BOARD GAMES – Simpsons Studio Artists Worked on the Simpsons Monopoly Game Simpsons Quote: Monopoly Guy: There was a bank error in my favor and I’m spending it all on Oriental Avenue prostitutes. I play a lot of board games…well, I used to. I like playing them but either I don’t have the time to [...]
BOOKS – A Good Inexpensive Resource for Artists to Learn About Marketing The Simpsons quote: “OLD SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY WE HAVE BOOKS ABOUT TV” ~Banner at the library How do you learn to market yourself as an artist? Being a marketer is such a different skill set than being an artist. Even though this is true, [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS – Increase your Value as an Artist by Increasing your Skill Set I’ve been asked to speak about things artists can do to keep their jobs, and get more work. This is a big subject, and I’ve got a lot of thoughts on the matter. Besides doing what my friend Chris Oatley [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS – How to Sell an Animated Sitcom and Become Rich. Simpsons quote: Mr. Burns: What good is money if it can’t inspire terror in your fellow man? So how do you sell an animated sitcom to a studio and make a lot of money? Well today I’m going to answer this question. You [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS – Confessions of a Simpsons Assassin, Part 1 Simpsons Quote: “I don’t judge Homer or Marge. That’s for a vengeful God to do.” – Maude Flanders I’m not exactly sure why but Director Jim Reardon had me kill people. By people, I mean, Simpson characters. I killed two Simpsons characters for Jim. [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS Simpsons Quote: GRAMPA: I say we call Matlock. He’ll find the culprit. It’s probably that evil Gavin MacLeod or George “Goober” Linsay. BART: Grampa, Matlock’s not real. GRAMPA: Neither are my teeth, but I can still eat corn on the cob, if someone cuts it off and smushes it into a fine [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS This is my last week of hiatus but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to be in the studio this week. I was asked to come in this Friday for a meeting. We’re going to be using a new program to do boards this season and the meeting is going to help [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS I finished my work early last week and was put on a special project that may or may not see the light of day. I worked on it all of Friday and all of Monday. I was also put on the new episode I’m going to be working this week. Show 21. [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS I started my week by finishing up a very special Couch Gag. It was 14 shots long and it took me all day to do. Lucky for me, the episode I started on this week has one of the smallest rewrites I’ve seen in a long time. It’s such a small rewrite [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS Went to work sick this week. It was miserable. I managed to finish my Act on this very odd episode I’m on. I wrote about it last week but the post has been lost. The co-worker I share an office with is doing boards on next year’s Halloween show. It’s epic. So [...]
