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cartoonhangover: Cartoon Hangover Postcard Series 19.22 From...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:51:47 -0400

Cartoon Hangover Postcard Series 19.22

From the postcard back:

Congratulations!
You’re one of 200 people
to receive this limited edition
Cartoon Hangover &
Channel Frederator postcard!

Channel Frederator presents
CARTOON HANGOVER
Funny Cartoons Everywhere

Series 19.22 [mailed out May 23, 2013]

conversemusic: Converse’s music Tumblr is here. Let’s rage. GIF...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:48:30 -0400

conversemusic:

Converse’s music Tumblr is here. Let’s rage.

GIF by Matthias Brown

manofsteel: The wait is over. Get your tickets for Man of Steel...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:33:43 -0400

manofsteel:

The wait is over. Get your tickets for Man of Steel now: http://bit.ly/MOStickets

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:23:43 -0400

fred-frederator-studios: DONATE NOW! It’s been really hard to...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:15:22 -0400

fred-frederator-studios:

DONATE NOW! It’s been really hard to concentrate on the good news happening to a lot of my friends and colleagues while hearing the tragic news out of Oklahoma. There’s not a lot we can do to ease the pain for a lot of the Moore residents, but if you can, please donate something to the American Red Cross.

Poster illustration by Harrison Fisher.

fredseibertdotcom: Believe it or not, I had a feeling it would...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:18:55 -0400

fredseibertdotcom:

Believe it or not, I had a feeling it would take decades before the work we did for MTV was explained. Sue Apfelbaum does a really nice job in the New York City 2013 edition of Red Bull Music Academy’s Daily Note (download only, sorry.) Personally, I’m looking forward to other entries in Sue’s research.

LOGOS: The origins of iconic images from NYC’s musical history explained.

DAILY NOTE Issue #12
Red Bull Music Academy, New York 2013
Written by Sue Apfelbaum

MTV, the first 24-hour music-video network, launched on August 1, 1981, revolutionizing both music and television. The brand image that emerged with brave new visual world was a radical as what it represented. Well before Google Doodles and GIFs, founding MTV creative director Fred Seibert flouted “good” logo-design standards when he lobbied for Manhattan Design’s block-lettered M and spray-painted T-V —and it’s concept of mutability— helping establish the channel’s personality as young, rebellious, and unpredictable.

Despite pressure to work with big-name designers, Seibert favored the unknown firm—it was cofounded by his childhood friend Frank Olinsky. Seibert and Olinsky grew up together in Huntington, Long Island, and Seibert credits Olinsky with turning him onto muisc and the revelation that cartoons are made by people. “My father was an animator and commercial artist, and he taught me how to use the tools of the trade,” says Olinsky.

Manhattan Design had a tiny shop in the back of a t’ai chi studio above Bigelow Pharmacy in Greenwich Village; it was there…

(Read the rest by downloading Issue #12 of Red Bull Music Academy’s Daily Note here.)

cartoonhangover: Dr. Tobias Fünke diagnosing Danny’s Zgraxxis...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:30:14 -0400

cartoonhangover:

Dr. Tobias Fünke diagnosing Danny’s Zgraxxis Fever

See the entire video of Tobias Fünke’s Bravest Warriors Season 2 Audition on Cartoon Hangover

frederator-studios: Ian and Liliana (Wallow and Beth) take a...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:42:58 -0400

frederator-studios:

Ian and Liliana (Wallow and Beth) take a break from talking sumo wrestling during yesterday’s Bravest Warriors recording session.

Ian JQ is one of my favorite guys in the cartoon business. (Not sayin’ nuttin about Liliana; we don’t know each other).

cartoonhangover: A 70% increase since March, 40% since April?...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:46:15 -0400

cartoonhangover:

A 70% increase since March, 40% since April? Those are some Dynamic Stories! Thank you.

From the postcard back:

Congratulations!
You’re one of 200 people
to receive this limited edition
Cartoon Hangover &
Channel Frederator postcard!

Channel Frederator presents
CARTOON HANGOVER*
75,000,000 minutes viewed +40%
650,000 subscribers +30%
29,000,000 video views +26%
7,000,000 unique visitors +40%

*including the channels
Cartoon Hangover
Bravest Warriors
SuperFckers
Hangover Uncensored

Illustration by Frank R. Paul for “Dynamic Science Stories” February 1939

Series 19.26 [mailed out May 15, 2013]

cartoonhangover: Cartoon Hangover presents: Drinking With The...

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:07:30 -0400

cartoonhangover:

Cartoon Hangover presents: Drinking With The Rocket Dog Animators

Drinking with the animators of Rocket Dog puts you in the living room with the creator Mel Roach, Thomas Hunter, and Dale Anderson as they talk about the conception of the cartoon and the process of going from storyboard to screen.

Audio

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:07:04 -0400

Audio

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:05:31 -0400

mosaicrecords: Opus De Horace Ethan Iverson’s post pays tribute...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:28:45 -0400

mosaicrecords:

Opus De Horace

Ethan Iverson’s post pays tribute to what was probably Horace Silver’s first hit, “Opus De Funk,” with the notated music and the recording. Great stuff, as is everything on Ethan Iverson’s site.

-Michael Cuscuna

Listen & Follow Along…

Follow: Mosaic Records Facebook Tumblr Twitter

10 movies my followers are most excited for in 2013-2015.

