ASIFA-Hollywood: The International Animated Film Society
Friday, February 18, 2005
Part 3 of the ASIFA Archive Move Part 2
NooOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!Not again. I am being turned in to the boy, the boy who cried wolf. Get the volunteers together. It is rain or shine and I get the volunteers together and then. Tell them it is off because it is raining. My big fear is that the next time I put out the call no one will believe me. I am acting in good faith. I have had my car gassed up and ready to go both times.
I really thought it was rain or shine, I did. I was only doing what I was told. They told me to call up the volunteers. It was not my fault. I`m innocent, I`m innocent! It is the old Eichmann defense, yeah that`s the ticket. Wolf! wolf!
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Antranig manoogian
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:27:21 -0800 (PST)
I hate to do this again, but since it is going to be raining on Saturday, I think we are going to have to cancel the move, Larry, would you kindly put out the word to our volunteers? Thanks.
Antran
NooOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!Not again. I am being turned in to the boy, the boy who cried wolf. Get the volunteers together. It is rain or shine and I get the volunteers together and then. Tell them it is off because it is raining. My big fear is that the next time I put out the call no one will believe me. I am acting in good faith. I have had my car gassed up and ready to go both times.
I really thought it was rain or shine, I did. I was only doing what I was told. They told me to call up the volunteers. It was not my fault. I`m innocent, I`m innocent! It is the old Eichmann defense, yeah that`s the ticket. Wolf! wolf!
Thursday, February 17, 2005
I Don`t Own My Image
I am violating copyright every time I put my own image on the Net. Two comic book companies, Marvel and D.C., own my image. Just how did that happen?
I went to the Q.B. School of Cartoon and Graphic Arts to become a Superhero. I didn't know it at the time, I thought that I wanted to be a cartoonist.
It was Spider-Man that made me want to be a superhero. The real Spider-Man, the Steve Ditko Spider-Man, not the years of rewrites and rip offs.
Copyright is a strange thing when taken with the work for hire loop hole. Big companies get rich off the blood and sweat of writers and artist who have to sell their intellectual children to put food on the table. The guys that created Superman starving while the company makes a billion on their creation ever year.
In 1980 I became a Superhero. Steve Bissette, my Q.B. daze room mate, modeled ABSURDMAN after me. I have the original of this page and it is a picture of me, no doubt about it. And I never signed anything or even knew that Steve was doing it until after it came out. So Marvel Comics owns the copyright on my image.
From the day that Tom Yeates did his first stint on Swamp Thing right up to the end of the run there never was a time that at lest one of my school mates wasn't working Swamp Thing Comics.
In 1985 Stan Wok* and Ron Randall used my likeness as the model for Chester Williams in Swamp Thing. I had modeled for life drawing classes at the Kubert school and my likeness made its way into a lot of comics. Steve Bissette and John Totleben kept up the in joke as did Veitch and Yeates again.
*(When D.C. refused to print the last Veitch Swamp Thing I wrote a letter to them telling them to take my image out of their book or else. Up until that time Stan freely admitted that Chester was modeled after me. After I got vocal Stan changed his story)
Having my image usurped by 2 major corporations is kind of a dubious honor. It's like getting kissed by a beautiful woman with bad breath. I am flattered that my friends wanted to use my image but uncomfortable that the big 2 own part of my soul. Technically both companies could come after me for printing my own image.
I went to the Q.B. School of Cartoon and Graphic Arts to become a Superhero. I didn't know it at the time, I thought that I wanted to be a cartoonist.
It was Spider-Man that made me want to be a superhero. The real Spider-Man, the Steve Ditko Spider-Man, not the years of rewrites and rip offs.
Copyright is a strange thing when taken with the work for hire loop hole. Big companies get rich off the blood and sweat of writers and artist who have to sell their intellectual children to put food on the table. The guys that created Superman starving while the company makes a billion on their creation ever year.
In 1980 I became a Superhero. Steve Bissette, my Q.B. daze room mate, modeled ABSURDMAN after me. I have the original of this page and it is a picture of me, no doubt about it. And I never signed anything or even knew that Steve was doing it until after it came out. So Marvel Comics owns the copyright on my image.
From the day that Tom Yeates did his first stint on Swamp Thing right up to the end of the run there never was a time that at lest one of my school mates wasn't working Swamp Thing Comics.
In 1985 Stan Wok* and Ron Randall used my likeness as the model for Chester Williams in Swamp Thing. I had modeled for life drawing classes at the Kubert school and my likeness made its way into a lot of comics. Steve Bissette and John Totleben kept up the in joke as did Veitch and Yeates again.
