Monday, 30 July 2012
JOY.
First, let’s get the self-appreciation
horseshit out of the way: “The Naughty List” will be on TV again next week (12:15pm
Wednesday, August 8th) on Canal+ Xtra. I suspect the high degree of
Catholicism in Spain may account for their showing of my Christmassy whimsy all
the year round. I’m all for it.
Some good news on the Skwigly front, our
podcast has gone and gotten itself an iTunes listing. Hurray, visibility! You
can now subscribe and get each new one automatically, which will free up your
valuable time no end! Yes, yes, of course - you’re very welcome.
Okay, now the cool part:
Hot on the heels of getting the
unprecedented opportunity to interview Billy West, the man behind Stimpy (of “Ren & Stimpy”, which probably didn't need clarifying), I got the even unprecedentedder opportunity
to talk to John Kricfalusi, the man behind the entire show and, by extension,
the creator-driven cartoon revival it put in motion.
While I was able to interact with him very
briefly at last year’s Encounters festival (by fortuitous happenstance he was a
special guest at the very edition one of my films was screened at) this
interview was an amazing experience to hear all manner of firsthand anecdotes
and recollections from his career and, surreally, watch him ‘pitch’ his latest
short film idea to me live over Skype.
Obviously it’s not me he’s pitching to specifically, but the public in general. It’s
being crowdfunded and boasts probably the most exciting array of incentives
I’ve seen. Granted, I adore the Spumco universe so it’s kind of tailored to my taste,
but I strongly urge any cartoon, illustration or film enthusiast to check it
out and maybe toss a few sheckels in its direction.
Of course you can expect to read and listen
to the interview in the very near future on Skwigly and our above-mentioned
podcast respectively. Stay tuned!
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| John Kricfalusi's fine immortalisation of yours truly, overlooking my liquor cabinet all classy-like... |
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