Too much Dana is never enough!

I swear he looks like a Bond Villain.

"Excellent!"

Performing as a Gothic Mentalist at a very private affair. Winter Solstice, 2000.

Some funny stuff from the Dana Reemes Files!

Don’t you guys hate it when this happens?!

For the benefit of the laymen, here is what a clean up artist brings to the table in animation.

An awesome parody of the classic Ripley’s cartoons by madman Dana!

Lureline Weatherly:

a self-portrait.

She is Dana’s first wife and left quite an impression on him!

Ramses II’s Great Royal Wife Nofretari and Dana –Dana is the one on the right.

The Glamorous side of being an Animator.

Filmation also made live action Saturday morning kid shows.  One of them was Space Academy!  When it tanked, the abandoned  sci fi sets were  used to house artist cubicles! Studios will literally shove artist cubicles ANYWHERE!

When I was boy vs. art this stuff was THE BOMB!

File the next two under so horrible they are  great!

Shazam is cool.  Everyone knows that!

This takes the cake! Bigfoot raises an orphan and together they fight CRIME?!!

Will the REAL Ghostbusters please stand up?

Controversy!

While working at Filmation Dana had a ringside seat to the cartoon drama between “The Original Ghostbusters” and “The Real Ghostbusters.”

In 1984  Columbia Pictures released the blockbuster film Ghostbusters.   As they raked in millions  Columbia was clueless to their huge blunder.   Apparently they did not realize the name “Ghost Busters” was taken!  Believe it or not Filmation had already produced a live-action comedy series with that same name in 1975 starring Forest Tucker and Larry Storch.

In 1985 Filmation sued Columbia. As part of the out-of-court settlement, any cartoon based on the Columbia Pictures property could not be called “Ghostbusters.”  That title was reserved for Filmation!  Columbia had to name their cartoon show “The Real Ghostbusters” to directly distinguish it from the Filmation show.

Filmation then proceeded to call their version “The Original Ghostbusters.”

Columbia’s “The Real Ghostbusters was produced by DIC.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

I worked as a clean up  Inbetweener on the Phoebus Unit on  the 1996 Disney production The Hunchback of Notre Dame.  Phoebus was the handsome soldier who falls in love with the Gypsy Esmerelda.  He was interesting to work on thanks to some great rough animation by Russ Edmonds and Dave Brewster  as well as the charming voice performance by Kevin Kline.

But the helmet and sword gave my boss the suave  Brian Clift a hard time.  Anyway,   no matter how hard he tried he couldn’t get the props right.  The sword and helmet always morphed and wiggled.    The  head of the clean up department Vera Lanpher, wisely put Dana on the case!  It turns out Dana has a real knack for metal  props and his sense of  perspective  is razor sharp! Every frame of film that shows Phoebus’s helmet and or sword was done by Dana.

Helmet by Dana Reemes.

Something from the “Q” branch!

Dana owns a custom hand made animation lightbox setup made by the same guy who made the black acrylic animation discs at Disney.  It is beyond awesome! It collapses into a briefcase and comes with top and bottom pegs!  For $300.00 Dana got himself the coolest portable animation table set up I have ever seen.  Hand made in Korea!

Coolest animation lightbox ever!

Dana Reemes: The Filmmaker

NECROMANCE, a sequence from an unfinished feature film by Dana Reemes, is provided here as a public service by ManvsArt.com.  The names of the cast aand  crew have been changed to protect the identify of  some of the most prestigious individuals in the worlds of music, fashion, entertainment and the visual arts.  This film has been recognized for its artistic merit by countless audiences and critics over the years. NECROMANCE is, to put it bluntly, a deathless classic of the cinema.

Ahem!…..

Corrections!

I goofed in the last post a few times when it came to selecting images Dana admires.  So he wrote to me and pointed my mistakes out and offered his solutions. Here I cut and pasted Dana’s emails.  Isn’t he precious?!

Hey Raul, buddy,

It’s Dana “Not Tall” Reemes, here. Know you’re a busy guy, but thought I’d offer another suggestion for Man vs. Art. I think that Swafford’s great caricature would benefit from some judicious cropping; there’s too much negative space around the image. Use the crop tool and pretend you are an art framer. That’s all for now… Back to my writing.