*(When D.C. refused to print the last Veitch Swamp Thing I wrote a letter to them telling them to take my image out of their book or else. Up until that time Stan freely admitted that Chester was modeled after me. After I got vocal Stan changed his story)
Having my image usurped by 2 major corporations is kind of a dubious honor. It's like getting kissed by a beautiful woman with bad breath. I am flattered that my friends wanted to use my image but uncomfortable that the big 2 own part of my soul. Technically both companies could come after me for printing my own image.
Ghibli Buy Out?
Animation World Network Reports:
Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki, director Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki and other top employees have formed an independent company in Tokyo with a market capitalization of ¥10 million ($96,000) and are seeking between $96 million-$144 million to buy out the rights to all past Ghibli productions.
Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki, director Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki and other top employees have formed an independent company in Tokyo with a market capitalization of ¥10 million ($96,000) and are seeking between $96 million-$144 million to buy out the rights to all past Ghibli productions.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
The Festival Goes Annual
It is offical, Ottawa follows Annecy into becoming a yearly event. It had to happen sooner or later. Annecy has made such a big mark as a yearly festival. It was only a matter of time before one of the other big festivals followed suit.
The Ottawa 05 International Animation Festival
September 21-25, 2005
February 15, 2005 Newsletter 1
The Festival Goes Annual
The Ottawa International Animation Festival is now annual! We are taking the successful Student Animation Festival of Ottawa (SAFO) and incorporating it into the main Festival to create one giant animation event. We will once again be running the Television Animation Conference (September 21-22) at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier, the Animarket (featuring the Technology Forum, School Showcase and Recruiting Fair) plus the usual incredible line-up of screenings and workshops.
Call for Entries
Independent, commercial, and now, student animators working in a variety of media are invited to submit their entry forms by June 1, 2005, under six umbrella categories, including commissioned films, independent short films, student films, films for children, school showreel, feature films, and new media.
“The competition categories,” says Festival Artistic Director Chris Robinson, “remain virtually unchanged except that we have now incorporated categories from our now defunct Student Fest. The SAFO categories added to OIAF 05 include: best school, graduate, undergraduate, elementary and secondary school film.
The OIAF 04 entry deadline is June 1, 2005. Preview tapes or dvds must be received by June 18th, 2005. An online entry form, plus festival and Television Animation Conference information, are available on the animation festival web site at www.awn.com/ottawa/OIAF05/fest_entry.php
Inquiries may also be sent by e-mail to info@animationfestival.ca or by telephone at (613) 232-8769.
Great Festival Merchandise
The NEW Canadian Animation Directory is now available
An accurate and comprehensive guide to the Canadian animation industry for 2004-2005. Researched and published by the Ottawa International Animation Festival team, the directory is an excellent resource for animation professionals, students, independent artists, organizations, and industry leaders. It covers a broad spectrum of existing and emerging production companies, funding agencies, schools, and post-production services. 100pages, spiral bound.
$30 CAN plus shipping. Call (613) 232-8769 to order.
For other great festival merchandise visit:
www.awn.com/ottawa/merchandis
I planned on doing a big push today of Jerry Beck`s AFI screening of CALVIN AND THE COLONEL. Something I can`t wait to set my eyes on.
Saturday February 26th at 3:00pm
The American Film Institute
TED ASHLEY/WARNER BROS. SCREENING ROOM
2021 N. Westen Ave.
Hollywood, CA
The thing is Mark Evanier beat me to it with this great article complete with stories about dumpster diving for Amos and Andy films behind Television City. mePOV
Mark will then send you back over to Jerry`s Cartoon Brew so I am going to do the same thing. brew
Seems to be a day for reruns. It is time to call again for the second part of the archives move. We got rained out last week. But the forecast looks good for this weekend. So if you are not doing anything and would like to take part in moving rare animation art?:
Saturday Feb. 19th
10 AM
721 S. Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA
It is part 2 of the ASIFA archives move part 2.
Saturday February 26th at 3:00pm
The American Film Institute
TED ASHLEY/WARNER BROS. SCREENING ROOM
2021 N. Westen Ave.
Hollywood, CA
The thing is Mark Evanier beat me to it with this great article complete with stories about dumpster diving for Amos and Andy films behind Television City. mePOV
Mark will then send you back over to Jerry`s Cartoon Brew so I am going to do the same thing. brew
Seems to be a day for reruns. It is time to call again for the second part of the archives move. We got rained out last week. But the forecast looks good for this weekend. So if you are not doing anything and would like to take part in moving rare animation art?:
Saturday Feb. 19th
10 AM
721 S. Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA
It is part 2 of the ASIFA archives move part 2.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
There is a Reason they call it a DEADLINE
Well, my mid-term grading is finished and once again the biggest cause of failure is missed deadlines. This is not just in school; this is all through the animation and film world. People just don`t understand the concept. People have been cutting them too much slack all through school. They think a good excuse is all that is needed to buy them more time.
