tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73787152008-07-17T16:22:24.408-07:00Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-16588122602555829192008-05-16T01:42:00.000-07:002008-05-16T01:51:38.812-07:00

These days, it seems the entire animation industry is going through a revolution of sorts. The idea of using computers to create all-digital storyboards has been around for a long time- every year since I first started in the industry in 1990 I can recall people claiming that a paperless animation studio was just on the verge of happening. In the traditional "office space" world, the paperless

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-65381544241827655382008-03-25T11:29:00.000-07:002008-03-25T11:35:19.592-07:00

Recently, I've worked for Comedy Central doing graphics- check out my credit on "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil". Hey, I'm up there with AP, Getty and Corbis! This gig was a lot of fun. Check out the show on Comedy Central- it's pretty funny.

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-41167946093510427962008-02-02T12:48:00.000-08:002008-03-03T01:59:07.472-08:00

Need an interesting and offbeat gift for someone? One of my co-workers at Fox Television Animation has created a series of stuffed monster-animals called Wumplings. According to Wumpling creator, Ashley J. Long: "The Wumpling world is full of one- eyed birds, fuzzy monsters, bloodthirsty bunnies, and some regular cute animals too." Some examples: Wumpcat Wumplion My personal favorite is

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-23345626316904595592008-01-21T11:06:00.000-08:002008-01-21T11:20:54.706-08:00

Oh yes, rambling about nothing much in particular. This past year I've been busy, busy, busy... but the current WGA writers strike has put the kibosh on the show I work on at Fox for the moment, so here I sit with time on my hands for the first time in a long time. I've been keeping busy with some freelance graphic work for Comedy Central, as well as a feature film project with the Milo

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-87504942043091743802007-04-02T11:23:00.000-07:002007-10-09T00:45:29.243-07:00

Over the weekend, I Tivo'ed an episode of The Mind of Mencia, the show featuring comedian Carlos Mencia on Comedy Central. The episode featured an animation clip done by none other than Mike Milo. My friend Mary is a producer on the show, which led to the producers contacting us for some animation they needed. The turnaround was fast! Mike just animated this last week, and it aired this past

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-29867814083098834622007-03-30T00:35:00.000-07:002007-06-17T12:42:04.637-07:00

Yup, it's HML time once again. For those of you that have dropped by now and then in the past year or so, you'll know that stands for Hot Mexican Love, which isn't just three words strung together, but the title of a fantastic collection of comic book work put together by some of the finest talent working in the Los Angeles TV animation industry. The last issue went over so well at the San Diego

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-71666050297017630462007-03-05T20:26:00.000-08:002007-03-30T00:22:41.345-07:00

Last week I was up at my good friend and fellow Zaptooner, Mike Milo's house for the world premiere of Mike's cartoon, Flavio. The house was packed- I'm not sure how many family, friends and co-workers of Mike's showed up, but there must have been 30 or more people on hand for the main event. We all gathered around Mike's brand new high-def TV and watched the cartoon from a screening DVD fresh

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-49927746655113757512007-03-02T14:34:00.000-08:002007-03-02T14:42:32.265-08:00

We've really taken a lot of hits lately. Last month, so many people visited Zaptoons.com that we exceeded our alloted server space- hence the bandwidth overage message you may have seen if you tried to visit this site within the last two weeks of February, 2007. Since starting this website in 2003, I've watched the visitors to it climb steadily from a few per week, to several hundred to a

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1169630750962424172007-01-24T01:07:00.000-08:002007-01-24T01:26:57.766-08:00

Hopefully you've seen our current site cover, a painting from Ribeye the Bullbarian and the Sands of Fate, created by Mike Milo using a tablet PC and software called ArtRage. Mike wrote a tutorial about how he created the image, so I thought I'd post it here: "I start first with the original art. In this case, because the art was drawn for a children's novel which I illustrated in black and

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1167619735968149642006-12-31T18:46:00.000-08:002006-12-31T18:48:55.970-08:00

It's the last day of 2006- wow, how time flies! I had a wonderful Christmas with my family and friends, and hope that everyone out there had the same. This past year has been amazing, but I've been incredibly busy during most of it, hence not much activity around Zaptoons in quite some time. Early next year sees the release of my latest book, Badhat, as well as some other projects, so stay

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1164352044441702992006-11-23T23:07:00.000-08:002006-11-23T23:07:45.690-08:00

Hoping everyone stateside had a Happy Thanksgiving!

