My guest today on the Man vs. Art Podcast is a legendary animator whose signature technique and dazzling visuals have been tickling your animation cockles for over 25 years.
“Your Face” which garnered a 1987 Oscar nomination for best animated short.
“How to Kiss,” “25 Ways to Quit Smoking”, and most recently “The Guard Dog” He has also produced a string of awesome feature length animated films, ” The Tune”, “I Married a Strange Person”, “Mutant Aliens”, and ” Hair High”.
But we’re here to talk about his most recent project:
THE MOVIE THE NEW YORK TIMES IS CALLING “RELENTLESS AND BRILLIANT”!
“Idiots and Angels” is a dark comedy about a man’s battle for his soul.
Of course I’m speaking of the King of Independent animation, the one and only Mr. Bill Plympton! Jim Lujan and I had a wonderful time talking to Bill Plympton. Sit back enjoy the podcast and get your butt to a screening of Bill’s latest release Idiots and Angels.
On today’s podcast I have a nice long chat with Animation Great Tom Sito! He’s an artist, animator, director writer, teacher and historian! He has more cartoon knowledge and experience in one fingernail than any of us have collectively!
In part 2 of the interview, we get into the nitty gritty of 2D traditional animation. Don talks about the times he got to watch the Great Milt Kahl animate. Don also mentioned how Frank Thomas explained to him how to show weight in your characters when animating! For the second segment of the Podcast I had the pleasure of interviewing webcomic creator / illustrator Onezumi Hartstein and her partner in crime, web developer James Harknell. Onezumi (Oni for short) lives in New Jersey, loves Heavy Metal, and Disney World. She writes and draws the web comic Stupid and Insane Defenders Against Chaos.Oni is one of the most active contributors to and supporter of the webcomics scene:
Recently I had the pleasure of speaking with the the great Don Bluth, one of animation’s most respected figures and one of my greatest inspirations as a kid. We had a great time and hit it off really well. Since then, I have been eagerly anticipating the chance to share the interview with you Minions. Like many of you, I totally realize how extremely valuable of an opportunity it is to speak with my guest. We both joked and laughed and shared with each other our mutual respect and deep passion for Traditional 2D Animation.
Hola Minions! I’m happy to announce that this episode marks the one year anniversary of The Man vs. Art Blog and Podcast! So I decided to do something special for you guys and put together a Giant Sized Podcast! It’s a two hour Man vs. Art extravaganza made up of purely new stuff! I was able to collect together a whole bunch of short visits with my past guests, friends of the show, and the 3 Prime Minions!
