Fred Seibert's Blog

There’s a great interview with Pendleton Ward on ComixTalk, a catch up from when he did a lot of web comics.

A sample:

Are you still creating new comics?

I took down those old comics because they were terrible.

Karl Toerge has worked a lot with Frederator recently, on his original short (with Jim Wyatt) Ratzafratz, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, and the Ape Escape Cartoons. And it’s always great when he stops by the Burbank office when I’m in town, like he did last week to show us a pitch for his new series.

Thanks to Karl for kind permission to show some art from his cartoon pitch.

Dan Meth, Herb Scannell, and Craig Barlett
find something amusing in a Meth Minute. Hmmm.

Old friend and colleague Craig Barlett stopped by the studio in New York to say Hi to Herb Scannell and me, and chat a little about everything from new projects to Hey Arnold!

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I was writing about my MAD mood recently, and it prompted me to buy my sons MAD’s Greatest Artists:The Completely MAD Don Martin which he promptly fell in love with (who wouldn’t?). Which, in turn, prompted me to remember fondly this unique spot (called “A Day in the Life”) my agency did for VH1 in 1990 that Don illustrated.”A Day in the Life”
VH-1: Video Hits One
May 1990
Written by Bill Burnett
Illustrated by Don Martin
Animation production by JJ Sedelmaier for The Ink Tank
Sound design and agency production by Tom Pomposello
Executive Producers: Alan Goodman & Fred Seibert
Agency: Fred/Alan, Inc., NY

Young artist Jonathan Nin spent the day with us at Frederator/East the other day and left us some of his great artwork.

Ryan Sias was one of our earliest Frederator blogees, so it’s always good to see him. Last Friday Ryan stopped by with his latest comic, Da Beaver: Environmental Hero.

Thanks to Ryan for kind permission to post art from his comic.

Elliot Cowan came by the other day to show us his storyboard for a funny short called “Snake.”

We met Elliot through his membership on Channel Frederator RAW late last year. We featured his cartoons in Episodes 86 & 106 and in our & “48 Frames…” contest, we’ve hung out at the New York Drinking and Drawing’s, and he gave us a nice, thoughtful, Christmas present.

Thanks to Elliot for kind permission to post some of his storyboard.

Ed Ludvigsen & Brian Belanger came by on Friday to introduce themselves. Ed’s an art director for an online agency in Westchester, New York, and Brian’s a comic book artist and writer in Manchester, New Hampshire. They pitched us their project Skullduggery.

Thanks to Brian for kind permission to post his artwork.

Leave it to idea man/writer/comedian David Burd to perfectly rewrite Wally Wood’s “Cartoonist’s Credo” for the modern world the same day I posted it.