They Say It's an Anniversary

Keegan McFly sent me this nice card he made.

And Scott sent this remarkable piece of street art.I don't know if he made it or maybe his Dad did.

Ren and Stimpy Curiosities

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I think I may have an animatic of this scene that Eric Bauza made. I can't remember if Mike Pataki did the voice. He must have...

Storyboard To Layout

Here are a handful of storyboard panels from "Wilderness Adventure", one of the firs Ren and Stimpy stories written. The cartoon was rejected 3 times in a row by hippie ladies who hate Republican men.people ask me sometimes what the difference is between storyboards and layouts. These few storyboard panels turned into 34 layout poses.Here are the first few.Layouts are where I tighten up the poses

Writing For Character, rather than plugging characters into a generic plot

Write For Character I’ve always found that it’s much easier to write for characters that have strong distinct personalities – iconic characters. Some cartoon writers like to begin with a high concept, (“Let’s start the picture by shooting the protagonist’s mother and then the son goes on a magical adventure to search for a replacement mother figure, but then finds out through trials

The Picture

This is the photo that inspired the first drawings of Ren.I thought it was funny to see a psychotic chihuahua in a cute sweater and I imagined him doing everything possible to get it off.I also imagined his master putting him outside where the bigger bully dogs would make fun of him.These aren't the first drawings of him, but they were based on my initial doodles. I do have some very early