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Join Whitney Grace as she speaks with artist Hamid Rahmanian, who is the director, writer, and creator of Feathers of Fire. Rahmanian’s Feathers of Fire is a brilliant, animated shadow puppet stage show adapted from the Persian epic The Shahnameh.
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Whitney Grace interviews graphic novel writer and artist Niki Smith about her new LGBTQA fantasy novel, The Deep and Dark Blue. Whitney not loves the Niki Smith’s graphic novel, but the pandemic has gotten to her mental health in the form of delusions and illusions of grandeur.
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Rob Paulsen takes some time from his busy voice acting schedule to spend some time with host Whitney Grace and things get weird.
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Oh, dear! I did it again! I went on an unintended hiatus, but I’m back and raring to get the podcast rolling again. In episode 35, I speak with Michael Dooley is a professor at the Pasadena Art Center. I’ve guest lectured at his class on Lotte Reiniger. He’s one of the coolest behind the scenes professionals I’ve spoken with because he’s a true geek. Beyond his geekdom, he’s a writer, photographer, comic historian, and designer.
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Whitney Grace is digging through her queue of old new stock interviews and pulls this beauty out with Chris Prynoski! Chirs Prynoski is the founder and head of Titmouse Inc., an independent animation studio that’s been making a name for itself since 2000. Titmouse Inc. has worked on a variety of cartoons for Disney, Adult Swim, and Netflix as well as feature films Nerdland, Teen Titans Go, and the new Foxy Trotter and Hanazuki.
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Join Whitney Grace in this blast down memory lane with an old episode from her now defunct first podcast. In this episode, Whitney interviews renowned animation historian Jerry Beck. They delve into Beck’s career and animation history.
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I’m back and done explaining about the current state of my mental health. It’s actually doing pretty well, at least the voices tell me so. FYI, if if you aren’t aware I have a dark sense of humor, particularly at my own expense, because I find it hilarious. (If you didn’t catch on, that means I don’t have voices in my head. Unicorns and llamas are another story.) Give me a round of applause and praise me to the high heavens, because I finished episode 32! Whoopee! Beat that depression! This interview is with my fellow writer Mathew Klickstein, who
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I wanted to offer more details about my hiatus. In episode 31 of Toon-In Talk, I interview myself and describe my experiences being misdiagnosed with autism, depression, bullying, PTSD, and other issues. I’ve said it once and will continue to say it for the remainder of my life: being misdiagnosed effs up your life. My life was effed up for years and I’m still dealing with the consequences today. While I have a supportive family, animation, comic books, and puppetry really become the things that made my worth living. Take a listen and hear part of my story. I say
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FanboyNation’s Whitney Grace has always wanted to interview the very private voice acting hero, Frank Welker. So what do you do when you can’t get the reclusive actor to chat with you? Create your own dream interview of course. This is an exercise in creativity and how one would hope the interview with your hero would go. This was constructed with much love and respect for Mr. Welker’s talents:
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Hello and welcome to twenty-ninth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Concluding Whitney’s longer than expected series the Ladies of Animation is an interview with Academy Award winner director Brenda Chapman. Brenda is best recognized for her work as the writer and director of Pixar‘s Brave and the director of DreamWorks’s The Prince of Egypt. She also had an extraordinary career at Disney working on Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King. Brenda Chapman has since embarked on an independent creative career with her husband, director Kevin Lima. Brenda Chapman is the director of Brave and Prince of Egypt. She
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Hello and welcome to twenty-eighth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Every year Whitney heads to Atlanta, GA to mingle with other geeks and practice her puppetry skills at DragonCon. DragonCon is the biggest fan run convention in the United States and in 2016 there will be over 75000 attendees and over 3500 hours of programming. Even though he is working 24/7 until the convention ends, Dan Carroll, DragonCon’s head honcho, had an hour to chat with Whitney about the new happenings for 2016, including animation and puppetry guests. DragonCon is a totally volunteer run convention located in
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Hello and welcome to twenty-seventh episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Continuing with her fabulous Ladies of Animation series, Whitney interviews the one and only Vicky Jenson. Vicky is one of the top animation directors, in Whitney’s opinion, in Hollywood and she also lends her talents to television animation as well. She is respected as the director of DreamWorks’s Shrek and Shark Tale. Vicky’s resume includes the shows Smurfs, He-Man, JEM, She-Ra and the films The Road to El-Dorado, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, and FernGully. She discusses her past successes with Whitney and also hints at some exciting projects yet to come. Vicky
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Hello and welcome to twenty-sixth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Whitney is back from her hiatus and ready to finish her Ladies of Animation series. She’s returning with an awesome guest, Yvette Kaplan. Yvette Kaplan has a prestigious animation career working in both feature and television animation. She made a name for herself as the supervising director for the quintessential 1990s cartoon Beavis and Butt-Head. Yvette also directed the Beavis and Butt-Head Do America film that was the highest grossing non-Disney animated for years. Yvette works on any project that catches her interest and she shares her adventures in this interview.
