Just Another Reminder That ‘Life Sucks’

A new short-form animated series has arrived online to break up your existential doldrums. Life Sucks but at Least I’ve Got Elbows blends live-action and 3D animation to follow it’s thumb-sized protagonists as they navigate our world through 12 angsty episodes.

Life Sucks centers on a small family wherein a precocious 9-year old pesters her philosophical father about life’s big questions: Love, Death, Religion, etc. Dad takes an admirable stab at satisfying his daughter’s curiosity, between his son’s irreverent interjections and traumatic memories of his not-in-the-picture ex-wife. And viewers are helpfully reminded by their faithful if obnoxious bird companion throughout, that “Life sucks.”

The series is created by multi-award winning filmmaker Nicola Piovesan and written by slightly-fewer-awards winner Matt Willis-Jones. Michael McConnohie voices Dad and is joined by young talents Lizzie Freeman and Hayley Nelson.

You can be reminded that Life Sucks on Facebook and YouTube.

Life Sucks but at Least I’ve Got Elbows