# animate! › Films › His Comedy by Paul Bush

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Discovery terms: 1990s animation, direct animation, engraving on film, war, violence, hell, literary adaptation, filmmaker

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**His Comedy** a film by Paul Bush

1994, 8 min

![His Comedy, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/hiscomedy01.jpg)

### a film by Paul Bush

### animate! synopsis

Going down… A brimstone homage to Doré as Dante and Virgil get beneath the surface of things. Human horrors meet hellish retribution in this celluloid engraving.

### key credits

**director**
Paul Bush

**Dante**
Neale Goodrum

**Virgil**
Kevin Graal

**animation assistance**
Crimp Beringer

**sound designer**
Andy Cowton

**His Comedy** film, stills and other materials © Paul Bush 1992