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L.A. Animation Festival

My good buddy John Andrews was one of my earliest supporters. When I started selling my shorts to MTV, he was always on my side. These days, he runs the L.A. Animation Festival, and this year they're honoring yours truly! So I'll be out there in the mecca of animation from March 9 - 13.

I'll be showing Alexia Anastasio's documentary on my life and career called "Adventures in Plymptoons". It will be shown Sat., March 10th at 7:30 (tickets and info available here)

Then on Sunday night, I'll be presenting the 20th Anniversary of my landmark feature film, "The Tune" -- March 11th at 8:00 pm (tickets and info available here)

As usual, everyone who comes to my screening gets a free, on-the-spot sketch!

I'm also delighted to share the event with Brad Bird and his screening of the fantastic "Iron Giant". Also scheduled to show is Trey Parker and Matt Stone's hilarious "Team America", plus a screening of MTV's Liquid Television.

So if you're in the LA area next week, please stop by and say hello, and come to the animation parties!

http://blog.laafest.com/


See you there,

Bill

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Epic Sketchbook: Cathy Johnson..

Cathy Johnson from Urban Sketchers.. enjoy..

Matthew Green Illustrations..

Interesting illustrations from Matthew Green..

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Nomerz..

Epic stuff from Nomerz.. Enjoy. I dig the interactivity with surrounding structures and features.

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Boulder

In the spring last year when I was doing an appearance at a Denver event, I made a side-trip to Boulder and just by accident ran across the Boulder Film Fest offices. I decided to stop in and met the two lovely directors of the Fest, Robin and Cathy Beebe. They invited me to return to the festival in February, so I took them up on their offer, so long as I could stay at the Boulderado Hotel!



So Sandrine and I arrived at the beautiful historic Boulderado Hotel (circa 1909). I showed "Adventures in Plymptoons" to great audience applause, and also did a Master Class.


But the highlight was meeting William Macy -- I attended his "Conversation", very witty and informative. He said that he told the Coen Brothers that if he didn't get the part of Jerry Lundegaard in "Fargo", he would shoot their dog. Wow, and I thought animation was tough!


Another great evening was seeing the film "Jeff, Who Lives at Home" by the Duplass Brothers, starring Jason Segal, Ed Helms, and Susan Sarandon. Catch it when it opens, it's one of the funniest films of the year.

I give the Boulder Festival an "A" because of the great programming, beautiful location, and the kindness of the whole staff.

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Pat Perry..

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