The unexpected merger of Aardman’s Creature Comforts and the DC character universe is DC Nation. As with Creature Comforts, sound bites from adorable youngsters are transposed onto unlikely figures for our eyeball’s pleasure. This clip probably won’t be up long – so click the triangle.

The Rauch Brothers have steered yet another beautiful StoryCorps animated short through production. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we’re introduced to a couple in a long-distance relationship that starts with an interesting twist. Gorgeous designs by Bill Wray. Here’s To R.P. Salazar, with Love.

Kirsten Lepore’s latest work was produced for Yo Gabba Gabba!, the hit show on Nick Jr. It’s a perfect lead-in to the Christmas weekend. Merry Christmas everyone. Thanks for joining us in 2011, and here’s to an amazing 2012!

The other night on SyFy, the entire cast of Eureka were transformed into animated versions of themselves for a Christmas special. Curious Pictures handled the design and animation, which reportedly spanned the gamut of styles, from anime, CG, traditional 2D and stop-motion, which you can see in the clip below:

Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole returns to Adult Swim on January 8th of next year for a second season. Helping hype the next batch of 10 episodes, series creator Dino Stamatopoulos is refreshingly self-deprecating and somewhat critical of the inaugural season in this behind-the-scenes assembly that takes us to the show’s new home at Starburns Industries.

Tomorrow night at 8:30pm ET/PT on FOX, we’ll be treated to a new Peanuts holiday special. Would you believe that this is the 45th special? It’s also the 1st not produced without the late Bill Melendez. The hour-long special, titled Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, was produced by Wildbrain, the team producing HBO’s The Ricky Gervais Show and Yo Gabba Gabba!. The piece, which was adapted from comic strip material, was directed by Frank Molieri and Andrew Beall (who also provides the ‘voices’ of Woodstock and Snoopy). It’s also available on DVD. From what I’ve heard, FOX and the Schultz estate are closely watching how it performs tomorrow night, and imagining several more if an audience shows up. Here’s a clip:

In tonight’s South Park episode, titled The Poor Kid, Cartman struggles in the absence of Kenny, the poorest kid in school. Here’s a clip below. Speaking of the ‘have-nots’ – after tonight, we will have not another South Park episode for a solid 4 months, because this, my friends, is the season finale. Booo! Now it’s time to start saving up for a trip to NYC to see The Book of Mormon.