I just wanted to share the good news that “Thom Cat” has been officially licensed to appear in his own series of E-cards for Birthday Alarm (www.birthdayalarm.com)! For the e-cards I have been lucky enough to assemble much of the original talent from the first short, including Jim Meskimen as the voice of Thom, Andy Paley as composer , and David Eppen for background painting! The cards should be finished in a month to two months, and I will include links to them as soon as they are live!
My new poster/banner for conventions & appearances, I had it made at Kinko’s in Elk Grove, CA and they did a terrific job (it even folds into itself for travel, and comes with a shoulder bag to carry it in)!
1) I am proud to announce that “Thom Cat” and “The Infinite Goliath” will be shown at the SF Bay Int’l Children’s Film Fest at Wondercon in San Francisco, CA at the Moscone Center Feb 27th to March 1, 2009! I will also have a table in Artist’s Alley, hope to see you there!: http://www.comic-con.org/
3) I will be the “Artist in Residence” at the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa this coming Saturday, Feb 14th from 1pm-3pm, hope you can make it! http://www.schulzmuseum.org/
4) I launched my first webcomic, “Clumsy Love” last week, I hope you will check it out: www.clumsylove.net !
I am honored to be the October “Cartoonist in Residence” at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco this coming Saturday, October 11, from 1pm to 3pm! I am excited at the opportunity to promote “Thom Cat” and the “Infinite Goliath,” to show the cartoons at the museum, and to talk about my work with the Museum patrons! If you have never been there, I highly recommend that you go, the Museum has a fantastic permanent art collection along with terrific, special shows! Here is the press release from the Museum:
“The Cartoon Art museum hosts Mike Gray, artist and creator of Thom Cat, (which will air on Nickelodeon in December 2008 as part of the Random Cartoons cartoon series) on October 11, 2008, 1:00 to 3:00 pm, as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to watch Mr. Gray at work, watch his cartoons, [Read more…]
I am excited to announce that “Thom Cat” has been selected to be shown at the 2nd Annual SDSU Children’s Animation Mini-fest which will be held on November 1 at the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings, SD. This event is free and open to the public and is followed by a hands-on animation workshop for kids! –Mike
I am very excited and honored to announce that “Thom Cat” has been selected to be shown at the Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival! The film will screen the weekend of Sept. 20-21 at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach. www.molaa.org An exact screening day/time will be announced in early September on the official festival Web site at www.lachildrensfilm.org (the films listed on the site as of today are not relevant to this year’s festival). It may also be screened at the big video game convention E for All Expo www.eforallexpo.com at the LA Convention Center Oct. 4-5 (also in conjunction with the LA Festival), but that is not confirmed. –Mike Gray
I will be at the San Diego Comic-con this week promoting “Thom Cat” for the San Diego International Children’s Film Festival and pitching “Thom Cat” as a series! My schedule so far is Saturday July 26th from noon to 1pm at the Cartoon Art Museum booth (doing sketches for donations to the museum) and Sunday July 27th 12:30pm to 1:30pm in Room 10 for the San Diego International Children’s Film Festival screening of “Thom Cat” followed by a Q&A session with all the filmmakers, and then from 2pm to 3pm also on Sunday the 27th at the NCS (National Cartoonist’s Society) booth doing free sketches and talking about “Thom Cat!” I will also be at the San Diego International Children’s Film Festival booth on the Mezzanine at least one time from Friday to Sunday doing sketches for donations to the festival, time TBD, please stop by the booth to find out when! [Read more…]
