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-angie

Hi All You Cartoon Kats and Kittens!!

I’ve been off the Finster Finster Show blog for a while and thought I’d catch up with you. I’m preparing to pitch The Finster Finster Show! as a series and produce a second episode. Meanwhile; I’ve been busy with my Dragmaster dragster and getting to race this summer. The car will be on display here at Nickelodeon with my drag racing art. I’ve also been named Ed “Big Daddy” Roth Rat Fink artist of the year for 2008. Ilene Roth is charge of all the Rat Finky business and is hosting the Rat Fink Reunion in Utah during the first week of June. I’ve enclosed the artwork I did for the event. Enjoy!!! The Finsters and I will talk to you soooon! Take care!! Your Cartoon Pal……..Jeff

Well here it is. The finished drawing of the Prikk in action sketch. I’m going to blow it up as a poster and hang it up in my room! In case anyone else is interested (in the poster, or small sticker version), you can buy it HERE or HERE! I’d appreciate anyone’s interest in the products to help me fund my low budget ( but not low quality ) “What a Prikk” pilot!

Steve

Watch the New Episode Here! 

We bet some of you are still partying while the rest of us are at work suffering through post BBQ hangovers.

Us? Way too much root beer and a HUGE hot dog/hamburger/ketchup/mustard food-fight.

Luckily, we (and you) have this episode of Channel Fred to get you over the post-Memorial Day blues.

And lots of aspirin.

—Boxhead and Roundhead - Safari, submitted by Elliot Cowan
Our favorite Black and White Duo go on a safari! Watch them stare Nature and Death right in the face! Another death defying adventure from Friend of Frederator, Elliot Cowan.

—Str33t, submitted by leBeat
Skateboarding is NOT a crime, but killing cute cartoon creatures while doing so is. In some states at least.

—Hold On, Hold On - Thief, submitted by Catherine Richardson
Animated music video for the band Thief by Catherine Richardson, featuring a cast of furry animal people who discover a magical diamond in the rough.

—The Idiotic Adventures of Philippe and Pierre - Teleportal Trouble, submitted by Dave Schlafman/Pileated Pictures
In perhaps their most poignant piece yet, Phillipe and Pierre, of “The Idiotic Adventures of Phillipe and Pierre” Fame, star in the touching sci-fi drama, Teleportal Trouble.

This Thursday on The Meth Minute 39, Dan Meth takes us for another round at the intergalactic *saloon with a “Live-Action” Space Cowboy Cartoon. *Saloon not featured, I was just trying to come up with something witty for the Meth Minute portion of the newsletter.

Stay Frosty.
- Jeaux Janovsky

Cool Things We’ve been Eyeing on the Web:
OhOh! Divorce in animated tinsletown!!! Lisa Simpson’s voice files for Divorce!!! Gasp!

In the market for a bomb a$$ grill? Try Hip Hop Dentistry with the Rapper Dentist Daddy: Dr. Cunning. Awww Yea.

President’s Day Nightmare.

Soundtrack to this Newsletter: Fun, Filth And Fury! 18 Prime Punk Cuts

Lincoln Peirce, creator of the Random! Cartoon “Super John Doe, Jr”, has a brand new book out starring his comic strip character, Nate Wright, AKA Big Nate. I Smell a Pop Quiz! is available through Lulu.com. Please buy a copy to keep Lincoln distracted until “Super John Doe, Jr” airs on Nick and makes him super famous. The book is 128 pages, so maybe we’ll finally get to see Jenny come around.

– Eric

“Der Fuehrer’s Face”

During World War II, animation was a popular way to rally support for the troops, educate the country about how they could help out with the war effort, and serve as propaganda for the world.

“Daffy-The Commando” 

In addition to traditional length shorts, there were also several interstitial pieces created, such as “Any Bonds Today?”

As you can see, many of these cartoons featured charactures that played upon racial stereotypes… many of which are not politically correct in the eyes of today’s audiences. The big studios have gone to great lengths to keep many such cartoons as hard to find as possible for fear of a backlash. Maybe this is why we don’t see many war cartoons like we used to? There are still a few cartoons that handle such material, but do so in a much different way. For instance, have a look at this fight between Cartman and Saddam (explicit language):

It seems war and cartoons go together in some weird way.  While many main stream studios won’t touch such subject matter with a ten foot pole, we now have YouTube and the internet in general to fill the gap.

-Floyd Bishop 

Amazing illustration made by Kiichi for this month from the New Jenny-San Calendar english site. XJ5 icon created by gashi-gashi. Via the Teenage Roblog.

Four years ago, my partner Emil Rensing suggested I start a blog when I asked him what we should do online for our (Oh Yeah! Cartoons spin off) series My Life as a Teenage Robot. “You’ll learn something,” he said.

Boy was he right. All the Frederator blogs, Channel Frederator, and Next New Networks are all the direct result of the learning, and of course, that’s been in addition to all the great series, movies, and shorts, the great talents have been working on with us during those years.

A particular shout out and thanks should go out to a few folks:

Rob Renzetti created MLaaTR in the first place, inspiring us to create the first blog.

Eric Homan took my challenge to get the thing going, and keep it going.

Scott Peterson, MLaaTR’s story editor, wrote the blog for a couple of years when the rest of us were too scared to try.

Wichobot is the loyal and talented fan who took over the Roblog when the series was over, and has kept it going with our great fans over the last couple of years. It’s better now than we ran it, and proves the complete value of community in the modern, interconnected world.

And, of course, most of all, our loyal fans and readers who have read, suggested, commented, contributed, complained, and supported all of our efforts during the last four years. Without you we would literally be nothing.

Watch Stephen Silver as he draws a couple he saw standing in line at a theater. It’s a great insight into how he goes about creating characters, what he keeps from real life, and what he embellishes. It’s also nice to watch how he uses Autodesk’s Sketchbook Pro software.

-Floyd Bishop