Tomorrow – Thursday, February 18th at 7pm, I’ll be taking part in a discussion on pitching animated series at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. The panel is arranged by Dave Levy, and I’ll be talking with Brown Johnson, president of Nickelodeon. Stop by, say hello, and bring your questions on pitching animated series!
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MoCCA
7:00pm
$5 admission
594 Broadway, Suite 401
(btwn. Houston and Prince)
New York, NY 10012

Sundance Channel – Monday from Will Krause on Vimeo.

I hadn’t seen this short for at least 25 years, so nice to see it again. A real joy from Derek Lamb.

Bud Luckey is an amazing artist, currently collaborating with the folks at Pixar.

Update: Janet Perlman tells me that the animation on “I Get Mad” is from Kai Pindal.

Harry Teitelman’s senior film is a rare mix of 2D, 3D, and physical sets. I’m happy to see a student work taking advantage of mixed media.

Strange Land from Harry Teitelman on Vimeo.

I was also introduced to animator Stevie Girard, who has a unique style and some really creative imagery. It’s a crime that both these shorts have under thirty views.

40th Aniversary ASIFA Award, designed by Will Krause

Last night was the 40th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival. This is the biggest animation night of the year for the New York animation community, and I’m happy to say that I was called up to the podium a couple times.

Left to right: Fran Krause, Will Krause, Dave Levy

My Signal Film for Rooftop Films was awarded First Place in the category for “Sponsored Films Under Two Minutes.” Now, this was just barely eligible for the category, but it did have a small budget and I thought I’d give it a go. I’m glad I did!

Will and I also took home an “Excellence in Animation” award for the video we made for Miles Kurosky’s “Dog In A Burning Building.” Sorry folks, it’s still top secret as the album won’t be out til the fall! Do puppets count as animation? Unfortunately, the print that played last night was an earlier render, it didn’t have the final fifty-hour 2000-layer final shot with fog, and a few shots were flaky, but Will and I were probably the only ones who noticed.

As always, the food and drinks after the show were a total mob scene, as animators tried to make up for a year of antisocial tendencies while eating a sandwiches at the same time. It was great to see everyone at the show. I’ll be sure to have something for next year. Thanks, ASIFA!

I interview Will. Photo by Emmett Goodman.

I grew up with Sesame Street, and Elmo was introduced a few years after I had stopped watching every day. I just knew of him by way of the “Tickle-Me Elmo” craze. Turns out the character, and puppeteer Kevin Clash, are hilarious and talented. Now I see why Elmo is so popular.