Talk to the Snail

A: The Powerpuff Girls in “Meat Fuzzy Lumkins”

I bring it up because we just missed the 15th anniversary of its premiere airing. All ready to blog about the historic occasion this weekend, I noticed the conflicting histories on the subject around the web (including on Frederator’s own site). After I talked with Fred, Genndy, Butch, and Craig, Van gave his typically detailed recollection when I asked him if it was indeed Craig and Powerpuff who were first to air:

“It was the President’s Day Nightmare on February 20, 1995. It was a special Space Ghost [Coast to Coast] episode because it was a half hour as opposed to the 11-minute episodes it usually aired. It was stunted on all the Turner networks and it had the first appearance of Brak. [Read more…]

Artist/filmmaker Miles Thompson has been in and out of the Frederator world for more years than I want to add. I first met Miles last century at Hanna-Barbera where I think he was working on 2 Stupid Dogs. Since then he’s created a WAC! short and a pair of Oh Yeah! cartoons. If you’re one of the fortunate few to be on the mailing list, you’ll know we’ve used a couple of his paintings for postcard art. He’s now pretty much an artiste, and you can see his work in galleries and on the covers of kids books. However, he’s probaby most famous for his painting of Louise Brooks that’s hanging in my office. Well, now, along with his Website, he’s got his own blog. He’s a good guy to check up on frequently, because you never know what he’ll be into next; I guarantee you it’ll be something different and fantastic.