Skwigly Podcast 04 (01/08/2012) - Ant Blades, Robert Morgan, Weebl & John Kricfalusi




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Summary: The fourth Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Ant Blades, Robert Morgan, Jonti Picking and John Kricfalusi Music by Wesley Allard Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Podcast breakdown: 0:00:00 - Here we are again, folks! Schedules have been tight, so strap in for a lot of interviews and not so much in-studio chatter this time around. 0:01:07 - Steve interviews Ant Blades of Birdbox studios, director of the online hits "Sketchy Ice Creams", "Guard", "Chop-Chop" and "Dinner" 0:24:55 - Ben interviews Robert Morgan, creator of such stop-motion creepfests as "The Man In The Lower Left-Hand Corner of The Photograph", "The Cat With Hands" and most recently the BAFTA-nominated "Bobby YEAH". 0:55:15 - Roundup of what's been going on in the non-podcast world of Skwigly. Check it out and get in touch, we're very friendly. 0:56:02 - Steve interviews Jonti Picking, the man behind Weebl's Stuff, a fount of online animationey procrastination for ten years and counting. 1:18:27 - Post-Weebl discussion; Ben makes interns cry without meaning to. It's a hard life. 1:20:33 - Ben interviews legendary Canadian animation pioneer John Kricfalusi (creator of such iconic characters as Ren, Stimpy and the all-American hero George Liquor) about his first crowdfunding endeavour "Cans Without Labels". Part one of a two-part interview. 2:03:27 - A whole lot of gratitude and a whole lot of plugging. See you next time!