Channel Frederator Blog

Animator William Garratt’s quirky cartoon “Le Tuff Talk” is only one of many fun films (in addition to oodles of commercial work) in his repertoire. Let’s talk the talk with him about cartoons, Bo Diddley, and bad mouthing.Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?William Garratt: I did a three month course in 2D animation at the University of the West of England here in Bristol (in the UK ), which was great fun and very useful. Apart from that, it’s been very much a process of trial and error.CF: What are your favorite films/cartoons?WG: I love “The Big Snit” by Richard Conde – it manages to be both very funny and very humane at the same time. “The Cat Came Back” by Cordell Barker is another favourite, as is “Bob’s Birthday” by Alison Snowden and David Fine. I recently saw “Mary and Max” by Adam Elliot, which was great. Plus of course the Pixar films, Spongebob, and [Read more…]