Giant Puts Kicks in Dems' Donkey

Giant Studios has reanimated the Democratic donkey for the wired world.
The Atlanta computer animation and visual effects studio has updated the party’s four-legged symbol as Swifty, a battling political icon in red boxing gloves and a T-shirt that pledges: “Fighting for you.”
The computer-generated image will be seen kicking up his heels at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.
Swifty is designed for distribution across multiple media platforms ranging from broadcast to the Web. He will appear on the large-screen video displays at the Staples Center as well as individual computer monitors around the world.
Tom Gorman, director of production for the 2000 DNC, said Swifty will act as a virtual “host” on the convention’s Internet site, dems2000.com.,