Hero Heights

It was a full house at the screening!

A few brief words from the Creators of Hero Heights just before the show.

Greetings True believers!

On Wednesday night August 16th Hero Heights was screened for the very first time at Nickelodeon studios in Burbank. Everyone was invited to a studio screening of 4 brand new Random Cartoon shorts, Moobeard the Cow Pirate by Kyle Carrozza, Yaki and Yumi by Aliki Theofilopoulos, Boneheads by Polygon Pictures and Hero Heights by us Raul and Bill.

Before each short its creator got to say a few words. I stepped up and dazzled the crowd with my rapier like wit and charm. Actually, I told a corny joke and thanked Frederator and Nickelodeon for giving us the opportunity to make Hero Heights.

I must admit I was a little nervous. We would be screening Hero Heights to our colleagues, fellow artists and industry professionals. Maybe I had overlooked something. Maybe there was some glitch or a continuity error left by mistake. Will the story flow correctly? Will they like the characters? A cold sense of doom chilled my spine.

As the lights dimmed I could feel my heart pounding faster and faster. Then, right on cue, the butterflies in my stomach kicked in. But just as the Hero Heights title card appeared accompanied by Geoff Levin’s powerful opening theme, I was calm and cool as can be. For the next seven minutes the audience was mine and Bill’s. There were plenty of laughs and cheers. Everyone really seemed to enjoy it.

At the end of the screening we got a great response from everyone and we were delighted. It feels really good to know that something you created made someone feel good and laugh, even if it was only for 7 minutes. We did what we set out to accomplish, we made a cool cartoon.

We’d like to thank everyone for showing up to the screening! We were afraid it would be only us two, when in fact, there was standing room only.

Raul and Bill