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Lovesick Fool. Love in the Age of Like.   Artist  Writer Director Actor  Dominic Polcino     Dominic has been a driving force on three of the most popular primetime animated shows of all time: “The Simpsons”, “King of the Hill”,and “Family Guy”, all garnering him Emmy nominations.   Seth MacFarlane personally tapped Dom to direct two of the Family Guy Star Wars spoofs. Family Guy’s “Blue Harvest” not only became one of the most successful episodes commercially for Family Guy, but artistically it won the approval of George Lucas himself and got an Emmy nom for Dominic. It is revered by audiences and peers alike. Dominic’s life began as a child who fell in love with art and drawing. Director cameo He went on to study art at UCLA, where he earned a BFA in Art and a Masters in Animation. One of his first professional jobs was on the seminal years of The Simpsons, where he honed his chops. He was one of a great crew of animators that helped shaped the show into what we see today. After 20 years working on the top animated shows, Dominic knows the medium better than anyone. Screencap of the main character failing with a woman. From Lovesick Fool Love in the age of Like   Screencap 2 of the main character failing with a different woman. From Lovesick Fool Love in the age of Like He is an award-winning filmmaker with his recent animated short “Lovesick Fool-Love in the Age of Like” about his own creation based on his life searching for love, which he wrote and directed. It stars Lisa Kudrow, Janeane Garofalo, and Fred Willard, in addition to Dominic who plays a character much like himself. https://youtu.be/7Thq4FWXjfA The film has won “Best Comedy” and “Best A

Lots to talk about on today’s show so let’s get to it. But first my thoughts on JJ’s decision to amp up the Lightsaber.   ugh     Episode 97   2:30  The New Star Wars and Batman movies. Why I love hating them! 12.:15 JJ Abrams doesn’t get much of anything. EXCEPT free reign to ruin everything that was ever awesome. Mystery box my ass. 15:10 Star Wars Ep VII The Force Awakens trailer. Uh, where are the fucking STARS? 17:13  Superman Vs. Batman Dong of Justice. Affleck as Batman? I actually like that!  Better than that overrated  douche Bale. 20:00 The Truth about your “Ruined Childhoods”. You know what? Fuck your childhood. Seriously.  Why  things can never be as awesome as they were when you were a kid. 22:45 The Cartoon Curmudgeon rants about the internet and cartooning. Let’s rethink it a little. Hear me out. 42:23 Join the Man vs Art Squadron on War Thunder! 43:40 Definition of Artist, Theirs and mine. 48:20 Spider-Man joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Geeks worldwide simultaneously oozed web fluid. Was it premature? * 01:05:20  Man vs. Art’s honest take on the Charlie Hebdo tragedy. Lot’s of “ists”. Cartoonists, Terrorists, Racists,  Satirists,  and assholeists. Why Freedom of Speech had NOTHING to do with this and why all of those pretentious cartoons were sickening. * 01:14:10 Super Hero Movies and the staggering load of Click-able Content, add revenue, and traffic that is created by us  for those poor media corporations.  Won’t you please help?!!   Join the Man vs. Art Squadron on War Thunder! The Next Gen MMO Aerial Combat Game!   Click on my Wingman Spartacus to sign up! Register and play for free! You can play with keyboard and mouse (pussies) or be a real man and play with the Joystick!   78 Related Images:We cannot display this gallery

Release the Curmudgeon! Today I rant and rage about my experiences with youngsters. A little free floating hostility if you will. Apparently  the “timeout everybody gets a trophy generation” has entered the workforce and they are in for a rude awakening.   Millennials suck! But it’s not their fault. On Today’s show I blast MILLENNIALS for their lousy work ethic, lack of respect towards real grown ups, and their childish sense of entitlement. Their inability to handle hardship or criticism  doesn’t make for good artists. We have a generation of total pussies who expect everything handed to them.   I point this stuff out but I don’t blame the kids. I blame their Generation X Dipshit Parents for creating these monsters.  If every kid is special then no one is special. How could anyone not see that helicopter parenting was doomed from the beginning? I’m hoping that my younger listeners will understand  what I am saying and not take it as insults but as the truth. Then they can do something about it. Suck it up and fight the pussified tendencies drilled into them as  kids. Millennials are some of the smartest, most talented and creative problem solvers around. When they put their phones down they can produce some really cool art, animation, and comics. Sometimes they can go as long as an hour without checking facebook. Before we go on, check out the painting I did of  my buddy Spartacus! Digital painting I did of my best friend Spartacus!  2014 Aguirre Family Christmas Card This is the Christmas card I made for my wife the Lovely and Vivacious Hortencia to send to our friends and relatives. I’ m pretty stoked with it. ADBLOCK IS BULLSHIT! Adblock Plus is fucking over independent content creators and should be run out of town.  When you block ads, the content creator doesn’t get paid. Now these assholes at Adblock want to start an ad campaign to promote Adblock. Are they fucking ki

