As anyone who’s known me for more than a few minutes is well aware, I like posters. Too much.
The 60’s was pretty much the end of the useful commercial poster (though in some cities, transit posters will occasionally still work) but in the last 40 years the limited edition art poster has been alive and well. My ad agency made more posters than they were sometimes comfortable with, and when I got into cartoon biz my habit continued unabated. At Frederator our bank account slows us up quite a bit, but I can be persuasive in convincing our partners that it’s a really good idea for them.
Now that there are a lot of easy ways to publish books on demand on the internet, I’m starting to go a little book crazy. The latest one up is a collection of our posters. You can see the latest draft up above, and it should be available on Amazon next month. Next, title cards and the latest postcards.
By the way, here’s the description I’m going to putting on Amazon. If any of you have a better way to do it, please let me know. I’m eager to hear what you think.
Original Cartoon Posters collects a dozen years of the Frederator Studios limited edition poster releases.
Since 1998, Frederator has been America’s leading independent cartoon producer, with smash hits like ‘The Fairly OddParents’, ‘Fanboy & Chum Chum’, and ‘Adventure Time’, and the big idea cartoon incubators What A Cartoon!, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, and Random! Cartoons. Showcased here for the first time, you’ll find rarities like private staff editions, comic convention promotions, and one-off digital giveaways.
Because of squeezing credits and audio promos, you’ll rarely get to see Adventure Time’s end credits well as they air on Cartoon Network. To boot, it’ll be just as occasional you’ll be hearing Ashley Eriksson’s closing tune, “Island Song.” That’s why we’re sharing the end credits (from “The Enchiridion”) here, above. See if you can catch the subtle inclusion of Kirsten Lepore’s Frederator logo.
And, because it’s Friday, we’ll also show you the end credits without the end credits. In other words, you get to see board artist Adam Muto’s animation without all those names in the way.
Congratulations to Pen and his Adventure Time team. Last week’s sneak preview of “Business Time” raked in really good ratings for Cartoon Network. For the week of March 8 through March 14, the Adventure Time sneak was:
#1 - Cartoon Network’s highest-rated program with kids, age six to eleven.
#1 - Cartoon Network’s highest-rated program with kids, age nine to fourteen.
#2 - Cartoon Network’s second highest-rated program with boys, age six to eleven.
#5 - Cartoon Network’s fifth highest-rated program with kids, age two to eleven. (Sorry, you anti-reality folks - Dude, What Would Happen was number one.)
You can imagine how pleased everyone is. Hopefully, the good times will continue to roll with tonight’s episode.
Watch “Evicted!”, Adventure Time’s second and final sneak preview, tonight on Cartoon Network at 8:30 p.m. You Marceline the Vampire Queenfans will definitely want to tune in.
Character designer Phil Rynda came up with the above title card and Paul Linsley painted it before art director Nick Jennings gave it his final pass.
While we’re finishing up the “How to make your own Finn hat!” video, we thought we’d keep you salivating. But, in a cute way.
“My son Marky decided it would be cool to wear the hat with his karate uniform. He got quite a few looks when he walked into class that night with it on. I did have to take it off before he could get down to business though :)”
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