Final Title Cards, BGs, Color Character & Props!
June 22nd, 2007
Thom Cat
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Thom Cat Fan Art!
February 4th, 2007
Thom Cat (or his evil twin) featured in a terrific comic by Sebastian Villarreal (Age 11)!
The comic is supposed to be read as follows (as told to me by the artist):
Thom’s Evil Twin: “I just zapped my mother to smithereens!”
Thom’s Mother: “How dare you zap me with your raygun!
Thom’s Evil Twin: “Now to get some ice cream”
Thom’s Mother: “Don’t you leave me hear [sic]”
Thom’s Evil Twin: “Did I hear a voice?”
Thom Cat Record!
August 2nd, 2006
Thom Cat finally has a voice provided by the fantastically talented Jim Meskimen ! Jim’s performance as Thom is both hilarious and charismatic! I was lucky to also have the incredible Annie Mumolo, who provided the voices of both Rusty and Melissa, bringing to them the quality of real kid voices I wanted, but with hilarious timing and delivery! I am so fortunate to have found them both (thank you Meredith Layne, our Casting Supervisor at Nickelodeon!) It is such an amazing experience hearing characters you love come to life! Ginny McSwain was again my voice director, and she was fantastic as usual, there is so much to learn from watching her work!
Left to right: Jim Meskimen (Thom Cat, neighbor John), Ginny McSwain, Annie Mumolo (Rusty, Melissa)
Thom Cat Rough Designs & Storyboard
July 9th, 2006
Above are some rough designs for I did for Thom Cat, I am working on Larry Huber’s notes to this and the early turnarounds I turned in.
On this cartoon, I have the fantastic help with directing by the fantastic Jeff DeGrandis of “Finster Finster” fame! I also have the expert help of storyboard artist, Luther McLoren! (Here is an example of his rough boards, I love the way he draws Thom in these):
Thom Cat Re-Pitch!
June 5th, 2006
Last Friday I re-pitched Thom Cat to gather notes before beginning the production board stage. The pitch review team from left to right: Larry Huber, Therese Trujillo, Jack Kinman, Eric Homan, Melissa Wolfe, and Kim Keith (Goliath producer Kevin Kolde was of course also there, but managed to swiftly avoid the camera). See how happy everyone is before the pitch!
The pitch begins and I jump right into Thom Cat’s theme song, which is sure to be a crowd pleaser!