I like to tell my students this story that I got from my friend and mentor the late Tex Blaisdell, the man of a thousand styles. Tex could copy any artist`s style from Orphan Annie to Prince Valiant to Rube Goldberg all of which he ghosted at one time or another.
For a long time he was the assistant to Stan Drake on the daily strip Heart of Julia Jones. The thing about a daily newspaper comic stripe is that you can not miss deadlines. There is a blank hole in the funnies and a lot of other stripes dying to fill your space.
So when Stan Drake went on vacation or when he came back from vacation he would have to get ahead or catch up. Any time off had to be paid for with a lot of work.
Stan had a trick he would do with deadlines. His wife would fix him foot-baths of hot water and ice water and he would move his feet from one to the other to keep himself awake at the drawing board while he ground out one stripe after another.
One time he was 48 hours into this hell of deadline doom and he collapses at his drawing board and starts bleeding at the nose. Stan`s wife quickly calls the editor to tell him about this physical breakdown and the editor says: He didn`t bleed on the originals did he?
In my book, the most important thing for an art teacher to do is to set deadlines and stick to them. A medium level talent with a master`s dedication to deadline goes much farther than a genius that thinks talent buys them the right to take their time. So when my students come up to me with an excuse I always say: He didn`t bleed on the originals did he?
I like to tell my students this story that I got from my friend and mentor the late Tex Blaisdell, the man of a thousand styles. Tex could copy any artist`s style from Orphan Annie to Prince Valiant to Rube Goldberg all of which he ghosted at one time or another.
For a long time he was the assistant to Stan Drake on the daily strip Heart of Julia Jones. The thing about a daily newspaper comic stripe is that you can not miss deadlines. There is a blank hole in the funnies and a lot of other stripes dying to fill your space.
So when Stan Drake went on vacation or when he came back from vacation he would have to get ahead or catch up. Any time off had to be paid for with a lot of work.
Stan had a trick he would do with deadlines. His wife would fix him foot-baths of hot water and ice water and he would move his feet from one to the other to keep himself awake at the drawing board while he ground out one stripe after another.
One time he was 48 hours into this hell of deadline doom and he collapses at his drawing board and starts bleeding at the nose. Stan`s wife quickly calls the editor to tell him about this physical breakdown and the editor says: He didn`t bleed on the originals did he?
In my book, the most important thing for an art teacher to do is to set deadlines and stick to them. A medium level talent with a master`s dedication to deadline goes much farther than a genius that thinks talent buys them the right to take their time. So when my students come up to me with an excuse I always say: He didn`t bleed on the originals did he?
Monday, February 14, 2005
So whats new.....
Well I decided on some thing new.
We will have you folks ask questions about the industry or maybe just need some advise on how to get into the industry. Workshops to attend, Meetings, what ever comes to mind. I know we have lots of students that visit us, along with people that just have a question about animation and film. Want to know about animation history? We've got the best. Want to know about how to make a cartoon? Grab your pencils or turn your computer on.
We would like to make this kind of a "Dear Blog". Lots of things for everyone to learn. Lots of surprises will be comming. So sit back and enjoy.
Start thinking of those questions you need answered.
Just contact me and we will get your questions answered.
Egh2oboy@hotmail.com
We will have you folks ask questions about the industry or maybe just need some advise on how to get into the industry. Workshops to attend, Meetings, what ever comes to mind. I know we have lots of students that visit us, along with people that just have a question about animation and film. Want to know about animation history? We've got the best. Want to know about how to make a cartoon? Grab your pencils or turn your computer on.
We would like to make this kind of a "Dear Blog". Lots of things for everyone to learn. Lots of surprises will be comming. So sit back and enjoy.
Start thinking of those questions you need answered.
Just contact me and we will get your questions answered.
Egh2oboy@hotmail.com
Aprils Fools Improv
My friend Aki Umemoto, ASIFA volunteer and Creative Director at Mattel, sent me an invite to an improv show.
My friend Aki Umemoto, ASIFA volunteer and Creative Director at Mattel, sent me an invite to an improv show.