In this 5th annual Halloween Episode, I talk about my recent illness , new dog, and I announce that one of my creations has been optioned.   Moorelin Moorelin the Warlock gives his thoughts on Art and Magic. Moorelin the Warlock   Che becomes an Art Cop and hits the streets in search of art criminals to beat down on the reality show Schlocks. Then The Man vs. Art Theater group brings us an adaption of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein in the form of an old fashioned Radio Drama with me having written, produced and  played all of the parts.     Frankenstein   Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein and the Creature         Spartacus I’d like to take a moment to introduce you all to my new dog Spartacus. I’ve always wanted an English Bulldog and the opportunity came up for me to trade my services as an artist to a couple of  breeders who wanted a portrait painting. My new best friend Spartacus.   Related Images:We cannot display this gallery

Mark Evanier  is a veteran television and comic book writer, animation and comics historian, and the universe’s foremost authority on Jack Kirby.   An homage to Mark Evanier, drawn by his writing partner, Sergio Aragonés. Mark was the head writer and voice director of the animated TV shows Garfield and Friends and The Garfield Show. Cool right?   When I was a kid I noticed Mark Evanier’s name popping up over and over in everything that I loved  on Saturday Mornings and in my Favorite comic book..  He was involved in some of my favorite cartoons back in the 80’s.  By “involved” I mean he wrote on Dungeons and Dragons,  Thundarr the Barbarian, and Scooby-Doo ! That’s right, you heard me. I guess you could say that  Mark’s had his hand in more Pilots than an Air Force base’s resident proctologist. Dungeons & Dragons  Garfield and Friends, Thundarr the Barbarian   Scooby and Scrappy Doo Mark wrote the episode that introduced Scrappy-Doo to the Scooby Doo show. Scrappy gets a bad rap these days which I don’t get. IMHO Scrappy was a great addition to the show if you think about it in terms of story and character. We all know Scooby and Shaggy were cowards and always ran away. Scrappy instead would charge head on into trouble forcing Shaggy and Scooby to chase after him thereby upping the hijinks and shenanigans! Scrappy got different performances out of Shaggy and Scooby and created unique situations that were sorely needed. I don’t recall people hating on Scrappy back in the 80’s when he first came out. Oddly I think this is a sort of retro hate comes from people who were too young or not even born when Scrappy was introduced. Ask any generation Xer and we all love Scrappy.         COMICS Mark’s  career in comics is just as amazing and extensive as his TV work. He is the co-writer of Sergio Aragonés Groo The Wanderer, one of the greatest humor comics ever! It’s been in and out of print for over 30 years! They just released an insane 4 part mini series crossover last summer called Groo vs. Conan!   Sergio Aragonés GROO

The documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune is a film that attempts to deify the director and his offbeat canon, as well as document just how this passionate 85 year old directed “greatest movie never made.”   Poster for the Documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune   In 1975 Chilean Director Alejandro Jodorowsky was on top of the world. The runaway success of his films El Topo and its sequel, The Holy Mountain had loaded his pockets with a ton of Euro Box office cash and garnered him a huge following among the weirdo artsy types. Because of this he was able to secure the rights to Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel “Dune.” Alejandro Jodorowsky Circa 1973-75     The Dune Pre- Production Bible By Jodorowsky and his Spiritual Warriors Alejandro started the pre production on the screenplay and storyboards for a film that, at least on paper and in his head looked like the greatest epic ever made. Never mind that he’d never read the book. That’s not important right now. Jodorowsky’s Dune conveys the birth of this cinematic critical miss with a spirited, visually stunning design in which beautiful works of Pre Production storyboards , sketches, paintings, and layouts come alive as animatics. Jodorowsky’s Dune is loaded with the kind of imaginative descriptions, figurative proclamations, and transcendental metaphors that have characterized all of the unique fantastical works made by an artist with a mad man’s head full of original ideas.   You want EPIC bitches? I’ll give you EPIC!   Cue the A-team music. Not unlike Lee Marvin in the Dirty Dozen, he recruited his team of artists and designers by tracking them down and convincing them that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work on the greatest most important movie ever.  The following Dream Team of artistic geniuses were totally on board with Alejandro’s vision of Dune. He called them his Spiritual Warrio

