Month: November 2002

  • PRINT WISHLIST

    Bird Filled Sky by Tim Biskup (on the left) - This is on our “prints Wishlist”. (on sale at Outre Gallery in Melbourne)

    And if you haven’t already checked out artworks by other talented So-Cal artists like Carlos Ramos, Kooch-E- Koo… and our good friend Jorge Gutierrez, you should! - Lili & Eddie

  • LUCHA LIBRE NEWS

    Lucha images – copyright CMLL. Meet CMLL’s new mascot!  Looks like he’s starting to develop bad habits already, by hanging out with Super Porky and Los Brazos!  sorry, we lost the pics   

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    CARTOONS TODAY.

    The challenge of putting creativity back into cartoons  – a great article about making a cartoon in Hollywood. Did Ralph Bakshi really pitch Ren & Stimpy before John K did? I found Angus Oblong’s experiences with WB Animation especially interesting…

       

      

      Pics from Ralph Bakshi’s Spicy City series

  • ABOUT THIS WEBLOG…

    Hi there! Updating our website is something I have been meaning to do for months. I have half-sketched out ideas to tighten the layout, make the navigation more accessible…include new pics and animated clips from our latest productions. Unfortunately, there is never enough time outside “work hours” to do this.

    So the purpose of this page/blog is to let you know what we’re up to. This is basically a Fwak! News page – which will be updated much more regularly than the main website. And it’s so easy to post text and pics anytime from anywhere…

    THE BIG NEWS this month is that:

    Kids WB Network has picked up a second season of Mucha Lucha! Which means Eddie and I will be moving to LA for a couple of months to work on the series at WB Animation…. Not really something we had planned for so life will become very interesting! (And LA has some very cool places – Amoeba Music, Meltdown Comics, Wacko; we also know some supertalented people… and LA is close to the lucha in Tijuana!)

    For Australians who have been asking, we have confirmation that Mucha Lucha will air on Cartoon Network Australia in Feb 2003.

    In the meantime, I have been searching the web for press reviews etc. (being so far away from all the action here in Sydney) and these are some great write-ups: New York Press, Union Tribune 

    A big thank you also to Neil Hughes, the moderator of OzAnimation (a discussion group for the Australian animation industry).We have a Mucha Lucha feature in OzAnimation Magazine Issue#2 which you can download from the OzAnimation Group page.

    We’re also thick in production on Cosmic Baby, our 3 x 7min (half-hour) pilot which Fwak! is co-producing with Cartoon Network Asia-Pacific. Cosmic Baby is a heroic Chinese toddler on a mission in the Space Race. We did some “space” research recently at Minsk World. Check out our pics in the reviews section of this site, or click here.

    The Fuzz, our AFC-funded short film was completed in August, and has been shipped out to film festivals. Recently it premiered at the Melbourne ‘Short Trips’ Fringe Festival. If anyone of you happened to be there and saw it, we’d love to get your feedback.

    Eddie is busy finishing off Lava Palaver (our Super Mahi Tiki pilot episode) and it’s lookin’ real good. Here is a recent image from the show. [view earlier work-in-progress pics]

    Stay tuned. More news soon…and please feel free to contact us/add comments here.


  •  TEZUKA MANGA


    Today we zoomed to Dr. What’s Video (Bondi Junction) and rented out a bunch of movies to last us the week. Dr What’s is THE BEST video store in Sydney when it comes to finding rare titles that aren’t stocked by any other video store in the inner city. Also visited Kinokuniya Books. They have an excellent design/graphics section and huge Japanese imports section. Eddie bought a huge & gorgeous retrospective of Osamu Tezuka’s manga which included Metropolis drawings (done prior to the film version). Posting some pictures here…


        

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    THE FUZZ: FINALIST!

    The Fuzz has been nominated as a finalist in next month’s AEAF Awards. Venue: Pyrmont Room of the Sydney Convention Centre Darling Harbour. Date: Tuesday December 3, 7pm. Who’s going?

  •  SUPER MAHI TIKI update:


    Some more images from Lava Palaver (Super Mahi Tiki pilot).


     


     


      


     


      


     

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    MUCHA LUCHA NEWSFLASH


    This is something we received in the mail yesterday: Season to Date Broadcast and Cable rankings among Kids 6-11 and Tweens.


    Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows amongst Kids 6-11 for Sat/Sun, 2002


    KIDS 6 -11 Rtg/Shr
    WB Yu-Gi-Oh! (Sat. 11a) 6.5/26
    NICK SpongeBob SquarePants (Sat. 9:30a) 6.5/26
    NICK Fairly Odd Parents (Sat. 10a) 6.4/25
    NICK SpongBob SquarePants (Sat. 9a) 6.1/24
    WB Pokemon (Sat. 10a) 6.0/23
    WB Jackie Chan Adv. (Sat. 9a) 5.9/23
    NICK Jimmy Neutron (Sat.10:30a) 5.8/24
    WB Ozzy & Drix (Sat.9:30a) 5.8/21
    WB Mucha Lucha (Sat. 10:30a) 5.5/21
    WB What’s New Scooby Doo (Sat. 8:30a) 5.0/23
    NICK Rugrats (Sat.8:30a) 5.0/22
    Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data


    Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows amongst Tweens 9-14 for Sat/Sun, 2002


    TWEENS 9-14 Rtg/Shr
    WB Yu-Gi-Oh! (Sat. 11a) 6.3/27
    WB Jackie Chan Adventure (Sat.9a) 5.2/26
    WB Pokemon (Sat. 10a) 5.2/22
    WB Ozzy & Drix (Sat. 9:30a) 5.0/23
    WB Yu-Gi-Oh1 (Sat. 8a) 4.7/35
    WB Mucha Lucha (Sat. 10:30a) 4.5/20
    WB X-Men (Sat. 11:30a) 4.4/21
    WB What’s New Scooby Doo (Sat. 8:30a) 4.3/26
    NICK SpongeBob SquarePants (Sat.9:30a) 4.3/20
    NICK Fairly Odd Parents (Sat.10a) 4.3/19


    Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data