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1163481460039781292006-11-13T21:13:00.000-08:002006-11-13T21:17:40.060-08:00

A friend sent this list to me. I think it's pretty funny! 1. It is always possible to find a parking spot directly outside or opposite the building you are visiting. 2. When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you take out a note. Just grab one out at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare. 3. Television news bulletins usually contain a story that affects you

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1162319666633260992006-10-31T10:29:00.000-08:002006-10-31T10:34:26.656-08:00

Happy Halloween! The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-eve, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day" (also known as "All Saints' Day"). The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day to November 1. In Ireland,

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1156235735096366662006-08-22T01:29:00.000-07:002006-08-22T01:36:57.570-07:00

Sorry I haven't kept up here of late, I've just been off enjoying the summer. My wife and I just got back from a visit with my parents in Virginia, and very soon I plan to head out on a trip across the desert southwest. I've also been laboring away on a 30-second commercial for a camera equipment company using a stop-motion animation technique. Meanwhile, Mike is busy wrapping up his Flavio

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1153766072140198542006-07-24T11:32:00.000-07:002006-07-24T11:34:32.160-07:00

The Story Boredom blog has some great sketches of San Diego Comic Con fan 'types'. Check it out!

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1153532648870938312006-07-21T18:21:00.000-07:002006-07-21T18:49:46.293-07:00

The halls and offices of Fox Television Animation were pretty empty today, as many of the talented peeps around here have migrated south for the annual San Diego Comic Con. FTA has a pretty big presence at the show this year. A panel with the creators of Family Guy and American Dad will be on hand to show some sneak peaks at the upcoming seasons of both shows, and will answer questions from

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1152011481422136972006-07-04T04:03:00.000-07:002006-07-04T04:17:03.603-07:00

Wishing everyone a very happy and safe 4th of July!

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1150096764817784802006-06-12T00:14:00.000-07:002006-06-12T00:23:51.976-07:00

Just something we've been messing with. Here's the splash page of a comic book Mike and I have been working on, starring a new hero for these troublesome times, Kung Pow Chicken. People have asked me, "..are you guys always hungry when you come up with this stuff? I mean, what's with books and comics named after cuts of meat and Chinese dishes?" Hmm... well, after I've had a bite to eat, I'll

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1149065494229663432006-05-31T01:36:00.000-07:002006-05-31T02:04:29.460-07:00

Checkidy-check it out! Hot Mexican Love publisher Ira Sherak spent the past Memorial Day holiday weekend in Nashville, TN visiting with his family and friends. He informs us the HML comic is now available in Tennessee. While there, he sighted rock legend David Lee Roth (of 70's-80's Van Halen fame/solo career since) and took the opportunity to share the love. Holy rock stars posing for comic

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1149005380961749882006-05-30T09:05:00.000-07:002006-05-30T09:09:41.010-07:00

To everyone stateside, hope you had a great Memorial Day holiday! Hope everyone got a chance to relax, unwind, take a trip somewhere or just stay home, and most of all, to reflect on those who died in service to the country. So now it's back to work! But look at the bright side... for those mon-friday types, it's only a four day week!

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1147322588975532622006-05-10T21:34:00.000-07:002006-05-10T21:43:08.990-07:00

Check it out! Mike Milo has a blog going for his new film, Flavio on the Frederator site for Nickelodeon's "Oh Yeah! Cartoons". Stop by and check it out here. Be sure to check out the artwork Mike has been doing for his cartoon, and keep up on the progress of the film. Also, don't forget to drop him a comment from time to time!

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1147246316017019682006-05-10T00:26:00.000-07:002006-05-10T00:31:56.033-07:00

A huge thanks to all my family members and friends who have informed me they did actually go and buy a copy of the American Dad DVD! I hope I didn't come across as too demanding, but I am hoping this DVD sells well and helps convince Fox to keep it on the air for many seasons to come (and keep me in a day job!) It's a gig I love, and a show I really enjoy working on. Once again, thanks all! Mom

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1147027465178407112006-05-07T11:34:00.000-07:002006-05-07T22:01:32.143-07:00

There's now a website for "Hot Mexican Love Comics" located here. The site contains information on where to buy the book, and lots of info and links. Stop by and give a shout out to the publishers/creators!

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1146279078974255642006-04-28T19:45:00.000-07:002006-04-28T20:13:41.920-07:00

The first DVD collection of the show I currently work on, American Dad is in stores now! This collection has the first 13 episodes of season 1, plus some really cool behind-the-scenes extras, including a collection of animatics that I helped put together, and their comparisons with the finished shows. I personally can't wait to get my copy autographed by all the geniuses that created the show,

Harry McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01453657676889621875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378715.post-1146036444045115372006-04-26T00:19:00.000-07:002006-04-26T11:42:38.730-07:00

Mike's been working on a video for the PHMA- (Protective Headgear Manufacturers' Association) a voluntary, not-for-profit organization of manufacturers of headgear for non-motorized sports. It's an 8 minute short film, all animated with Flash, and so far it looks really nice! I've been working on the music soundtrack for it lately. Here's a

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