 Content Creators that distribute Via the web, this is the place for you! It’s Kind of Like Woodstock for Geeks! Fans and Creators come together at Intervention: The Premier Showcase of Online Creativity this August 22-24, 2014 in Maryland Internet + Convention = Intervention: The Premier Showcase of Online Creativity. Featuring Webcomics, Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Makers, and more. Many guest speakers and interactive events are planned for 2014; founders mark 5th year of intervening, inspiring, and empowering digital creators.   OFFICIAL INTERVENTION WEB SITE Intervention is a yearly Internet Culture convention held in September in Rockville Maryland at the Hilton Rockville/Washington D.C. hotel. Intervention (a combination of the words “Internet” and “Convention”)highlights independent artists from all spectrums of creative output (Comics, Music, Podcasts, Video, Blogging, Stories, etc.) who use the Internet as their primary distribution method. The convention hosts panels, workshops, movie showings, music concerts, open gaming, and dance events. Your Online Life, In-Person How much of your day do you spend on the internet–looking at comics, watching videos, reading blogs, connecting with friends, tweeting, or just surfing?  At Intervention you can meet, talk with, learn from, and party with the people you see online everyday. One Part New Media One Part Gaming One Part Nerd Party   Founders of InterventionCon Onezumi Hartstein and James Harknell On Today’s show I  talk to Webcomic Diva Onezumi Hartstein and her husband/producer James Harknell.  We talk about how the Con has grown as well as  helped so many artists  So if you are near DC  from From Friday August 22nd  at noon to  Sunday August 24th at 4pm. Drop by and say hi.   Founders Onezumi Hartstein and James Harknell Panel More info/Registration Hilton Washington DC/Rockville 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852   The goal of Inte

The Ultramarine Blue Blues These are the show notes that accompany episode 91 of the show. Lady with a Lapis Lazuli Bowlby Guido Reni – 1638-1639 For thousands of years man has desired a true blue for art. The problem was  it was very rare. The only place to get vibrant blue was to extract it from a rare rock called Lapiz Lazuli. I When I say rare, I mean rare.  Lapiz Lazuli  could only be found in a single cave in Afghanistan. The church controlled the use of blue only for specific things because of it’s value and scarcity. But blue fever made artists rebel and the rest is history. Lapiz Lazuli this is the  Rare source for ultramarine blue. Ultramarine is one of the oldest of the artists’ pigments that we still  use to this day. It is a brilliant blue that has  been used in paints for at least fifteen hundred years.  For thousands of  years it was extracted from the natural gemstone lapis lazuli which is a type of limestone containing a blue mineral named lazurite. ultramarine blue has an intensity that varies depending on the type of paint  it is used for.   lapiz lazuli processed pigment There is no source of lapis lazuli in Europe. It  had to be imported into the West and once  there,  had to go through 50 separate stages  to separate from it for a 10% yield of the pigment. Ultramarine as a result became the most expensive of artists’ color.  It’s value was more than  that of gold.  So it was used very sparingly.  It was so valuable that the Church stepped in to control it. The Vatican  decreed that the  highest quality ultramarine was  only  for painting the robes of Mary and the infant Christ.   Ultramarine was replaced by the cheaper copper carbonate mineral azurite for a while but  was back in favor by the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.  In most situations the patron bought the pigment separately for any picture he had commissioned. This resulted in a little cheat where cheap ass  azurite was  used for “underpainting&#

 Episode 90 Show Notes Timeline.   Earliest known image of Mickey 1928 I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. Disney terrifies me. this podcast explains why. * 0:00 -3:18 Intro * 3:19- Ambassador Hotel Bloody Mary.  Classic Bloody Mary Ambassador  Hotel  Los Angeles The Best I’ve ever had.   INGREDIENTS: * 2 oz Vodka * 4 oz Tomato juice * Fresh key lime juice (about 1/2 a small lime) * Worcestershire sauce (3 dashes) * Tabasco Sauce (2 dashes) * 1 oz Clam Juice * Bitters (2 dashes) * Salt and pepper * Garnish: Lemon wedge, celery rib and Olive or as desired * Glass: Tall PREPARATION: Chilled.  Shaken not Stirred. * Fill a  shaker with crushed ice. * pour 1 1/2 ounces of vodka, * 3 dashes of Tabasco sauce, * 4 oz. can of tomato juice , * 1 oz. of clam juice, * 3 dashes  of Worcestershire sauce * 2 Dashes of Bitters * Chill and then pour into tall glass. * Add some salt & pepper to taste. * Garnish with a celery stick, and or olives. This is the classic Bloody Mary served at the Legendary Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel from the 40’s to the early 90’s. The same recipe that people like Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, and Lee Marvin enjoyed when nursing hangovers. * 6:56- Various ways to check out the show. * 9:53- ITunes reviews are the best way to give us props. Subscribe through Itunes and Bust out a review for the show! Man vs. Art makes the First Page of Itunes Visual Arts Podcasts! Thank you! click to subscribe and leave a review! * 13:00 Man Vs Art Thanks you for putting MVA on the 1st page of Itunes. * 14:01 The Corporate corruption of Copyright and rape of the Public Domain

