So You Want to Start a Rock Band

September 20, 2008

As this cartoon starts to play you may think this is a repeat. No, actually, I combined each of the four Rock Band cartoons into a single long episode.

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Pyrophobia

August 5, 2008

The Pyro is the most interesting character in Team Fortress 2, if only because his (her?) mumbling is extremely counter-productive.

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Barbie Horse Adventures

July 17, 2008

Barbie Horse Adventures was never this much fun.

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Flying Rats

July 3, 2008

We're back from break with this glimpse into Grand Theft Auto.

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That's Her There

June 6, 2008

The oh-so-exciting conclusion to this storyline.

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People are Dumb

May 22, 2008

We're nearing the end of this particular storyline. One more episode should do it, I think.

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Karma Chameleon

May 8, 2008

I had to look up how to spell "chameleon". I had no idea there was an H in there.

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All Aboard

April 24, 2008

The next oh-so-exciting episode. I'm not really sure what to say about it, if it doesn't speak for itself then I think I've failed you somehow.

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That'll Leave a Mark

April 10, 2008

The continuing adventures of Sparky and Josie as they escape from Meat.

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Escape from Meat

March 26, 2008

Meat is the character from the previous story. Sparky and Josie continue their escape from him. Woo!

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Console Wars - 2007 in Review

February 4, 2008

The Nintendo Wii is doing everything it can to kick it's competition squarely in the jumblies. Many are predicting it's continued dominance in 2008.

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Clamato both Frightens and Disturbs Me

January 14, 2008

Using the collaborative power of the internets, this cartoon explains how beer, seafood and fruit are being combined to meet your exacting taste standards.

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I Blame Richie Sambora

November 16, 2007


I Blame Richie Sambora from Will on Vimeo.

Animated blog entry about how Yahoo and Bon Jovi are trying to kill me. Also, I'm stupid.

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Regarding Mr. Johnson

October 18, 2007

Some people have really unusual names. I think Mr. Johnson wins the grand prize though. What interesting names have you heard?

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Purplest of Nurples

April 28, 2007

Episode 10 has been in development for quite a while, I'm happy to have it out the door.

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Cubicle Fart, part 2

March 20, 2007

This is part 2 of 2. Part 1 can be found here.

The oh-so-exciting conclusion to the Cubicle Fart story. It's worth noting that no lesson was learned here...

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Cubicle Fart, part 1

March 9, 2007

This is part 1 of 2. Part 2 can be found here.

It turns out that most of my stories worth telling are only good because they make me look like a complete moron.

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Everybody Burns Poop

February 14, 2007

I bet you never saw this on MASH. I was floored when my sister first told me this story. It just never occurred to me to think that most military camps probably don't have the time to build septic tanks.

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PVP Animation

January 28, 2007

Back in August Scott Kurtz was signing books in Austin. We took a drive over there and I showed him a short looping animation I did. I asked him for permission to do a longer version, which he granted.

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How not to Answer the Phone

January 25, 2007

Let this be a lesson to all of you out there. Be sure you look closely at the caller ID before you say anything potentially incriminating or sophomoric. Unless you're a sophomore. In which case, go right ahead.

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Wii Cartoon

January 20, 2007

This Toon Boom and Flash animation began life as a doodle while talking with Cory on the phone. I have the Xbox 360 sitting here on my desk, so I began with its distinctive shape. Then I thought about what kind of personality I would assign to it, deciding that it was American...

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Shakira is Not Much of a Singer

January 11, 2007

I will come clean right now and say that I really really don't like that "Hips Don't Lie" song by Shakira. I shudder just thinking about that awful chorus and those insipid lyrics.

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Side Effects May Include

December 15, 2006

Let me elaborate on my addiction to Starbucks. I started with iced chai, nice and mellow. Then one morning I inexplicably woke up wide awake at 4:30...

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Roy, Gee and Biv

October 9, 2006

Dear episode 9, the amount of pain that you put me through was almost more than I could bear. I learned a lot about myself during your creation, more than I ever wanted to know.

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Some Soup Would be Good

September 6, 2006

Whew! It's done. I thought they were supposed to get easier as I did more. In the final scene I have a file with 53 layers. 53! That's one more than 52!

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Mac's in Charlotte

August 7, 2006

All about our trip to North Carolina, and what the Peeing Song means to me.

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Rubber Ducky

June 25, 2006

Trying to flesh out the characters a bit here. I don't want them to be single-dimensional, and I expect it will be a constant effort to mold them into their own niches.

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Emotibot and the Butterfly

June 1, 2006

Co-created with James Turner, creator of Beaver and Steve.

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Hue are Pretty

May 18, 2006

Ah color. This was how I always intended to introduce color to the series, having it magically transform everything as long as Cleo is around.

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Mmm, That's Good

May 4, 2006

If it's not readily apparent what kind of people are being sent to Charmagne's Animal Sanctuary, I recommend watching episode 4 for clarification.

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Leather Seats Come Standard

April 24, 2006

I had a lot of fun recording this episode with Hans and Ryan.

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Hello Armando

April 4, 2006

Armando's tentacles were a blast to animate. They have a nice basic structure, but there are no rules to how they move, like jelly with muscles.

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Laughing Girl

March 5, 2006

I found this sound clip somewhere on the net 3+ years ago and always wanted to do an animation of it. It turned out as annoying as I had hoped.

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Introductions - Will

February 20, 2006

Continuing with the basic introductions. Will isn't that bright, modeled after myself.

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Introductions

February 2, 2006

Ah, the first episode. I spent a lot of time trying to get the timing right, and I still don't think it's correct. It's something to improve on though.

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