Dear Raul,

Hope all is well. Don’t mean to be a pain in the ass, but thought I’d write. The TUROK material that you have up is not what I found particularly inspirational. I sent you a couple of really magnificent early painted covers by Morris “Moe” Gollub, who incidentally had been an assistant at Disney and was later a very distinguished layout guy and president of the MPSC 839 animator’s union when I joined up. Of course, I didn’t know any of this when I last saw you; Sito came by for an enjoyable visit on Friday and gave me an inscribed, author’s presentation copy of his illuminating book DRAWING THE LINE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE ANIMATION UNIONS FROM BOSKO TO BART SIMPSON. (You would like this book, as its primary focus is “man vs. art”; artists trying to make a living doing what they like to do best, while having to deal with bullshit all the time from greedy or incompetent employers.) Sito, for his part, had an error in the book, describing the cover paintings that Mo Gollub did for Western Publishing titles like TARZAN and TUROK, SON OF STONE as being for paperback books rather than comic books. Gollub was just a guy like us (only talented) who knocked out those beautiful covers in the late ’50s when he was about your age. It was just something he did on the side as he was basically an animator. As for the interior page art, the examples you have are from the garishly colored Darkhorse reprints of one of the early issues illustrated by Rex Maxon, an old-timer that had done the TARZAN full-color Sunday newspaper strip (back when such strips were a big deal) for years starting in 1930, until it was later taken over by Burne Hogarth and the great Russ Manning (who later did MAGNUS,ROBOT FIGHTER for Western Publishing). Maxon’s Turok work looked old-fashioned at the time and while professional, always appeared to be done in great haste, mostly with brush (it’s faster). The finest draftsman ever to work on TUROK, was Alberto Gioletti (correct spelling, this time) a highly trained Italian, who later went back to Rome and established a well-respected comic book publishing firm. Considering how fast he worked and how little he was paid, his work is of a very high illustrational standard; other artists still use his drawings for reference when doing all manner of things like jungle, rocks, caves, etc. His work was always well-researched and had a real look of verisimilitude. All of the living beings, humans, cave-men, dinosaurs, etc., convey a sense of anatomical conviction. Anyway, it is factually incorrect to say that I liked the “Italian artists” that did TUROK; everyone involved with TUROK over the years was American except for Gioletti. (To complicate matters slightly, Gollub’s great covers were done early on when Rex Maxon was still doing interior page art; some other decent, but second-rate guy did the covers later on when Alberto Gioletti was doing the inside pages.)

One last thing, Sito right away knew the cartoonist who did that “Out of the way, swine, a cartoonist is coming!” panel; it is New York artist Bernard “Hap” Kliban, usually known as B. Kliban, and remembered now mostly for his goofy cartoon cats. He died sometime in the ’90s. You need to give him credit for that panel which so perfectly summarizes the way we cartoonists deal with our perpetually shattered dreams and frustrated aspirations. CARTOONISTS RULE!

B. Kliban

Well, I’m getting back to work on my doctoral dissertation now… Good being back in touch with you.

Your pal,
Dana

Also….

Also, with regard to the MAGNUS material you posted, you should say that this was the work of the great Russ Manning, as some of your fan-boy minions will no doubt know this and wonder at the oversight. Check out the way Manning does Magnus’ girlfriend in the finely-pleated, partly transparent mini-dress–very sexy, yet demure.  Don’t think he ever did the cover art though.

Here’s some random pages of Russ Manning MAGNUS art for you to pick through. Looked really good to me when I was a teenager!

Oh yeah, before I forget!

Also get a load of the latest Ghettomation Podcast! A fun and crazy animation round table discussion I take part in with Jim Lujan and Kevin Cross!

One last thing….

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The reviews are in!

“I gushed my chonies….in a good way!”

The Che Guevara T-Shirt.

“I couldn’t stop laughing for hours!  And that was just while trying to get the shrink wrap off the DVD case!”

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For less than a 12 pack of Dos Equis! ($13.49)

But just as fun and twice as intoxicating!

Thanks for dropping by!

Ciao.

R.

Here it is! At long last the eagerly anticipated second part of……

The History of Animation According to me.

But before I get into it I need to let you guys know right from the get go,  that this episode of the Man vs. Art Podcast is heavy.  I mean really heavy.  It clocks in at over 90 minutes.  I went balls out on this one kiddos.  I started from the 1987 debut of the  Simpsons shorts on FOX’s Tracey Ullman show and went all the way to the present day.  I made a real effort to touch on as many key moments  in cartoon history as I could,  with that bombastic fiery passion you all have come to expect from me.