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Hello and welcome to twenty-fifth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Whitney had to take a short hiatus due to everything hitting the fan at once, but now she’s back with Art Brown, executive produce of DreamWorks’s How To Train Your Dragon: Dragons Race To the Edge. Dragons Race To the Edge is an exciting Netflix exclusive cartoon series and it continues with its second season. Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs, Tuffnut, Ruffnut, Snoutlout, Toothless, Stormfly, and all the other dragons are in for thrilling adventures as the protect the Edge from a duo of villainous brothers and discover more dragon species.
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Hello and welcome to twenty-fourth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. It’s also time for the fourth round of interviews for the Ladies of Animation Month, Whitney Grace’s yearly tribute to women who work in the animation industry and mission to inspire girls to pursue their animated ambitions. Jinko Gotoh is the executive producer on the new animated feature film The Little Prince directed by Mark Osborne. Jinko has held various role in the animation industry, but she has made a well-respected name for herself as a producer. She’s produced Finding Nemo, 9, The Illusionist, and Escape From Planet Earth. She has been an animation
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Hello and welcome to twenty-third episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. It’s also time for the third round of interviews for the Ladies of Animation Month, Whitney Grace’s yearly tribute to women who work in the animation industry and mission to inspire girls to pursue their animated ambitions. Kirsty Scanlan is the co-president of the Women in Animation organization. Kirsty fell into animation when she worked at Threshold Entertainment and fell in love with the medium. She is currently Technicolor’s Vice President of Business Development for Technicolor’s Animation and Games group. Whitney and Kristy discuss Kristy’s career the current state
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Hello and welcome to twenty-second episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. It’s also time for the second round of interviews for the Ladies of Animation Month, Whitney Grace’s yearly tribute to women who work in the animation industry and mission to inspire girls to pursue their animated ambitions. Puppetry has many things in common with animation, including principles that make inanimate characters come to life. Cheryl Henson is a proud promoter of the puppetry arts and preserving her father’s legacy for future generations. If you couldn’t tell by the last name, Cheryl Henson is Jim Henson’s daughter. Jim Henson
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Hello and welcome to twenty-first episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. It’s that time of year for the Ladies of Animation Month, Whitney Grace’s yearly tribute to women who work in the animation industry and mission to inspire girls to pursue their animated ambitions. Whitney is a proud member of the Women in Animation organization and with their helped she rounded up great professional women who have made successful careers in animation. To kick off Ladies in Animation Month, Whitney interviews Marge Dean, co-presdient of Women in Animation, general manager of Stoopid Buddy Stoodies, and former production
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Hello and welcome to twentieth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Whitney loves comic books and graphic novels, so when she’s not watching cartoons she’s reading comics. One of her favorite cartoon sagas is the DC Animated Universe, including the fabulous cartoons Static Shock and Batman: The Animated Series. Whitney had the luck to speak with Joseph Phillip Illidge, who helped shaped the hero Static at Milestone Media and also reinvigorated he Batman comic book series. Joseph continues to write and edit comics as well as expanding his talents into other creative endeavors. Joseph is a writer, editor, and columnist. He
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Hello and welcome to nineteenth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Whitney is a huge Chuck Jones fan and she also loves to visit art galleries. When she was at Comic-Con 2010, she learned about the Chuck Jones Galleries and their mission to promote animation and comic artwork. She’s been following them ever since and she tracked down Craig Kausen, Chuck Jones’s grandson and head of all Chuck Jones related companies, to discuss how he is preserving Chuck’s legacy and spreading the message of creativity. Craig’s grandfather was Chuck Jones, one of Bugs Bunny’s fathers, and a significant creator
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Hello and welcome to eighteenth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Every year Whitney attends several of the biggest conventions in the US and one of her favorites is Dragon-Con held in Atlanta, GA. Dragon-Con is a big convention with an intimate feeling, because it allows you to have up and close interactions with the guests and it never feels too over crowded. The Dragon-Con staff are super organized and they are dedicated to ensuring fans have the best experience. Whitney also loves Dragon-Con for its diverse programming, especially the puppetry and anime/manga tracks. She was privileged to chat
