title, the year in which the work is first documented, the 550 × 400 delivery frame, the SWF filename and the labels the work carried when it was shared. Separate sections provide context about the election, war, law, technology or essay named in those labels.
Technical essays explain the Flash toolchain, distribution networks, format retirement, emulation and solo production.
What is excluded
No work, no substitute
- No animation, still frame, screenshot, executable, video, audio or media-file link.
- No first-person voice, reader correspondence, personal column, contact route, commercial offer or biographical expansion.
- No current personal account or successor site is named or linked.
Original illustrations on this reference use abstract technical motifs only. They are not depictions of the documented works and should not be read as visual evidence about them.
How the works were identified
Links are part of media history
Contemporary labels and citations help identify individual pieces and show how other writers framed them. The reference pages do not republish the media files or supply substitutes.
Begin with the documented works index · Flash toolchain · distribution routes.
Sources
Cited sources do not endorse this reference
A court docket, health review or magazine page helps place a topic in history; it does not sponsor this reference or validate every political claim made around that topic.