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 works as a central case.

Abstract vector paths and translucent animation frames on a dark field

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 each work’s title, year, 550 × 400 delivery frame and SWF filename.

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.

Where to begin

Start with the works

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.