I'm excited to finally tell you about a project I worked on that has recently gone live: An animated website for Hasbro/Playskool starring Mr. Potato Head! Last fall I was approached by Minneapolis agency Popular Front to help them update an activity page on Hasbro's Playskool Kids website. At the time the site featured four host characters—a turtle, a dog, a...
I'm leaving today to spend the weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska where I'll be attending the annual meeting of the North Central chapter of the National Cartoonists Society. We'll be judging submissions for the "comic strips" category of the NCS Reuben Awards. There will also be some presentations by other artists, some good food, and lots of goofing off. Before I leave...
A few days ago I blogged about a new series from the Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales, called "What's In The Bible?". Here's a short video introducing the series: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Mnq_sqMus] I've had the honor of doing some animation work on the series (including the puppet choir shown in the video). Volumes 1 and 2 will go on sale in Christian bookstores...
More misc. links and news of interest from around the web: Mort Drucker Interview - Stephen Silver has posted his video interview with famed caricaturist Mort Drucker over at Schoolism.com. The video, part of his new "Maters Series" is over two hours long. For $39.95 you can have unlimited access to the video online for 30 days. (Sorry, due to piracy...
Today at 10:00am Pacific time is the start of the "Help The Hodges" art auction (ebay link). It's not only a chance to bid on some *fantastic* cartoon and animation art but you'll also be helping a good cause. The drummer pictured above is Matt Hodge, teenage son of animation writer/producer Tim Hodge (Mulan, VeggieTales). Back in August Matt was in...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCDxaiYZXaU&sns=em] Artist Stephen Silver has put together an amazing new video that cartoonists are going to love. "The Masters Series, Vol. 1" includes lengthy interviews with three living legends: Mort Drucker (MAD Magazine), Stan Goldberg (Archie Comics), and John Reiner (The Lockhorns). Over the course of 2 hours and 15 minutes we get to see each artist hard at work in...
