In light of the last post I’ve been reminiscing and searching out indie animations all evening— found this.

Holy shit. (warning: not for the kiddies) www.thumbtackpress.com

My favorite animated film, the Lucas produced Twice Upon A Time (1983), has been posted on YouTube. Unfortunately it’s YouTube quality, but dammit, it’s something&#151come to think of it my old VHS bootleg wasn’t much better. I hope it finds a renewed life among this generation.

Synopsis: Two unlikely heroes, Ralph and Mum (who are blue [...]

Today, you’re 3 years old. I know, I can’t believe it either.

If by some miracle you are reading this somewhere later in life I want you to know that I’m thankful . . . truly and sincerely thankful . . . for picking me as your Daddy. I love you so much! www.thumbtackpress.com

A popular LA museum has put up a 20 ft. banner of my Son directly facing the I-5 freeway, which means he’s seen by over 100,000 people (probably more) every single day. I’d give you the details of how it all went down, but who cares, I’m just tickled to see him so huge. There’s [...]

In my never-ending search for better and unique ways to market Thumbtack Press I stumbled upon this clever marketing gimmick for Papa John’s pizza. Damn, I wish I would’ve thunked it.

What a hoot. If this was on my door I’d think “Papa John’s” the next time I wanted pizza. Brilliant idea! (as long as the [...]

After seven years of marriage my wife is now able to read my mind, this spectacular ability was demonstrated live in front of 7 other family members at a dim sum restaurant today. I’ll explain:

There is a rice and pork dish that I must have whenever we go to dim sum – we ordered it, [...]

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Way off topic here, but I have to vent.

In Cold Blood. Probably my favorite non-fiction book ever, and arguably it’s the best piece of non-fiction writing of the 20th century. When “Capote” the movie came out I was intrigued and saw it, it was okay (bordering on pretty good). Phillip Seymour Hoffman was terrific, [...]

We took a quickie vacation and spent two days at Disneyland. I hate (h-a-t-e) crowds so day one was a bit dicey for me - luckily hotel guests gain entrance one hour before the park opens to the public so we were able to hit all of the rides in Fantasyland thrice before the onslaught [...]

I belong to the Cult of Apple, but am in no way a mouthpiece for the company, I just like them, always have. Yesterday the Dept. of Homeland Security (THE U.S. GOVERNMENT!!) issued an emergency alert for Windows users to patch crucial flaws in the system. Doesn’t this strike you Windows folks as a little [...]

I read this article, which inspired me to make my own list:

You’ll have free time to play golf during the day, go clubbing all night, and boat on weekends When you first launch an online store the orders just come pouring in Name your own salary You can take a day off whenever you want and often take [...]

I have a nephew who is almost 7. He’s inquisitive and really smart for his age. Yesterday was Sunday, it was 106 degrees outside, and I was working very hard to finish orders. I was a little stressed. He came into my studio and asked me what I was doing, I told him I [...]

Bendito Machine is an award-winning short by Jossie Malis done in Flash. I am a big fan of Flash animation and actually started my early career doing flash exclusively before the Dot Com Thud of ‘01.

About 99% of all Flash animations are garbage, but every once in a while I see some thing like this [...]

I just finished a marathon session of printing which began about 12 hours (and 6 color replenishes) ago . . . now here’s a video of me with blue hands, in a zombie-like state, casting a spell on myself to go to sleep - set to surf music, of course.

good morning. www.thumbtackpress.com

Someone is suing WalMart because they “own” the smiley face symbol and name.

From the article: “A prehistoric man probably invented the smiley face in some cave, but I certainly was the first to register it as a trademark,” said [a total fucking imbecile*], who said he initially registered the design.” —

If this ruling goes against WalMart [...]

Love it! I promise to start posting regular stuff soon - this was just too good, especially Arigon’s entrance. www.thumbtackpress.com

This isn’t really art-based, but I’m so pleased to hear that there still intelligent people in Washington D.C. making intelligent decisions on behalf of the intelligent people they represent.

From the Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The Senate rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage by a wide margin Wednesday, delivering a stinging defeat to President [...]

Today is the National Day of Slayer. If you haven’t listened to Slayer, fuck it, you never will. If you have listened to Slayer you know and understand.

I bought Show No Mercy on cassette in Junior High School (I’m 35 now) and loved it, wore it down to a warpy, melted, pulp. I bought God [...]

Don’t you think this guy deserves millions of dollars for his dedication? I don’t know why I laughed so hard, I just think this is flippin’ high-larious. www.thumbtackpress.com

Hi Tony,

Apologies in advance for the intrusion.

I frequent the iMundo site and ran across your response to the Orphan Works info…

… I must say, man: well stated, clean / no-BS presented and a bit of an eye opener. You make some damn good points.

I fall squarely into the “old guard” you mention… technically because of [...]