Channel Frederator Blog

Waste not, Channel Frederator Fans! This week, we’re all about recycling, be it bunnies or refrigerators! I’ll let you decide which of those two is a beloved pet…

We’d love to show off your best Halloween themed films - haunting, hilarious, monsters, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, - whatever oogly-booglies you’ve got lyin’ around! Submit today!

Don’t forget – we’re changing our format soon to one ‘toon per episode with cash to animators who participate! Learn more about the awesome changes we’re making here.

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“The Dragon’s Claw”, by Robert Bruce – Animation Block Party ’09 winner for Best Music Video! Watch as our hero stops animals from becoming appliances!

“Tom’s Fridge”, by Clive McFarland – Man’s best friend isn’t quite what you’d imagine in this quirky paper cutout stop mo animation.

WARNING: Channel Frederator is rated EXPLICIT. Recycling is so *bleepin’* helpful! Oops. Sorry. Some content on CF is pretty [Read more…]

This week, Fredbot explores Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s Erebuni Gallery for the 4th Annual Too Art for TV exhibit! Visit http://bunnycutlet.com/2A4TV for more info. The exhibit closes October 17th! Go, go, go!

Don’t forget – we’re switching our format to one ‘toon per episode with cash to animators who participate! Learn more about the awesome changes we’re making here.

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“Follow”, by Edmond Hawkins – Ambidextrous animator Edmond Hawkins’ latest film! Angels! Planes! Giants!

“Forest”, by Eric Leiser – Stop motion animal skeletons and eyeball trees! Creepy and ethereal.

WARNING: Channel Frederator is rated EXPLICIT. All this art is so *bleepin’* beautiful! Oops. Sorry. Some content on CF is pretty grown up. If you’re under 18, get your parent’s permission prior to viewing.

-Bailee DesRocher

Recently I had a sit down with one of my favorite people, multi-talented animator and director Sherie Pollack, whose body of work ranges from edgy primetime programming animating and timing on “The Simpsons” to directing “God, The Devil, & Bob” to the pre-K “Dora the Explorer” and “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.” I took the opportunity to discuss her journey into animation success and her upcoming lecture “My Career in Cartoons”. Here, in the second half of her interview, Sherie goes in depth about her lecture.

BD: In your lecture, what kind of things do you cover for aspiring pro animators?

SP: I basically want to share everything I wish I knew when I started. You know, how to get a union job. What is a union all about. What do I do if I’m not doing well on a job - how do I get my groove back? Carpal tunnel. Everyone gets it. Eye strain. How to [Read more…]

Recently I had a sit down with one of my favorite people, multi-talented animator and director Sherie Pollack, whose body of work ranges from edgy primetime programming (like animating and timing on “The Simpsons” and directing “God, The Devil, & Bob”) to pre-K entertainment like“Dora the Explorer” and “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.” I took the opportunity to discuss her journey into animation success and her upcoming lecture “My Career in Cartoons”.

Bailee DesRocher: What got you started in animation?:

Sherie Pollack: I was 17 when I first started thinking about colleges, I flipped a coin - it was either going to be theatre, or fine arts. That’s when my mother pulled me into the pantry and said,”Do ya have to do this? Isn’t there anything else?”

Going forward, I combined the two. I didn’t know I wanted to be an animator. As a kid I was always drawing and I was very lucky - my parents would [Read more…]

It’s time for the Cartoon of the Month prize to go out! I’m excited to announce that Gabe Swarr’s What the Shell?!?! is our April Winner! What the Shell?!?! is a perfect example of what happens when a particular Koopa Trooper gets fed up with Mario’s squashing antics. The results change Mario forever!
Check this funny 8-bit inspired short out in Channel Frederator Episode 124. Or, read the interview that Jeaux Janovsky did with creator Gabe Swarr here. Gabe will receive the prized Channel Frederator Cartoon of the Month prize pack with $100 worth of goodies. Congrats Gabe! - Carrie

Congratulations to Eve Weinberg and Ryan Suffern for winning February’s Cartoon of the Month Award! This very deserving pair will win a special $100 prize pack of super-special Cartoon of the Month Channel Frederator Merchandise. Freewheel features a plethora of musical critters, my favorite being the cello-playing manatees. You can check out the official CF interview by Jeaux Janovsky here, or head back over to episode 117 for another glance at Freewheel. Wish you were one of our amazing award-winners? Well you don’t have a chance unless you submit your cartoons! Click here to submit your own cartoon. - Carrie

Tis gettin’ to be about that time again, folks. As primary fever sweeps across the US, we have our own little primary here at Channel Frederator - the Cartoon of the Month. That’s right, every 15th of the month, you get the chance to have your voice heard.
Click away at those little stars and vote for your favorite Channel Frederator cartoons. February’s Cartoon of the month includes episodes 114, 115, 116 and 117. Click those links, refresh yourself on the episodes, and get clickin’ so you can win your favorite submitter a $100 prize pack of choice, specialized Channel Frederator Merchandise. You can vote once an hour for your favorites up until noon EST on Friday 2/15. - Carrie

We have a winner, folks! I present to you FOT - Champion of the World submitted by Alex Dron. The people have spoken and the decision is made. Alex will receive the awesome Channel Frederator Cartoon of the Month prize-pack, plus the fame and recognition that comes with being a Cartoon of the Month award recipient. Alex, thanks for submitting a great cartoon that our viewers clearly loved and adored. And thanks, viewers, for voting! If you want to know more about Alex, be sure to check out the interview that Jeaux did with him here.
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Congratulations to submitter Allan Dye! His cartoon, A.D.D. Jane, featured in Channel Frederator Episode 107, is December’s Cartoon of the Month! Allan will be the lucky recipient of a $100 prize pack of awesome Channel Frederator goodies. Be sure to send us some action shots of you and your goodies Allan, and congratulations. As for you viewers and voters, keep on clicking those stars for your favorite cartoons! Voting ends for next month’s Cartoon of the Month in only 29 days!

The results are in, and it looks like “Sub” by Jesse Schmal is December’s winner. Check it out on Channel Frederator Episode 62. Quite a trip.

So Jesse, how did you come up with the idea behind “Sub”?

“The idea was made from lifting several characters and props from the sketchbooks I made during a year in Rome for school. I’m very insecure and inexperienced when it comes to writing anything resembling a script, so I basically took the characters I thought I’d have the most fun drawing and put them all in one place. The submarine being little and coming out of the fountain….hmm….I think I had a submarine drawing that turned into a moth or something. Moths are small, right? Right. I know, weird. But then the mini-submarine became this link between all the characters, and I figured out what each character would do with the submarine to get themselves [Read more…]