THE SIMPSONS NEWS – Full Frontal Naked Bart in a French Commercial The Simpsons Quote: [Comic Book Guy sits at his computer.] “Hey, what the? Huh, the Internet King. I wonder if he can provide faster nudity.” – Comic Book Guy. Sometimes, when you work in animation, you end up working a some very strange [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS – So as I Was Walking Through the Fox Studio Lot, I Saw Kevin Smith and… The Simpsons Quote: “Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.” ~ Homer As a kid, I grew up in Burbank and I saw lots of celebrities around [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS – Is it REALLY How the Pros Draw The Simpsons? The Simpsons Quote: “Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that’s even remotely true.” – Homer Simpson Have you seen the book: “The Simpsons Handbook: Secret Tips from the Pros”? Have looked at it and said, is it REALLY [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS – Artists and the Value of Learning to Market Yourself. Simpsons Quote: Homer: (places a dollar on the counter) I’d like a colossal donut, please. Just like the one on the sign. (Homer is given a regular-sized donut.) D’oh, nuts! That’s false advertising! How often do you hear an artist talk about [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS – Increasing Your Value as an artist by Doing What Others Can’t or Wont do Simpsons Quote: “You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.” – Homer Simpson Sometimes an art job is…well, to put it mildly, unappealing. Artists simply don’t want to do it or don’t [...]
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 – The Cross Pollination of FUTURAMA artists and SIMPSONS artists. Simpsons Quote: Bart: Wake up, Lisa. Skinner is using you like a pawn in his unholy chess set. Homer: On my chess set, the pawns are all Hamburglars. Gonna do something different this week. I’m going to simply answer a comment that [...]
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 – Breakdown of a Simpsons scene: Itchy and Scratchy trying to Kill Bart and Lisa Simpsons Quote: “Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that’s even remotely true.” — Homer Simpson I’ve animated on The Simpsons, quite a few times. By “animated”, I mean, done it all. From key [...]
THE SIMPSONS NEWS – A Lesson, Indirectly Learned from Brad Bird. Simpsons quote (…sort of): “When in doubt, lower the horizon line” – Brad Bird The quote above was taped to Simpson Director Steve Moore’s office door. It had a self-caricature of Brad Bird happily pushing down a line while he stared straight at [...]