I gushed over the things I love like some sort of braying seal/James Lipton hybrid and I tore into the stuff  I hate like a drunken Wolverine slashing into a pack of Ninjas.

In other words, I kept it Raul.

This time it was a little different than part one because this time I was actually there and experienced it first hand for myself as an animation artist.  So at times I got a little worked up and perhaps a tad emotional.

FYI, this is a no B.S. zone.  Rest assured that I offer the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me Walt.

In producing this episode I  learned that there is no free lunch in Animation.  Never has been. The first hundred years of modern animation was no picnic!  Especially for the Artists.

Producing animation is tough.   It takes hard work, devotion, and vision.  Even animation that is “phoned in” or “hacked out” requires effort.

Animation has dealt with B.S. and adversity at every turn. But more importantly I learned  that  the greatest achievements in animation no matter the era,  always have the most humble of beginnings.

Do you remember where you were on  April 19, 1987? I do. I was watching Animation history being made.

That night was the very first appearance of The Simpsons in a 1:40 minute short interstitial on the Tracey Ullman Show.   This little Ghettomation ushered in a new era for cartoons and became one of the biggest most successful animation properties in history.

Don Bluth Corner

Don Bluth Single handedly saved 2D Animation in the early eighties with awesome awesomeness!

Don Bluth’s Space Ace

Don Bluth Draws Kimberly from Space Ace

Notice he is using a yellow Dixon Ticonderoga #2 pencil.  It’s no secret Minions! You’ve heard me say it before! The magic pencil is the one you happen to have in your hand.

Here is Don’s youtube channel with some cool animation tutorials!

Disney’s The Black Cauldron 1985

80′s cartoons intro mix!

IMHO the Defenders of the Earth intro was EPIC!

Best Animated Feature Prologue EVER!

Awesome Ghettomation Parody of Saturday morning fun!

Slip and Fail by Jim Lujan

Channel Frederator!

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Newest Inductee to the Man vs. Art Pantheon of Awesomeness.

art and text by Mike Garvey

I hereby nominate Benjamin Franklin for the Man vs. Art Pantheon of Awesomeness. He has been one of my biggest heroes for as long as I can remember. Heck, I even named my son after him. My reasons, several, but I’ll keep it to a few. I’ll start with the obvious and then move on to what really makes him great in my book.

His discovery of electricity changed the world as we know it. Steve Jobs has nothing on him. From the light bulb to the internet, electricity may be one of the most important elements in any artist’s toolkit.

Social networking: In 1727 he formed the “Leather Apron Club” (later called “Junto”). Called the Leather Apron Club because of the leather apron he and his fellow printers wore, it was a club that met in tea houses and pubs for the purpose of ‘business, friendship, and conversation’. It became so popular over it’s 30 year span that several spin-off clubs were formed.

He was America’s first cartoonist. His political cartoon “JOIN OR DIE!” (drawn in 1754 in response to the Seven Years War) would become a rally cry during the American Revolution. His cartoon was an inspiration for the people of thirteen colonies to come together and stand against, and amongst, the world’s superpowers of the time. Now that’s the power of art!

He founded the first library in 1731. For the first time ever, access to knowledge, information, poetry, etc. was now available to the general public rather than the few wealthy elite who owned private libraries. Thus enabling everyone, not just the aristocracy, to have an educated voice in the world.

Franklin was so disenchanted by elitist societies of higher learning, that in 1781 when solicited by Royal Academy of Science to submit an essay on his scientific experiments, he responded with a letter which became popularly titled: “Fart Proudly”. The letter discusses scientific means of making farts smell pleasant, and ends with: “…[compared to the practical applications of this discussion, other sciences are] scarcely worth a FART-HING.”

And so, for giving artists the power of lightning to create and unite, for making art that made the little guy feel like a big guy, and for recognizing the importance of every individual in a society, I nominate Benjamin Franklin for the Man vs. Art Pantheon of Awesomeness.

John Narcomey The Man, The Myth!

Indy comic creator and friend of the show John Narcomey had a one man art show at Geeks Comics last weekend and MAn vs. Art was there to check out his gallery and books! That Batman John had on display behind is SICK! I love it!

Geo Brawn IV

was there as well! What a stud! Just in case you are wondering, no He’s not Samoan.

