posted on 20.01.12

Hey actors, writers, comedians, artists; I’m talking to you!

The Echo Park Time Travel Mart (826LA) has some great opportunities that are perfect for folks interested in improv, comedy, writing and/or cartooning. Ever wanted to play an old curmudgeon and yell at kids through a loudspeaker or shape their wacky ideas into amazing stories? Hidden behind the refrigerated robot milk and dinosaur eggs is a tutoring center that hosts after-school help as well as field trips like Storytelling and Bookmaking.

The Storytelling and Bookmaking field trips consist of a class of kids (usually between grades 1-5) greeted by the storyteller(s) into “Barnacle & Barnacle Publishing” where all the employees are always on the verge of being fired by the cranky Mr. Barnacle. Although, the benevolent Mrs. Barnacle is the complete opposite, she’s out of the office. The storytellers mold the students ideas into a story that will please Mr. Barnacle and allow the employees to keep their jobs. Nobody has ever seen Mr. Barnacle but his booming voice hilariously berates the storyteller and students from a speaker above. Each completed page of the story is messengered to Barnacle by the Hand of Doom, an intern that suffered a horrible book-binding accident resulting in their hand being replaced with a mechanical claw. When a finished page is printed, The Hand of Doom is summoned by chanting, “Hand-Of-Doom, Hand-Of-Doom!” and two brave students are selected to present the page to the claw that reaches out from behind a curtain. While each page of the story is being written, an illustrator draws the characters and situations the class is creating. Eventually, Mr. Barnacle’s heart grows three sizes from reading the great stories and he approves their books. By the end of the morning the kids leave with a fully illustrated and published book that they wrote.

Roles: Mr/Mrs. Barnacle, Storyteller, Hand of Doom, Typist, Illustrator 

There are a bunch of other field trips (like Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Bookmaking) and fun events to participate in. If you’re a writer, comedian, actor or artist and you’ve got some free time during the day; you should really be involved in this.

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Here’s a poster I made for an upcoming Improv comedy show happening next Friday. That’s right you broke, unemployed mopes, it’s FREE! So, dust off your superhero costumes and put on your laughing shoes cuz Dasariski is gonna make you laugh ‘til you forget about the state of the U.S. economy. It might take a while but it’s cool, they do long-form improv. posted on 19.01.12

Here’s a poster I made for an upcoming Improv comedy show happening next Friday. That’s right you broke, unemployed mopes, it’s FREE! So, dust off your superhero costumes and put on your laughing shoes cuz Dasariski is gonna make you laugh ‘til you forget about the state of the U.S. economy. It might take a while but it’s cool, they do long-form improv.

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posted on 06.01.12

I loved the Channel Frederator Cartoon Podcast and now it’s back! Watch great animated shorts from the comfort of your very own YouTubes. Oh yeah, and the Drinking and Drawing robot short we all worked on is in there too.

drinkinganddrawing:

Hey Drinkers & Drawers! We’ve FINALLY posted the LA film! Check it out in our new incarnation of Channel Frederator. Share it with your friends! ^_^

channelfrederator:

Have you heard?! Channel Frederator is back on a weekly basis! We’re completely excited about our new format. Give us a follow on Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook and/or YouTube and get a chance to have your voicemail in a future episode!

Also, make sure you click through to YouTube to view the playlist. We are featuring some awesome ‘toons!

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Start the new year with a BANG! Happy New Year! posted on 01.01.12

Start the new year with a BANG! Happy New Year!

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posted on 24.12.11

X-Mess

Nothing says, “Awful Christmas Trash,” like an animated gif, so I made one from our holiday photo shoot. Merry Christmas, Kwanza, Hanukkah, Pagan Solstice, Festivus!

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Happy Howlidays!
Moraima did an awesome job on our card this year. The first version looked too “good” so I gave a tiny bit of art direction and she nailed it. Contrary to the image above, Professor Pawsworth is alive and well. posted on 22.12.11

Happy Howlidays!

Moraima did an awesome job on our card this year. The first version looked too “good” so I gave a tiny bit of art direction and she nailed it. Contrary to the image above, Professor Pawsworth is alive and well.

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posted on 22.12.11

Ghosts of Seasons Past

Every year we make our own holiday cards. Usually I draw something; last year I did a photo-collage design. This year Moraima made our card and it’s so good, I will never make another card again. (2K11 post coming soon.)

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the11thhourshow:

Big Holiday Show this week with 3 headliners!!!

I made the poster for The 11th Hour Show’s Ho-Ho-Holy Shit Holiday Spectacular on Ice. If you’re in LA and wanna see some great improv comedy tonight, this is the place. And the best part: it’s FREE! Take that, consumer holidays! posted on 15.12.11

the11thhourshow:

Big Holiday Show this week with 3 headliners!!!

I made the poster for The 11th Hour Show’s Ho-Ho-Holy Shit Holiday Spectacular on Ice. If you’re in LA and wanna see some great improv comedy tonight, this is the place. And the best part: it’s FREE! Take that, consumer holidays!

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posted on 14.12.11

Here’s the robot-themed animation from the Drinking and Drawing Hollywood event! It was so much fun drawing alongside my friends and peers in the animation industry. There were a ton of contributors but I managed to sneak in 5 different sequences throughout. Thanks, Frederator!

Call 917-408-FRED and tell ‘em what you think about it.

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posted on 13.12.11

The 3rd graders at 826LA wrote a story about a four-eyed, four-armed alien that loved to play sports on planet Pegasus with his three friends. They meet some astronauts and agree to make graffiti together. So they make spray paint by squeezing the green color out of space-frogs.

Once again, I tried to keep up with their genius storytelling by drawing as fast as I could.

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