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:20:56 -0400

10 movies my followers are most excited for in 2013-2015.

rocketdogblog: After watching Rocket Dog, I had to make this....

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:23:10 -0400

rocketdogblog:

After watching Rocket Dog, I had to make this. Fingers crossed for more episodes in the near future and more awesome new Cartoon Hangover stuff!

Best wishes,

Darius

The Cartoon Hangover family

Featuring Beth Tezuka from Bravest Warriors, Rocket Dog, Business Cat from Our New Electrical Morals and Jack Krak from SuperF***ers

Thank you gonescribbling for sharing this awesome piece of fan art with us!

rayna-beifong: frederator-studios: How can I become a voice...

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:17:30 -0400

rayna-beifong:

frederator-studios:

How can I become a voice actor in cartoons?

If you’re looking for general voice-acting advice, we can tell you getting voice work is pretty tough. It’s showbiz, after all. And, like for most careers in showbiz, it’s 100 times more difficult to get started if you’re not in Los Angeles (look up the folks who do voices on your favorite cartoons and see where they’re located).

The reality is, for most TV cartoons, most of the auditioning process occurs only at the onset of production. For instance, with Adventure Time, Cartoon Network held auditions early on for the roles of Finn, Ice King, Princess Bubblegum, and Marceline. That’s pretty much been it for opportunities to be cast in the show through auditions. Since then, the production has gone after specific actors for parts or relied on its cadre of utility players.

We can suggest you take some voice acting classes. Besides working on your skills, it’s a great way to meet contacts, especially in the classes run by voice casting directors (the ones often doing the hiring). There’s no guarantee, of course, but skill and talent can take you so far; you really need to make contacts.

You should also make it a point to be represented through a voice over agency. Often these agencies, managers, and agents will be your only path to the more major studios. Even then, though, the competition is fierce. For example, for a recent Cartoon Hangover short, we received nearly 600 auditions through agencies alone. And that was for just four roles.

It might be wise to start off with smaller production houses or even independent filmmakers. Immerse yourself with what’s going on in the animation world, especially on the Internet. Identify those filmmakers whose work you think would be better off with you on board. Contact them, and send off your demo reel. No matter how small the project (or pay), you’ll get both experience and credits, two things you’ll need to get a leg up in your career.

Naturally, there are plenty of online resources you should visit. Chief among them is the Voice Over Resource Guide.

Of course, you’ll want to research some of your favorite voiceover artists and find out how they got to be where they are. Maybe the best tips we’ve seen given on how to get into the business are from actor Rob Paulsen. You should dive into his website.

There’s also a terrific post by Mark Evanier that you’ll want to read, too. Mark’s written and voice-directed more than his fair share of animation projects. He’s pretty great with his realistic take on the industry.

We hope this helps. Best of luck. We hope to hear your voice on our cartoons soon.

- Eric

Frederator Studios presents: How To Make Cartoons FAQs

Photo of Sam Lavagnino as Catbug @ Salami Studios, North Hollywood, California

Guess I won’t be able to ever voice act cus I’m all the way in another country… guess I’ll just record in my room….

Not so Rayna. Check out the paragraph about finding animators on YouTube. Start collaborating by long distance, then it doesn’t matter where you live.

frederator-studios: “How do I write a cartoon script?” “I do...

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:33:26 -0400

frederator-studios:

“How do I write a cartoon script?”

“I do great voices. Can I be a cartoon voice actor?”

“How do I get Pendleton Ward to pay attention to me?!”

As you can imagine, Frederator gets a lot of questions. A lot. And, most of them have to do with entering the animation industry. We try very hard to reply to the bulk of them, though in busy times we’ve been known to drop the ball.

So, we put our heads together (clunk!) and decided to start a tumblr series to answer your most frequently asked questions about the cartoon and animation industry. Frederator Studios presents: How To Make Cartoons FAQs will be a irregularly published series that try to give you the clearest explanations we have to everything you always wanted to know.

By the way, we have no idea how to get Pen to pay attention to you. He won’t even talk to us on most days.

-Fred & Eric

frederator-studios: Double the Mumys for twice the fun as...

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:01:09 -0400

frederator-studios:

Double the Mumys for twice the fun as Liliana brought along her pop, actor Bill, to this afternoon’s Bravest Warriors recording session.

frederator-studios: “Dead End” Recorded We had a spooky blast...

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:00:40 -0400

frederator-studios:

“Dead End” Recorded

We had a spooky blast at this morning’s recording session for “Dead End” at Salami Studios. Though we had to pipe in Hamish from London via Skype, in house - at their “Dead End” jobs - were Angelique Perrin, Zack Pearlman, Cameron Goodman, and Stefan Marks. What a great group. Thanks, too, to Meredith, Mark, Jules, and John.

alikigreeky: My ol’ pal Rose McGowan came in to Salami Studios...

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:00:34 -0400

alikigreeky:

My ol’ pal Rose McGowan came in to Salami Studios to record as the voice of Coco for Dr. Lollipop! Rose was quite the FOXY raccoon!

Final character design of Coco by Brianne Drouhard.

Dr. Lollipop is created by Kelly Martin for Frederator’s Cartoon Hangover, coming soon to Youtube. Directed by Aliki T. Grafft