Comments on John K Stuff: why rock stars should be animation executives

I was working on some ads featuring a Space Ghost ...

2007-03-01T09:28:00.000-08:00

I was working on some ads featuring a Space Ghost gig, and the exec-in-charge left notes. Notes like, "He has to move kind of stiff, but not too stiff. If he moves with the right amount of stiffness, he looks good..." for 5 paragraphs. The information density of these comments was equal to blank page. Now I'm in education, where there's nothing but Blowhards.

a few rambling thoughtsMost tv cartoons are crap. ...

2006-10-23T23:10:00.000-07:00

a few rambling thoughtsMost tv cartoons are crap. In fact, most live action tv is crap. In fact, most breakfast cereals, popular music, architecture, etc etc etc is crap and this is generally because it's commerce. The yardstick is profit. So when an excutive says "We want a show like Spongebob Squarepants", they might as well be saying "We want something super successful." Hmmm, clever. TV

Is this stuff going to be showed in the title cred...

2006-10-23T07:39:00.000-07:00

Is this stuff going to be showed in the title credits from Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny? I think this is a total different videoclip but you are doing another animation for those title credits, don't you? I'm a little confused with that.Anyway, if I ever go to watch The Pick Of Destiny it would be because it includes some animation of yours. Cause, really, I'm sure he's a good guy and all,

Bye the way, I loved your actual size satire on th...

2006-10-22T12:20:00.000-07:00

Bye the way, I loved your actual size satire on that network executive. HEY JOHN, I GOT AN IDEA FOR YOU! Do a full satire cartoon on Network Executives and how cartoonists can beat the crap outta them!_Eric ;)

John, Network Executives censored you before becau...

2006-10-22T08:11:00.000-07:00

John, Network Executives censored you before because they were afraid that certain jokes would offend people right? What is your theory on if you should or should not take caution because of the fear of offending people._Eric

Hey John! Earlier you were talking about the well...

2006-10-21T14:25:00.000-07:00

Hey John! Earlier you were talking about the well structured stories of Tex Avery and Looney Tunes in getneral. I'm an animation student and I find the story aspect to be the most difficult. What is your process, as far as creating entertaining characters and stories?

my favorite quote from that terrible article is-'M...

2006-10-21T13:27:00.000-07:00

my favorite quote from that terrible article is-'Meredith Metz believes that the main part of keeping talented people at a studio is to truly make they feel valued. 'Is this woman living in this realm?? i know I 'truly' feel 'valued' when I get pages and pages of stupid and pointless revisions on every single scene in an entire episode! That's totally the way to make us artist feel 'valued' ...

Hey John that's real swell! Keep it up! Long live ...

2006-10-21T12:20:00.000-07:00

Hey John that's real swell! Keep it up! Long live Mr Andy Kaufman!

See; a littleto the right, then a back, then a swe...

2006-10-21T12:00:00.000-07:00

See; a littleto the right, then a back, then a sweep to the left and we will begoing the other way diaper lover chat.

I just read the article about animation executives...

2006-10-21T11:26:00.000-07:00

I just read the article about animation executives. Unbelievable! I know I'll be thinking about this for weeks. How could things have come to this?

You think Matt Pike ain't tryin' to settle with yo...

2006-10-21T10:38:00.000-07:00

You think Matt Pike ain't tryin' to settle with your pa britney spears nacktfotos with adollar? I'm goin' to make him keep his dollar, an' I'm goin' to givehim somethin' to go 'long with it.

I screened the great cartoon FIELD AND SCREAM (Tex...

2006-10-21T08:36:00.000-07:00

I screened the great cartoon FIELD AND SCREAM (Tex and Ed Benedict SO ROCK) recently and loved it, loved it, loved it when hip audience members cheered Tex Avery and booed Fred Quimby.Fred Quimby fired Milt Gross. End of that story . . .too bad, Gross would have revitalized the black & white cartoon much as Clampett was doing as Warner Bros.I have found over the years that many archivist/writer/

I have a semi-relevant post on my blog, if you wis...

2006-10-21T08:27:00.000-07:00

I have a semi-relevant post on my blog, if you wish to view it. Just click on my name above.

I just bought the Preston Blair book on animation,...

2006-10-20T21:03:00.000-07:00

I just bought the Preston Blair book on animation, and it's helping me out, quite a bit, but I was just wondering if you had any suggestions on what animation program I should buy. I'm 16, and I think it's time I started learning to take my drawings to the next level.I like that I get to ask one of my childhoof heroes this, I mean, I grew up watching Ren and Stimpy.please don't approve this

dude, power to the rock stars and animators. end ...

2006-10-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

dude, power to the rock stars and animators. end of story. =D

John, I work in the videogame industry and have d...

2006-10-20T12:07:00.000-07:00

John, I work in the videogame industry and have done my own kind of animation within the 3D world with Maya and other assorted tools. I have been doing it for a long time, and in the beginning it was fun and creative, but now that the giant corporations have crushed or swallowed the small independent development places, the lack of creativity and retardation at the higher marketing weasel level

John, can you give us an idea, of what Uncle Eddi...

2006-10-20T10:30:00.000-07:00

John, can you give us an idea, of what Uncle Eddie tried to say when he mentioned "The New Way of Using Flash" on his post about the 'Classico' Video?

"are these executives looking for changes in style...

2006-10-20T09:11:00.000-07:00

"are these executives looking for changes in style, in other words they want things drawn in a way that meets a larger demographic (sticking with whats "in") or do they limit you from expanding a scene because of financial reasons?"That perfectly ephitizes the corporate mindset.

------------------------------------->>I think the...

2006-10-20T07:40:00.000-07:00

------------------------------------->>I think the Beastie Boys should be executives.<

ha, yea. thats amazing. musicians are sinister. th...

2006-10-20T00:06:00.000-07:00

ha, yea. thats amazing. musicians are sinister. they want something differnet then everyting else. now i have a question for you, are these executives looking for changes in style, in other words they want things drawn in a way that meets a larger demographic (sticking with whats "in") or do they limit you from expanding a scene because of financial reasons?

dang john! the classico video is sooo deliciously ...

2006-10-19T23:54:00.000-07:00

dang john! the classico video is sooo deliciously good! yeah what people say is true, simply being a rock star doesn't make you a good executive candidate, but JB and KG obviously have taste and THAT makes all the difference in the world.The D couldn't have just given the assignment to any old animator and left them to their business and gotten these results... in fact they couldn't have given

>>The writing is even more amateurish than the dra...

2006-10-19T22:23:00.000-07:00

>>The writing is even more amateurish than the drawing. Any idiot can write this stuff and fool an executive.<

Gosh, man this is freaking depressing. Then on to...

2006-10-19T21:08:00.000-07:00

Gosh, man this is freaking depressing. Then on top of this the article on cartoon brew about the state of picthing. I feel like hanging up my pencil and crawl into a corner and cry,preferably in a fetal position. I guess it's better to be informed,about the state of the real world, than to be a naive fool.P.S. Jonk what are your thoughts on Nickelodeon's Avatar the Last Airbender

I don't think executives were any more sympathetic...

2006-10-19T20:31:00.000-07:00

I don't think executives were any more sympathetic in the studio days, just that the system was more solid and continuous, allowing more creativity inside it. When there _was_ creativity, that is. Now, it's more or less a team assembled for every project, no one has any job security, and so no one wants to take risks. Producers can only hope that a team can actually complete the project, and

>Should Gnarls Barkley be co-executives, or do the...

2006-10-19T16:53:00.000-07:00

>Should Gnarls Barkley be co-executives, or do they not count as rock stars?