Luckily, my short "Couch Gag"
cartoon for "The Simpsons" was nominated for a prestigious Annie
Award, so I was able to go to ASIFA Hollywood's celebrated awards
ceremony (the animation industry's equivalent of the Oscars)
In order to maximize my stay in L.A.
(Glendale, actually) I set up Master Class visits to Nickelodeon and
Dreamworks. Also, on Friday night there was a special Bill Plympton
screening at the Steve Allen Theater, sponsored by the Muybridge
Animation Festival. I showed clips from my upcoming feature
CHEATIN', which people liked a lot. Then we had the great actor
Matthew Modine come up on stage and talk about his voice-over work in
two of my films: "Santa, the Fascist Years" and "The Flying
House".
We were fortunate to have some of
animation's greats show up: Corky Quakenbush, David Silverman, Jerry
Beck (author and head of Cartoon Brew), and one of my favorite
musicians, Corey Jackson, with his wife, Sharon.
It was a packed house, and we ended
with the prestigious animation award going to Jim Lujan, a great
indie animator who works in Flash.
The next day, the Annie Awards were
held. It's my fave event because I get to see the crème de la crème
of the industry. This year I saw Mike Gabriel, Robert Valley, David
Silverman, Travis Knight of "Paranorman", the brilliant Oscar
Grillo, John Kahrs of "Paperman" fame, Leonard Maltin and Seth
Green.
Me with Winsor McCay Award-winner Oscar Grillo at the Annie Awards.
At the Annies with John Kahrs of "Paperman".
At the Annies with Rebecca Sugar from "Adventure Time".
I didn't win anything – I never
expected to, but I had a ball. The big winners were “Paperman”
and "Wreck-it Ralph". Next year, I will have a lot of films
ready, so I hope to make a bigger appearance there in 2014.
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