The lovely and vivacious Hortencia looked smokin’ (as always)

I'm a lucky guy.

She makes me look good.

Graciella Rodriguez, Melissa and Hortencia the Geeks Chicas!

John and his soon to be wife Melissa sure make a great couple don’t they?

I gotta give John props on his t-shirt.  PURE NARCOMEY!

GEEKS-CON 2010

Everyone is invited!

Javier Hernandez

Tribute gag Promo by

The Che Guevara T-Shirt

click the pic to Jav's Blog!

Last but not least, I am thrilled to announce that the Man vs. Art Podcast  is now a proud member of the Visual Artist Podcast Network at visualartistpodcastnetwork.com

Today’s podcast is the first of a two part series on….

The History of Animation according to me.

Why am I doing this? A good question to which I have a good answer.
I  recently came to a big decision concerning my technique for producing animation. For the longest time I’ve been clinging to my traditional animation shtick, and it has served me well. But now I need to scale down the fancy stuff and streamline my whole process. This is a must if I ever expect to increase my cartoon output. I want to tell stories that are more involved and work with a bigger cast of characters.

I believe that by adopting a Ghettomation attitude  I can knock out more toons without sacrificing quality.

I decided to research the history of Animation to learn  how our cartoon forefathers handled technique, technological change, and social conventions. That way I could find ideas on ways to scale back on my own process and learn what not to do from their past mistakes.

When you want to make a giant leap forward sometimes it’s a good idea to look back first.

For as long as man has been creating art, he has also tried to depict motion.

Instead of the smoking gun, for animation there is The smoking pot.

The images found on  five thousand year old clay pot in Iran shows  a sequence of a goat jumping up to take a nibble from a plant.

Piper vs. Superfly Snuka!

Animate like an Egyptian!

Here we see the a four thousand year old Egyptian Mural that clearly attempted to capture the motion of two wrestlers going mano y mano.

Phantasmagorie by Emile Cohl.

The earliest known paper drawn cartoon  is the 1908 French short.

His exalted Holiness Winsor MCcay

Cartoon Genius

Exceptionally awesome promotional poster wouldn't you agree?

Winsor MCcay is considered one of the first true animators . In the early 1900′s he took full advantage of the recently invented motion picture camera and used his love for drawing to animate films that were pure  genius.  MCcay’s animated films have stood the test of time and to this day are considered masterpieces. I think the word exquisite describes MCcay’s work perfectly.

Gertie the Dinosaur

MCcay stunned audiences with this wonderful animated piece that showed a character with personality, solid anatomy and weight! While other animators were using quarters and nickels to trace out heads and bodies for their cartoons, He  was light years ahead of his peers producing elegant pieces that blew the pocket change brigade out of the water.

How A Mosquito Operates,

Set mind to blown.

Little Nemo.

Some really good drawing and acting in this work!

The Sinking of the Lusitania.

Brilliant depiction of the terrible maritime disaster that shocked the world.

Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willy

It all started with a mouse that was a big F.U. to Universal.

Steamboat Willy marked the beginning of a new era early on, barely in the infancy of animation. Cartoons could finally talk.  Disney Studio held vast influence over the development of the animation process for decades..

The Fleischer Brothers

Best Superman Animation  adaptation ever.

These guys created very unique cartoons  that I am a total sucker for. With their studio in Florida  they were able develop independently of  all the other cartoon studios for many years!

Warner Brothers

The cartoon asylum  known as Termite Terrace produced the unforgettable Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes.

I think I now know what I must do.

Speaking of awesome…..

Jim Lujan’s nominee for the Man vs. Art Pantheon of Awesomeness.

Andy Kaufman

Link:

Andy did you hear about this one?

Ode to Andy.
There can only be one “first time”. You can only be a pioneer if something is undiscovered. There was only one first man on the moon. That man was Andy Kaufman and the moon was the world of undiscovered comedy. How do you take 25% awkwardness, 25% embarrassment, 25% chaos, and 25% fearlessness and turn into 100% genius? You can only do that if you are a groundbreaker willing to put your neck on the line discovering something new. Andy was that man.

Never before. Never again. Never quite the same.

