It was great catching up with artist Jeaux Janovsky (late of Channel Frederator) a couple of weeks ago at Frederator Studios in California. He showed us his latest projects and let us know what he’s been up to since moving back to the left coast. Dig Jeaux’s hand drawn Oswald T!
JC Molina visited the other day from his home base in Puerto Rico, with an introduction by his former agency colleague, Gary Bonilla, Nickelodeon’s SVP Creative Strategy. He came by with his pre-school project “Parker’s Questions.” Thanks JC.
Artist/designer Janet Perr came by Frederator/NY yesterday with her funny books
Hip-Hop for Dogs: From Bling to Phat Your Dog Is One Cool Cat and Yiddish for Dogs: Chutzpah, Feh!, Kibbitz, and More: Every Word Your Canine Needs to Know to talk about turning them into television shows.
Thanks to Janet for kind permission to display some of her artwork.
It’s always a good day when artist/director Kevin Lofton comes by Frederator/NY. Carrie and I got to talk to him about his plans for feature films, TV series, and web shorts.
Thanks for Kevin’s kind permission to post some of his development artwork.
I met author/artist James Proimos when Frederator didn’t get a chance to make Generation O! as an Oh Yeah! Cartoons short. He came by the other day to show us what he’s been up to. Shorts for Nickelodeon, picture books, young adult novels, James is a machine.
Gary Greenblatt and I worked together at Sonicnet.com and the MTVi Group back in the day. So, I was happy to see him when he came in to show us his kids TV project “Sammy the Rocket,” based on stories he told during his son’s childhood.
Yes, I know the picture is Michael C. Maronna, but I forgot to snap a picture of my old colleague, writer/producer Will McRobb when he came by our New York office to visit. So, you’ll have to settle for a star screenshot from The Adventures of Pete & Pete, which Will created with his partner Chris Viscardi. (And yes, Artie just might be the Strongest Man in the World.)
The three of us worked together for years in the formative years of Nickelodeon and Nick-at-Nite. And, as I told Will today, the afternoon he walked in the office with the original one minute TAOP&P script he changed my life; Will unleashed a thought in my head that allowed me to move out of television promotion into film production. Thanks Will!
The very talented artist/writer Dave Smith was at Frederator/Burbank last week, introducing himself and his work to Eric and me. Funny enough, we’d never met, even though we were like ships passing in the night on many of the same projects, and it took my Adventure Time co-executive producer Derek Drymon to introduce us. Thanks Derek; it was great meeting you Dave.
Thanks to Dave for his kind permission to post some of his artwork.
Illustration by Andy Rash
Illustrators/writers Dan Yaccarino and Andy Rash came by Frederator/NY to talk with Carrie and me about some new television and movie projects they’re working on. I’ve known and admired Dan for quite a while now but I was meeting Andy (and seeing his work) for the first time. It won’t be the last.
Thanks for Andy for kind permission to post his art.
Comedians/writers Barry Rothbart and Dan St. Germain stopped by Frederator/NY to tell us about their cartoon “Jake the Snake.” Though Barry worked with my NNN colleagues at Barely Political and is friends with Nite Fite animator Adam Rosette, we’d never met, so it was great to catch up.
Thanks to Barry and Dan for kind permission to post an image from their cartoon.