John Sanford By day, Director / Story Man for Disney, Sony, PIXAR, and most recently  Dreamworks. By night, Creator of the Chippy and Loopus web comic. Chippy from John’s web comic Chippy and Loopus!   My guest on the Man vs. Art Podcast is the brilliant and super talented Artist, Writer, Directory, Story Artist and comic creator John Sanford who currently works as the Director of the Dreamworks Animated Series Riders of Berk  . John is also the creator of the web comics Chippy and Loopus and K&J which his wife writes. John is originally from Denver  Colorado. He attended Calarts and in 1993 started at Disney on the Hunchback of Notre Dame as a Story trainee. He worked on  worked on Mulan, Atlantis, a little on Lilo, then co-directed Home on the Range. After Disney John left Disney after David Stainton (rhymes with Satan) Took over and went tot Sony, Pixar, then Dreamworks where he is now am an episode Director on the Dragons TV show Riders of Berk.. John is married, he  has has no kids, but he has  4 dogs. John joins me for an extra long episode where we talk about animation, story, artist’s rights and how productions tend to ignore them. John is very frank and doesn’t pull any punches when he gives us the behind the scenes scoop at Disney, Pixar, Sony, and Dreamworks.   Concerns about the Animation Business. John’s main concern is the way studios use Storyboard artists to simply draw script pages exactly as scripted. He feels, (and I agree) that when Story Artists are not given the opportunity to be creative and approach storytelling with drawings the projects become stale. What is more entertaining? A) reading Sponge Bob has a  wacky freak out? B) seeing  Sponge Bob’s have a wacky Freak out? I rest my case.   Cartoonists should create animation stories with drawings.  Plain and simple. Creating animation by any other way is insane. This is a very special show, John was pure dynamite and I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed making this episode! Thanks!

First up, I'm sure I missed something. There were lots of big news in the Art World this year. Damien Hirst had another installation ripped off. Works of Fine art selling for record numbers, A&E the arts and entertainment channel finally went to shit. Anyway, sorry If I missed something this is just the stuff that really stood out to me. Bansky, Miyazaki, German Art Horde, Russian balls nailed to the floor, Bush paints kitty cats, Zimmerman painting, Picasso raffle. And now Here we go.

Welsh born Freelance Cartoonist Andrew Charles Griffiths drops by the Studio to talk about his new Children's Book Eddie the bad tempered Teddy. We talk Animation, Comics, Cartoons, Illustration and there's even a cameo by Alan Moore!

Sexy horror comics creator Geo Brawn IV joins me for our annual Halloween show on Man vs. Art. We talk about a bunch of cool things like Breaking Bad, Creativity, Gags, 80's action films, graphic novels, and much more!

THIS PODCAST IS A CELEBRATION OF ART IN ALL IT'S FORMS. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE INTERESTING, COMEDIC, SOCIAL SATIRE AND TO INSPIRE ARTISTS THE WORLD OVER. THE SHOW IS FILLED WITH HILARIOUS BITS OF IGNORANT NONSENSE AND ADULT THEMES THAT REALLY REQUIRE THE MATURITY LEVEL OF BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD TO FULLY APPRECIATE. PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY SUGGESTIVE LANGUAGE, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF GOOD TASTE AN/OR ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE OF HUMOR.

On Today’s show I talk to Webcomic Diva Onezumi Hartstein and her husband/producer James Harknell. We talk about how the Con has grown as well as helped so many artists. Plus we talk about my involvement in the 2013 show. That's right! I will be attending the show as a featured guest and speaker with 3 panel discussions scheduled for me to host!

Has the Comic Con jumped the shark? Should it even be called "Comic" Con? In this episode one old geek comes to terms with the fact that the comic con has become something else. It has mutated. No, Evolved. No, The comic Con has adapted. Can this old geezer geek accept the change?

Poet Christopher Luke Trevilla and Artist Raul Aguirre Jr. go deep into the artist rabbit hole and explore the mind of the artist.

Man vs. Art Podcast Episode 81. Raul sits down with old friend and colleague From Disney, animation artist Larry Flores who just got laid off from the Dreamworks ill fated "Me and My Shadow" film. Larry talks about his 20 plus years in and out of the Animation business.

Raplh Bakshi needs our help to help traditional 2D hand drawn animation. Time is short! Get over to Ralph's Kickstarter page and help him produce " The Last Days Of Coney Island" 2D Traditional Hand Drawn Animated short!

Today I'm joined by Veteran Web Cartoonist and Animation Instructor Krishna Sadasivam to discuss among other things, a $600.00 solution to the $2000.00 Cintiq problem. Have you always wanted a tablet monitor?, but couldn't spare the the 2 Grand needed? Tune in and get the scoop on the Yiynova MSP19 tablet monitor. It's about time someone gave a little wake up call to Wacom about their over priced Cintiq