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Writer at Crunchyroll, Polygon, WIRED, Vulture, GamesRadar, Inverse, Pokemon, Paste Magazine and other places / Rep'd by Aevitas Creative / Author of Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught A Generation To Catch Them All / Picked Charmander
God, what a great show.
It has happened more than once.
It is, I believe!
Anyway, go watch a cartoon.
While I set out to write a book about Batman: The Animated Series, I ended up with a book about giving your animators the support they need to do their jobs. So many folks I interviewed used a version of that phrase - if you give us what we need to do the work we love, we'll make great stuff.
We'll never see that particular assortment of talent, promotion, and WB in-studio support again. But animation isn't over. It'll never be over.
Someone asked how it feels to have a book coming out about the early 90s boom period of WB Animation since WB is being stripped for parts and has shown scant support for animation recently.
I wish it was different! But I feel like now's a good time to write about how great it is to create cartoons.
I missed Matt's announcement a few days ago. His bookstore is wonderful — and I don't say that just because it carries signed copies of all the books he and/or I have written.
That's a fucking bar.
I need to take time to watch it!
If you are attempting to dissect cultural trends between the 80s and today, I would argue that one of the most comprehensive resources you can find is the discography of "Weird Al" Yankovic
Sad to hear Michael Hague has died! 🕯️
His edition of Wind in the Willows was my definitive childhood version, and I pored over his large pictures for hours, especially the trees, Badger’s House and Toad Hall. His Piper at the Gates of Dawn is exquisite 💛
The reason the Republicans are known as the "good for the economy" party even when they consistently ruin the economy is because they've spent the last 60 years telling everyone that they're the "good for the economy" party. It's very, very simple.
Oddly enough, it immediately made me think of pro wrestlers who spend years having scattershot success and then the right gimmick, the right talent, and the right promotional effort collide and boom, it feels like nothing they've ever been before.
Super SW and Empire are both so, so tough. Jedi isn't that bad though....until you have to escape the death star.
Old gangster movies made me think it’d be fun to demand money, but writing out invoices proves me wrong every time.
The Super Star Wars games will leave you more confused about the plot of the trilogy than you were before you started. But they are a great look into just how many creatures in the galaxy are aggressive and/or flammable.
The Super Nintendo has, by far, the greatest ratio of good movie tie-in games. Endlessly satisfying, even as they boiled each plot down to "fight until everything on the screen explodes."
Look, I know that Godzilla is about to very tragically meet his end in a volcano, but how about you just slurp on that Dr. Pepper while you watch it? Really add to the moment.
Yes. My pal Luke Mears aka Serum Lake did just that: www.amazon.com/Rogues-Galle...
I love Mad Hatter's emotional arc in Batman: The Animated Series. Over the course of four episodes, it takes him from pathetic loner to irredeemable supervillain. It's great serialized storytelling, even in a show mostly known for creating "mini movies" out of its episodes.
Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
The original Japanese opening for Pokémon is great, not only because it's catchy and shows off a lot of marketing-ready monsters, but because it gives the world a sense of real scale. It focuses on the fact that you're just a ten-year-old kid on an incomparably huge journey.
No problem!
It really is! In the introduction of the book, @jongraywb.blacksky.app spoke to me about using it to teach his students about visual storytelling.
Heading into the next part of #iamthenightclub with "On Leather Wings."
It's cool how much the BTAS opening exemplifies the show, not just in an aesthetic sense but a narrative one, too. It can be seen as a full movie. By the time you finish it, you "get" Batman. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrmU...
me and the other scheming viziers are wearing shoes gifted to us by the king that are way too big. we look ridiculous. the whole court is laughing at us behind our backs. honestly this is a pretty low point for us, the scheming viziers
Excited for my first academic text to be "American History Through Weird Al"