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Hello and welcome to seventeenth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. What happens when an animation fan, an animator, and his crazy co-workers decide to have some fun during a podcast interview? This is what happened during the seventeenth episode. Whitney chats with Adam Toews, an illustrator on the hit series Archer. Adam works at Floyd County Productions, an Atlanta-based animation studio. They discuss Adam’s career, his work on Archer, and how Atlanta is becoming a bigger animation venue. Adam’s last name is pronounced “taves,” although it’s spelled like “toes.” He will answer to both. Adam works at Floyd County Productions on Archer and he
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Hello and welcome to sixteenth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Have you ever wondered what happened to kid voice actors when they grow up? Whitney Grace has! After watching Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book, Whitney wondered what happened to Mowgli. It turns out that Mowgli is Bruce Reitherman, son of Wolfgang “Woolie” Reitherman, one Disney’s Nine Old Men! Bruce was more than happy to discuss his experiences voicing Mowgli and growing up at the Walt Disney Animation Studios in the 1960s. Bruce voiced Mowgli in The Jungle Book and he is also the son of Wolfgang “Woolie” Reitherman, one of Disney’s Nine
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Hello and welcome to fifteenth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. During research for her book on Lotte Reiniger, Whitney was using the British Film Institute’s website for information. She came across some great animation information, not just about Reiniger, but also about British animation. Jez Stewart in the BFI’s Animation Animation Curator and during this interview he discusses British animation history, the BFI’s animation holdings, and other fun facts about working in a renowned film archive. Jez Stewart is the Animation Curator at the British Film Institute (BFI) and he has worked there for fourteen years. He
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Hello and welcome to fourteenth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Whitney is joined by animator, director, writer, and producer Jai Husband. Jai comes from a great animation legacy, his father is famous Walt Disney animator Ron Husband. Growing up in the animation industry inspired Jai to pursue animation as his own career. Jai has been successful so far with is own projects inspired by African-American culture. He directed Kasha and the Zulu King, but even more exciting is that he is working on an African princess trilogy with his dad! Jai is a second-generation animator; his father was Walt Disney
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Hello and welcome to thirteenth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. If you are listening to this podcast, you’ve probably considered becoming an animator at some point. The traditional method is to attend a university animation program, but higher education isn’t necessarily the correct route for everyone. There are dozens of online programs dedicated to teaching 3D animation, but there is only one that focuses on the traditional, hand drawn method. Rick Pickens discusses his animation career and his new animation program: “Animation in 12 BLANK Lessons.” Rick worked in animation in 1987 at the same company as Doug
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Hello and welcome to twelfth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Whitney has a treat for all listeners today! Not only does she interview the fantastic voice actress Veronica Taylor, famous for her role as Ash Ketchum on Pokemon, Astroblast, Welcome to the Wayne!, and Mofy, but she speaks with Raina Taylor. Raina is Veronica’s uber cool daughter, so this episode is a first for the show: a mother-daughter interview. Veronica discusses her career and Raina shares her input on having a voice actress mom. For the first time ever on the podcast, Whitney interviews a mother-daughter duo! Veronica has always been an actress and
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Hello and welcome to eleventh episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Whitney had the pleasure of interviewing a legendary actor of screen and stage, the incomparable Ed Asner. Asher is famous for not only playing Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, but he has lent his voice to many animated shows and movies. You might recognize him as Hudson on Gargoyles, Granny Good from the DC Animated Universe, and as Carl Fredricksen from Up. He even tells Whitney he hates her spunk to her delight! Ed Asner has a prolific career ranging over fifty years, including Broadway, TV,
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Hello and welcome to tenth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. At the mention of the name Rankin-Bass, it probably stirs up nostalgic Christmas memories of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, A Year Without a Santa Claus, and other holiday specials using stop-motion puppetry. While Rankin-Bass might be best known for its Christmas specials, it was actually a major animation and film studio that produced many popular animated series and movies. The problem is that Rankin-Bass’ story is waiting to be told. Documentary maker John Brickley and Rankin-Bass historian Rich Goldschmidt have combined their forces to make The Enchanted World of Rankin-Bass documentary, chronicling
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Hello and welcome to ninth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. American Dad is a popular animated sitcom from the deranged, talented mind of Seth Macfarlane-Family Guy creator. The show recently switched networks from FOX to TBS and American Dad is now free to explore more creative and lewd plots that push the envelope so far they are blinding the censors. At the New York Comic-Con, Whitney scored a roundtable interview with the American Dad cast: Dee Bradley Baker, Rachel Macfarlane, Wendy Schaal, and Scott Grimes and the producers: Brian Boyle and Matt Weitzman. The first interview is with