From: Aprils FoolsIf you want to see what one animation person does when he is not working you might want to check this out.
Location: Comedy Underground
Wilshire at 3rd Street Promenade,Santa Monica,CA
When: Saturday, March 19, 8:00pm to 10:45pm
Aprils Fools take over the Comedy Underground. There will be two shows:
8:00 to 9:15 Improv in the Raw!
Come and see comedy improv in the purest form - proof positive that nothing is written out ahead of time. How do these people come up with such clever ideas right off the top of their heads???
9:30 to 10:45 Improv Feud
It's a battle between two improv teams to see which one can make you laugh the hardest!
Seating is limited - 50 per show - so reserve now
$10 for one show - $15 for both shows
Join in the hilarity - see you there!!!!
So there was this madman in the slammer for heaven knows what. And he spent all his time pricking love messages onto flower pedals and throwing them out of his cell window. This may have gotton some of the others on D block looking at him a little funny but for this he becomes a saint even after his gig in an auto repair joint in Chicago a few years back torqued off J. Edgar and Elliot.
Happy hearts and flowers everybody. Some times if you get too realistic in your drawing you lose the symbolic meaning and sometimes that is the meaning. Back in the days when I was the art department for a corporation this was my yearly valentine`s day card. It was a way to keep my identity in Scott Adams land.
Happy hearts and flowers everybody. Some times if you get too realistic in your drawing you lose the symbolic meaning and sometimes that is the meaning. Back in the days when I was the art department for a corporation this was my yearly valentine`s day card. It was a way to keep my identity in Scott Adams land.
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Rainy Saturday
I found it a bit hard to shift gears today. I had planned my day fully expecting to spend most of it moving boxes of rare animation artwork. Then I found myself with a morning off because, as Antran so rightly said, it is not a good idea to move artwork in the rain.
That meant I had the time to start in on my mid-term grading but I found it hard to dig into that stack of 40 student scripts looming over me. They are just 2-minute rough student animation scripts but still somehow I found it easier to spend my time in some other pursuit knowing that I would have to pay the price later.
Enough on my whining, on to the upcoming events. This Thursday is the ASIFA-East reel over at DreamWorks.
I have seen a lot of these shorts before from running the Annie short nominating committee and was really impressed by most of them. Some I am completely in love with. One or two where not really my cup of tea but might be yours. Everybody`s tastes are different.
Still, let me give you 2 great reasons why this reel is a must see. Mark Kausler and Bill Plympton. I don`t think I have to say much more.
WINNERS OF
ASIFA-EAST'S 35th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Thursday, February 17, 2005, 6:30pm
DreamWorks Animation Campus
1000 Flower Street
Please RSVP by email to asifaeast@yahoogroups.com by Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at 6pm to reserve your seat(s). To guarantee your reservation, include your full name, contact information, and the full name of your guest(s) at the time you RSVP. For security purposes, everyone attending must have their name on the RSVP list, and you and your guest(s) will be asked to show a photo ID when arriving at DreamWorks to be allowed on campus no exceptions. Seating is limited to 150 people. Due to limited seating, we cannot accept all requests. We ask that everyone on the guest list be in attendance at the event.
That meant I had the time to start in on my mid-term grading but I found it hard to dig into that stack of 40 student scripts looming over me. They are just 2-minute rough student animation scripts but still somehow I found it easier to spend my time in some other pursuit knowing that I would have to pay the price later.
Enough on my whining, on to the upcoming events. This Thursday is the ASIFA-East reel over at DreamWorks.
I have seen a lot of these shorts before from running the Annie short nominating committee and was really impressed by most of them. Some I am completely in love with. One or two where not really my cup of tea but might be yours. Everybody`s tastes are different.
Still, let me give you 2 great reasons why this reel is a must see. Mark Kausler and Bill Plympton. I don`t think I have to say much more.
WINNERS OF
ASIFA-EAST'S 35th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Thursday, February 17, 2005, 6:30pm
DreamWorks Animation Campus
1000 Flower Street
Please RSVP by email to asifaeast@yahoogroups.com by Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at 6pm to reserve your seat(s). To guarantee your reservation, include your full name, contact information, and the full name of your guest(s) at the time you RSVP. For security purposes, everyone attending must have their name on the RSVP list, and you and your guest(s) will be asked to show a photo ID when arriving at DreamWorks to be allowed on campus no exceptions. Seating is limited to 150 people. Due to limited seating, we cannot accept all requests. We ask that everyone on the guest list be in attendance at the event.
