We’re very excited to announce today the nominations for our 2nd Annual Golden Monkey Awards, celebrating top ToonTube cartoons from around the world. Voting begins today and winners will be announced Oscar Sunday: 2/26/12!

There are four nominations for each of our five categories: Most Playful Cartoon, Wildest Imagination, Top Drawing and Animation, Fantastic Foreign-Language Film, and Best Story. We think you’ll agree: these cartoons are AMAZING. Vote Today!

We’re speechless… much like Stinkpants, director of Silent Movie 4. Seriously, between the B&W recoloring and the handwritten segues and the (spoiler alert!) pop of color at the end, we were blown away by this ToonTube gem (not to mention the sheer genius of the director name). Bravo Stinkpants, Chaplin couldn’t have done it better himself.

Just three days ’til the Golden Monkey Award Nominations, we’re celebrating #4 of our 5 Daily Top ‘Toons: Day Dream by Bolt. It’s a great story for sure, but what really amazed us about Bolt’s cartoon was the DRAWING! Perspective, Bold Saturated Colors, Great Character Designs… the list goes on! Oh, and the collaborative storytelling too. Our (tri-corned pirate) hats go off to this dynamic duo.

We’re big fans of Chris O’Shea’s work here at LPT Galactic Headquarters and he’s just released a new app, MakeGo, that turns your iPhone into a LEGO car. Genius!

Today’s DAILY Top ‘Toon (we’re getting fired up for the Golden Monkey Award Nominations) comes from Rock_e, a budding geometry scholar and fan of the classic cape/caper serials. To our good friends (and fellow LDT alums) down the street at Motion Math: eat your  heart out! We’ve got math covered!