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Hello and welcome to eighth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. For animation fans, the release of a new animated film is always exciting. 2015 is going to have a lot of animated films showing on the silver screen, but yo have to wonder what will succeed and what will bomb at the box office. Whitney interviews geek financial analyst Tim Beyers to discuss what 2015 animated movies will be a success and what will fail. Tim Beyers writes about geek financial news for The Motley Fool. Last year, he and Whitney discussed which animated films would be successful
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Hello and welcome to seventh episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Mortal Kombat X is the latest game in the legendary fighting series and Whitney scored a interview with the voice of the villainous Quan Chi. Ronald M. Banks is the extreme opposite of the villain roles (meaning he’s a swell guy) he tends to get cast for in his extensive musical and theater career. In this interview, he discusses his journey into voice over and how he plans to grow his career. Show Notes Ron’s famous voice over role as Quan Chi in the Mortal Kombat series:
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Hello and welcome to sixth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. If you grew up in the 1990s, you most likely watched Nickelodeon and were a fan of their Nick Toons. The 1990s have become known as the Golden Age of Nickelodeon Studios and nostalgia always comes into play when that decade is mentioned. Mathew Klickstein felt the same way, so he wrote Slimed! An Oral History of Nickelodeon’s Golden Age chronicling the adventures of cast, crew, and other cool people from the “only kid’s network.” Show Notes • Whitney tells Matt she had been searching Nickelodeon’s history
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Hello and welcome to fifth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. In December 2014, I had the honor of interviewing the animator Monty Oum of Rooster Teeth. Monty Oum was one of the creative leads for the American anime RWBY. He was an entirely self-taught animator, specializing in online cartoons and videogames. This interview was originally meant to air in the same month, but the sound quality was very poor. In January 2015, Monty Oum had a severe allergic reaction to a medical procedure and he passed away in February. Please join Whitney as she honors Monty’s memory. Show
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Hello and welcome to fourth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. When you think about animation, you most likely think about a US studio. In fact, a lot of animation is made in other countries and there are a lot of fantastic studios overseas. Whitney had the luck to interview with Richard Thomas of One Animation, a Singapore studio, and discuss new animation projects, like in Asia, and what they love about animation. Show Notes One Animation is based in Singapore and is six years old. Richard is their creative director. One Animation is more known for Rob
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Hello and welcome to third episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Whitney decides to interview a special part of the animation industry with her special guest Britni Brault, a talented and prominent paper artist. Britni has created paper sculptures for the Walt Disney Company and it’s possible you have seen some of her work at the parks. She also makes pieces for other studios and clients. Britni and Whitney discuss everything from what a paper sculpture is to copyright laws. Show Notes Britni details her background as a wife, mom, and a professional, freelance paper artist. Britni
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Hello and welcome to the second episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvouz for animation interviews. This episode features the animation jack-of-all-trades Scott Christian Sava, who is currently writing and directing the brand new animated feature film Animal Crackers. Scott is known for his animated work for such studios as Cartoon Network, Disney, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Universal, Lucas Film, and more. He’s also written the excellent webcomic The Dreamland Chronicles. In episode two, Whitney and Scott talk about his career Show Notes Whitney gets some housekeeping out of the way: check out the new Toon-In Talk Website and feel free to
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Welcome to the 2nd episode of the new FanboyNation podcast: Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Toon-In-Talk is hosted by Whitney Grace and is dedicated to bringing you great stories straight from the animation industry. In the premiere episode, Whitney interviews famous voice actors Jim Cummings and Carlos Alazraqui. Jim has a resume as long as it is fantastic. He has voiced Winnie the Pooh, Darkwing Duck, Raymond from The Princesss and the Frog, and more. Carlos Alazraqui is known for voicing Rocko on Rocko’s Modern Life, Mr. Crocker from Fairly Oddparents, and many live action roles. Show Notes Carlos
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Welcome to the brand new FanboyNation podcast: Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Toon-In Talk is hosted by Whitney Grace and is dedicated to bringing you great stories straight from the animation industry. In Toon-In-Talk episode zero, Whitney explains a little bit about herself and what you can expect from the show. Show Notes Whitney explains the show’s purpose, her background, and a few details about her life. Twitter Whitney @StorySequence
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