STILL MORE SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION

I dunno what prompted this sudden surge of attention, but anyway - but since FREDERATOR has been airing 'The Tantrum' this week, the blog site for the Fred empire is currently running three (yes THREE) interviews with me. One about 'Teenage Robot', one about 'The Tantrum' and one about my career in general.
Two of the features were written by my blog-buddy Jeaux "The Freakishly Talented Artist" in my links.

Anyway, check them out if you feel so inclined:

http://newtoons.frederator.com/post/3678

http://newtoons.frederator.com/post/3674

http://newtoons.frederator.com/post/2717

In the interest of giving you a taste, one of the common questions I get asked a lot is "Who are your influences?" - so here's a snippet from one of the interviews asking this question:

Ah, my influences... I could thank them and damn them in the same breath.
One of the things that has been both a blessing and a curse in my career is that my influences are all over the map, so-to-speak. I believe that is in large part responsible for the fact that I've never focused on one style of drawing or storytelling and consequently, my work has been called 'undisciplined'.
Anyhow, here's a partial list:
Film: George Lucas- perhaps the greatest overall artistic influence in
my life.
Television: Jim Henson- 'Sesame Street' and 'The Muppet Show'.
Music: Peter Gabriel- a genius that will likely never receive nearly
enough credit for his brilliant innovations in music and multimedia.
Comics: Kyle Baker, Evan Dorkin, Robert Crumb and many others.
Comic Strips: Charles Schulz, Berke Breathed, George Herriman, Bill Griffith, Bill Watterson, Gary Larson, Patrick McDonnell and many others.
Painting: Picasso, Magritte, Dali, Munch and many others.
Literature: J.R.R. Tolkien, Moliere, Douglas Adams, Greek Mythology, the Bible and virtually any books pertaining to philosophy.
Animation: Obviously, Walt Disney, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery and all of the masters. Nick Park and Aardman... Over the course of the past 20 years, I've been increasingly influenced by anime - specifically the works of Miyazaki and anything from Gainax.
Some of the most important influences in my animation career however have been people that I've worked with and call my friends - Shawn Murray, Chris Graham, Ira Sherak, Louie del Carmen, Rudi Berden, Ian Graham, Rob Goodin and many others. If these guys hadn't let me peek over their shoulders while they worked, I'd have drowned in animation ignorance LONG ago.

Thanks once again to Fred and his vast network of hench-people for the recognition.
Be sure to visit Jeaux's site and support his work.
Have a nice day.