He changed comedy and upped the game for comedians and actors alike. Andy took comedy to place where there was no roadmap. He built his own roads out of disorientation and pulling the rug from under our feet. The audience was stunned and could not look away. Some were repulsed and others instantly addicted. He showed people there doesn’t have to be a punchline to be funny. The punchline is the confusion created by no punchline. You either got it or were gotten by it. There was no hipster irony to his comedy. It was pure. The world didn’t know what this guy was doing….I have a feeling he was the only who really  did. That’s the beauty of it. Not only did he march to his own drum, he built the drum and played it while singing “The Impossible Dream”.

But alas, the true secret of Andy is….there can only be one. Andy was and is the one. Genius. Fearless.

Awesome.

Jim Lujan

Ciao Minions!

R

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You guys have really been a wonderful group of listeners and readers that I felt it was time to hook you guys up with something sweet.  Supplies are limited, so act now kiddos!

What have you got to lose? Besides, it's free!

Man vs. Art gets busy!

I recently appeared on the Art&Story podcast in a round table discussion with Jerzy Drozd, Mark Rudolph and Kevin Cross.  These dudes are Comic Fu masters as well as funny as hell.  It was a great show! We talked about writing in the thumbnail stage for comics and storyboarding. Give it a listen you’ll find it MEATY!

Also Jim Lujan and Kevin Cross have invited me to become a co-host on the Ghettomation podcast! The podcast for DIY animators by DIY animators! Wanna hear 3 animators talk about the orgasmic heaven and infernal hell that making animation is? Check out Ghettomation kiddos! In this latest episode we talk about music and the importance it plays in animated cartoons!

You guys have to check out Jim Lujan’s latest film.

New Wave Dentist.

And now the episode 21 podcast notes!

The three types of art.

In a nutshell all art can be placed into three distinct categories.

• Bad Art

  will prompt zero emotional response in the viewer. Like a song you hear in an elevator that goes in one ear and out the other, a picture on a wall that stimulates you the same way as if the wall had been blank, a movie on a plane you force yourself to watch just to kill time. Usually starring Rob Schneider incidentally.

  

  It's going to be a long flight.

• Good Art

Art that produces an emotion that you have felt before; a painting of a lake that reminds you of fishing with your grandpa, a love song that takes you back to the first time you saw your babe.

• Great Art

Art that produces an emotion that you have NEVER felt before. Take for example  Michelangelo’s La Pieta. His depiction of the Virgin Mary cradling the body of her son is so powerful and heart wrenching.  You can really feel the pain and sadness that a parent feels at the loss of a child.

La Pieta by Michelangelo. Agony in marble.

Passion Ration

As many of you know, I am very passionate about art. In fact it gets pointed out to me quite often.  I guess a majority of it stems from my refusal to completely grow up. I may be a big burly manly man.  To which  my friend Javier Hernandez adds Bombastic. I don’t know whether to punch him or hug him for that one.  Which come to think of it, that is probably what he means! But I still have a deep connection to the little punk inside of me that marvels at all things art related that are RAD, and BAD ASS.  Most cartoonists I think have this similar affliction to a certain degree, I mean look at how 99.9% of us have toys and action figures on our desks.

Nothing says "Hey ladies come and get it!" like a good set of desk toys!

Man vs. Art almost becomes Man vs. Ice Tomb!

Here is a series of pics from my trip to Europe in 2005.  I just barely avoided falling through the ice atop a glacier on Mt. Titlis in Switzerland.  Truly a near death experience.  I managed to bang up my leg and I suffered a severe nut crunch as a result. Luckily one of my fellow travelers, a kind Australian Gentleman happened to be a Surgeon. He examined me and made sure I hadn’t done any real damage to my boys.

As payment for the  emergency medical exam he wanted one of my watercolors I had painted of the Greek Isle of Hydros a few days before.

The Man vs. Art Pantheon of Awesomeness welcomes it’s newest inductee…..William Shatner!

Have you studied for your Kobayashi Maru?

William Shatner is the epitome of the artist who never says die!  For over four decades this guy has failed as much as he has  succeeded. He has put out as many stinkers as he has brilliant gems!  What’s more William Shatner has even humiliated himself a few times. But he always bounces back and we still love him!

What makes Shatner awesome is this.  Despite the  failures he has never given up.  Ever since I can remember Shatner has been working!

• bit parts on the Twilight Zone
• commanding the Enterprise in the OG Star Trek series,
• his brilliant musical career. Mr Tambourine man anyone? How about  Lucy in the sky with diamonds?
• TJ HOOKER,
• Rescue 911,
• the Star Trek Movies,
• Tek World,
• Spy Hard
• Over a decade as the priceline.com shill,
• Comedy Central’s Celebrity Roast
• History channel specials
• Critically acclaimed performances on The practice, Boston legal,
• His own talk show for crying out loud!

