Hey there everyone, DeepRising here with the Weekly Newsletter and Weekly Topic competition.

We had a great response to last week's topic “2025 The Year Just Gone”, and a selection of our favorite winning entries are coming up.

You can view all of the submissions for this topic on its Weekly Topic channel by clicking this link Weekly Topic - 2025 The Year Just Gone

If you're thinking of creating a Flipnote for the topic, check out next week's Topic theme and description. We've included ideas and inspiration to help get you started! You can also find a list of upcoming topics at the end of this newsletter.

And now, our winning Flipnotes from last week’s Topic “2025 The Year Just Gone“.

Well done to everyone who entered.

Our Favorite Flipnotes from last weeks Topic "2025 The Year Just Gone"

As a farewell hurrah to the year just gone, CosmicGAZ and ◆Flip Cat◆ have collaborated for one last time in 2025 to produce this fantastic Topic winner.

Celebrating with a tale of late night fridge raids and a wordplay cat-astrophic encounter, the pair bring together seamlessly, both their colorful creativity, and their wonderfully expressive cartoon characters.

aceford360 thrills us with this animated recap of the favorite Flipnotes they’ve made this year.

And with such a wide variety of rich, detailed imagery and fabulous Country music to choose from, it really hits the mark!

In this unnerving mix of celebration and the unknown, Angel explores the strange period of time that passes between Christmas and the New Year.

Woah! What the Crimbo just happened there?!

In our next Topic winner, PaperHat looks back at the many new found friends they made in their first months on Sudomemo during the year just gone.

What a great way to say “Thank you” for all their wonderful help and support.

Shotgun and Bammy commemorate the New Year, as well as their 1st anniversary (almost) in the good company of many fellow creator characters in this lively speech-bubble dialogued cartoon Flip created by Robz805😃❗.

But what’s this! It looks like Mr Mustache Guy’s been overlooked…….And to say the least, he’s Not Happy!!!

And finally, join us in celebrating the New Year with a bang with this splendid firework animation by GameJamesy.

A very happy New Year to you all!

That concludes last week’s Topic winners.

Now onto this week's Topic description.

This Weeks Topic - "Mystery"

Mystery: Something that is difficult or impossible to understand.

A mystery could be a puzzling event, a secret, a whodunit, an unknown aspect of the past, and many other perplexing and inexplicable things.

Your Topic Flipnotes could be inspired by mysteries and the mysterious in any way you choose.

Here’s a crazy idea to try!

How about the mystery of the Flipnote Frog? How did it come to be? And where does it go when it jumps off our screens?

Just a thought!

But seriously, we love a good mystery. So why not baffle us with a puzzling and mysterious Flipnote, and start making a Topic entry today!

We really love the way you're all so creative with these topics and look forward to seeing the Flipnotes you create for them.

Make sure to post your entries to the Weekly Topic channel Weekly Topic - Mystery and the deadline for your entries is January the 11th (12pm EST / 4pm GMT).

We would also encourage you to add a description to your Flipnotes, to highlight any details you’d like us to feature in our winner reviews.

Tip: The frame you save your Flipnote on will become the thumbnail, so choose your favorite or add a title page!

Keep on Flipnoting and the best of luck with your entries.

Now here's a word about our ongoing fund raising activities.

Sudomemo Fundraising

Here at Sudomemo our fundraising activities reflect the quality of services we can provide.

We want to develop more educational content, as well as continued improvements and upgrades to our infrastructure.

With more funding we would be able to do more for the community and also ensure a healthier future for the site.

If you would like to make a donation then Sudomemo Patreon is the way to go! It will really help with the upkeep and running of Sudomemo, and there’s loads of special rewards to enjoy.

Here's the link to our Sudomemo Patreon site:

https://www.patreon.com/Sudomemo

Also, here's a link to "Keeping Flipnote Animation Alive". A site that tells you all about Sudomemo, and our fundraising activities so far:

https://www.sudomemo.org/support/

Why not check them out! And thank you so much for all your support.

Upcoming Topics

Topic - Winter Comedy Fest Competition: Week 1 (January 11th)

Topic - Winter Comedy Fest Competition: Week 2 (January 18th)

Topic - Sudomemo’s 12th Birthday (January 25th)

Topic - The Remote Control (February 1st)