CHARACTER DESIGN MATTERS
Animation writer-producers depend on the talent of the series’ designers. We can structure the stories, name the characters, and write their dialogue. We can pick the actors, direct their voices, …
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1992 SIBLING RIVALRY
This blog exists to celebrate an animated super-hero television series that we, with struggling humility and extreme prejudice, believe is among the best ever made; none better. Were there others …
X-MEN: TAS — THE BOOK!!
Yes, there’s going to be a book! We’ve resisted for two decades telling the story of how X-MEN:TAS struggled to get made and survive on the air. The 25th Anniversary of our …
FAN FRIDAYS: ARTISTS AT PLAY
It wasn’t all work and no play for the excellent designers and storyboard artists that drew X-MEN:TAS. They would sneak in fun bits when they could. In what was SUPPOSED …
FUN FOR THE ARTISTS
Writing for animation is different from, say, poetry (or blogging) because you’re writing for artists. Graphic artists and actors and sound designers and editors bring what you write to life. …
DEADPOOL GETS HIS SCREEN DEBUT
This year’s Deadpool feature movie was a fun mega-hit. Ryan Reynolds nailed it. What few fans realize is that the character Deadpool got his first bits of screen time on our …
ARTISTIC INSPIRATION: LARRY CONJURES UP AN ALIEN QUEEN
Many X-MEN:TAS characters were set in stone. No fan wants to see a blond, willowy Wolverine. Often the creation of guest characters allowed our artists more room to personalize their …
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