Some folks like me, admire him, other folks hate him.  You can’t argue with the fact that yes William Shatner is a joke.  But you know what?  I think he is laughing the hardest.  All the way to the friggin’ bank.

William Shatner I welcome you to the Man Vs. Art Pantheon of Awesomeness!

For you are Awesome in every sense of the word.  Or as my friend Luis Escobar puts it, “You are Awesome with Awesome sauce!”

Full of Shatner!

A musical tribute to William Shatner by who else? William Shatner!

Rocketman! Here William Shatner is the first person  to not just sing a song nor act a song but to overact a song!  If that’s at all possible!

William Shatner and Ricardo Montalban?!  Holy crap! That’s like adding chili and cheese to fries!

Phew! That’ll suffice for now!

Ciao!

R.

Sherm by Sherm

Sherm  is a storyboard artist with 16 years experience on many hit cartoons including The Ren & Stimpy Show, Hey Arnold, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Mighty B, Phineas and Ferb, and “Kick Buttowski, Suburban Daredevil.” In addition to his storyboard work, Sherm has written and directed episodes of Hey Arnold, SpongeBob and Phineas and Ferb, and has written songs for various cartoons including “The FUN Song” for SpongeBob. Sherm is currently working as Director and Storyboard Supervisor on Kick Buttowski, a new series for Disney TV Animation. His latest book, “Cartooning: Character Design” is published by Walter Foster Publications. He also publishes the KICK ASS cartoon blog www.cartoonsnap.com!

a fine example of Sherm's comics work! POW!

Contemporary Storyboarding

During the course of the interview Sherm gave us some insight into what can make or break a storyboard, as well as his thoughts on the digital storyboard process.  Always think story first.  Keep in mind how the sequence you are about to storyboard fits into the big picture.

Here you can find some samples of the digital storyboard software Sherm was talking about.  It’s called Toonboom Storyboard Pro.

check it out!

The program is used in conjunction with a Cintiq by Wacom.  A wonderfully expensive hi tech tablet that allows you to draw on the screen with a stylus.

Ren and Stimpy

best episode….EVER!

Below is the first episode of Ren and Stimpy that both Sherm and I ever saw.  This insane cartoon blew me away and made me a John K. and Ren and Stimpy fan for life. The quality is so so, but I still suggest you check it out!

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v14085830Cq24yFjf

One of the reasons Sherm refuses to attend the San Diego Comic Con is because he ends up spending too much money at places like Bud Plant.  Who incidentally has the most massive art and cartoon book catalog ever!

Check out the Ditko book!

HARVEY KURTZMAN

When asked who his greatest cartoon idol was,  Sherm was all about Harvey Kurtzman, who is without a doubt one of the most influential cartoonists of the 20th century.  In 1952 Kurtzman talked EC comic book publisher Bill Gaines into launching a new comic book title  totally unique in  concept and style from anything that was ever published — Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad! That’s right kids! He was the guy that came up with the idea that is  Mad magazine. The first publication that was dedicated to ripping on pop culture!  Other famous Cartoonists like Art Spiegelman , Bill Griffith  and Robert Crumb credit  early Mad as heavily influencing  their own styles .  In later years  Kurtzman sometimes referred to himself as the “brother-in-law of underground comix”.

Harvey Kurtzman one of the greats!

Roy Crane

Roy Crane is one of the inventors of Adventure strips and was a big influence on Kurtzman as well as Sherm!

ROY CRANE

Look at this awesome page by Crane!

Here is a link where you can find old comic scan to check out and be inspired!

http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/

To open up and read digital comics get yourself

• comic rack for PC
• comicbooklover for Mac

Sherm also mentioned this great book on story you may want to check out.

Directing the story by Frances Glebas.

All Hail Bakshi!

And lastly we talked about the highly inspirational video from the 2008 Comic Con featuring Ralph Bakshi.  In this video Ralph scolds us youngsters for not taking advantage of the technology available to us and for being wimps.  I’ve mentioned this before, but I for one can never get sick of this.  This is like red bull for animators man! Get your Bakshi ON!

• Tough Times are a Chance to Reinvent the Cartoon biz.
• Don’t Work for the Big Studios or Corporations, Work For Yourself.
• The Digital Revolution Allows You To create professional stuff equal if not better to the studios!
• We must  develop New Markets for our Work
• Creatively fly When Everyone is Still walking.

Because of his wisdom and overall testicular fortitude, Ralph Bakshi is hereby inducted into the Man vs. Art Pantheon of Awesomeness!

Man Vs. Art Pantheon of Awesomeness.

Ciao!

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]]> http://manvsart.com/man-vs-art-episode-20-sherm-cohen-from-cartoonsnap-com-talks-about-the-essentials-storyboards-comics-and-cartoons/feed/ 6 2D traditional animation,an,animation drawings,art theory,cartoon network,cartoonist,cartoonsnap,comic book,comics,disney,DRAWING,help artists. Sherm is a storyboard artist with 16 years experience on many hit cartoons including The Ren & Stimpy Show, Hey Arnold, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Mighty B, Phineas and Ferb, and "Kick Buttowski, Suburban Daredevil." In addition to his storyboard work, It is my  pleasure to introduce to the Man Vs Art Minions the talented and very funny Sherm Cohen. Sherm  is a storyboard artist with 16 years experience on many hit cartoons including The Ren & Stimpy Show (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101178/), Hey Arnold (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115200/), SpongeBob SquarePants (http://spongebob.nick.com/backstage/characters/spongebob/), The Mighty B (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0917551/), Phineas and Ferb, (http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/phineasandferb/) and "Kick Buttowski, Suburban Daredevil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_Buttowski)." In addition to his storyboard work, Sherm has written and directed episodes of Hey Arnold, SpongeBob and Phineas and Ferb, and has written songs for various cartoons including “The FUN Song” for SpongeBob. Sherm is currently working as Director and Storyboard Supervisor on Kick Buttowski, a new series for Disney TV Animation. His latest book, "Cartooning: Character Design" is published by Walter Foster Publications. He also publishes the KICK ASS cartoon blog www.cartoonsnap.com! (http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/) Contemporary Storyboarding During the course of the interview Sherm gave us some insight into what can make or break a storyboard, as well as his thoughts on the digital storyboard process.  Always think story first.  Keep in mind how the sequence you are about to storyboard fits into the big picture. Here you can find some samples of the digital storyboard software Sherm was talking about.  It's called Toonboom Storyboard Pro. check it out! [youtube P2dAY5l5M0w 480 385] The program is used in conjunction with a Cintiq by Wacom.  A wonderfully expensive hi tech tablet that allows you to draw on the screen with a stylus. [youtube Inrl7JgnYK4 480 385] Ren and Stimpy best episode....EVER! Below is the first episode of Ren and Stimpy that both Sherm and I ever saw.  This insane cartoon blew me away and made me a John K. (http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/) and Ren and Stimpy fan for life. The quality is so so, but I still suggest you check it out! http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v14085830Cq24yFjf (http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v14085830Cq24yFjf) One of the reasons Sherm refuses to attend the San Diego Comic Con is because he ends up spending too much money at places like Bud Plant (http://www.budplant.com/).  Who incidentally has the most massive art and cartoon book catalog ever! Check out the Ditko book! (http://manvsart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/STV01-231x300.jpg) HARVEY KURTZMAN When asked who his greatest cartoon idol was,  Sherm was all about Harvey Kurtzman, who is without a doubt one of the most influential cartoonists of the 20th century.  In 1952 Kurtzman talked EC comic book publisher Bill Gaines into launching a new comic book title  totally unique in  concept and style from anything that was ever published — Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad! That's right kids! He was the guy that came up with the idea that is  Mad magazine. The first publication that was dedicated to ripping on pop culture!  Other famous Cartoonists like Art Spiegelman , Bill Griffith  and Robert Crumb credit  early Mad as heavily influencing  their own styles .  In later years  Kurtzman sometimes referred to himself as the "brother-in-law of underground comix". Roy Crane Roy Crane is one of the inventors of Adventure strips and was a big influence on Kurtzman as well as Sherm! Look at this awesome page by Crane! (http://manvsart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Captain_Easy_first_Sunday_1933-424x600.jpg) Here is a link where you can find old comic scan to check out and be inspired! http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/ (http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/) To open up and read digital comics get yourself * comic rack (http://comicrack.cyolito.com/) for PC * comicbooklover Raul clean 1:05:20