Silent But Funny
Writing duo discusses the challenges of making people laugh without using dialog on Angry Birds Toons. Comedy is when a bird hits a pig — and Baboons are writing for them both. Yes, Baboon Animation...
View ArticleAsk A Baboon – Issue #250
Comedy Is When A Bird Hits A Pig … Twice Our writers explore the fine lines between slapstick, physical comedy, violence and just plain being gross. Welcome back! Last month we asked two of Baboon...
View ArticleAsk a Baboon Ask A Baboon – Issue #253
Putting More Spring in Your Springboard, Part 1 Think of your favorite episode of your favorite cartoon… Got it? Well, guess what – the perfect plot, the ingenious jokes: those grew out of a humble...
View ArticleAsk A Baboon – Issue #254
Putting More Spring In Your Springboard – Part 2 Aaaand we’re back! Last time, we spoke with two of Baboon Animation’s finest – Joe Vitale (Angry Birds, Felix the Cat) and John Fountain (The Fairly...
View ArticleBreaking Into The Biz
It’s the first question on the minds of countless eager students and budding professionals: How do you get your start in the animation business? We’ve asked a couple of Baboon’s award-winning writers...
View ArticleBreaking Into The Biz, Part 2
How will you get your start in the animation writing game? Last issue, we spoke to three of Baboon’s team of award-winning scribblers, who each got their break using one classic method: Not taking no...
View ArticleBehind the Mic
The recording studio challenges writers, directors and actors to unite emotion, comedy and authenticity. By Mark J. Lerner. One of the services Baboon Animation offers is voice direction for feature...
View ArticleIn Her Own Words
Voice actor Erica Schroeder discusses the benefits of a musical education and why quicker is often better. By Mark J. Lerner. As a junior member of the Baboon team, I assisted on the set of a recent,...
View ArticleAsk an Intern!
Students spending their summer hanging out in an animation studio talk about what their work life is really like on a day-to-day basis. Helloooo from Baboon Animation’s summer interns! We’ll be...
View ArticleBehind the Mike
Voice actors talk about what it’s really like to deliver their lines for the pros at Audioworks. Mike de Seve, creative director of the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning team Baboon Animation, recently had...
View ArticleFive Questions for Three Story Editors
When running a cartoon series writing team, every story editor has his/her own style. Here, three members of the writers’ group Baboon Animation discuss their approaches. Peter Hirsch story-edits...
View ArticlePutting the Punch in Your Punch-Up
Part 1: Funny Goddamn Pictures I humbly borrow (okay, steal) this column’s sub-headline from a famous 1996 essay by John Kricfalusi entitled “Funny Goddamn Drawings,” because in that piece John nailed...
View ArticleWhat’s the Story, John Fountain?
Baboon Animation teammate John Fountain is a veteran storyteller. As supervising director and storyboard supervisor on such hits as The Fairly OddParents, John has brought countless silly stories to...
View ArticleWhat’s the Story, Anne D. Bernstein?
A woman in an animation writers’ room sometimes seems more rare than a dodo egg omelet on your local brunch menu, with unicorn cheese. But why should that be? In this next pair of “Ask a Baboon”...
View ArticleAsk a Baboon – Issue #238
As head writers go, Baboon Animation team member Carin Greenberg is one of the busiest in the biz. An Emmy winner and eight-time nominee, Carin has masterfully helmed such hits as 101 Dalmatians: The...
View ArticleAsk a Baboon – Issue #241
Baboon Animation’s newest shining star, the accomplished Susan Kim, has written for more than three dozen children’s TV series, including PBS’s runaway hit Peg+Cat, Scholastic-Sprout’s brand new...
View ArticleAsk a Baboon – Issue #243
‘You’ll Never Work in This Town Again!’ You’ve been there. Your friends have been there. The guys at Baboon Animation have been there, too, once upon a time — the royal eff-up at work that you are sure...
View ArticleAsk A Baboon – Issue #244
Birth of a Baboon Joe Vitale turns the tables on Mike de Seve and interviews him about his career in animation and how collective became a reality. Mike de Seve From Beavis and Butt-Head to DreamWorks...
View ArticleAsk A Baboon – Issue #246
Do The Write Thing? Talents talk writing visually, the influence of concept and character art, and how to handle experimental scenes. So you’re breaking into the cartoon-writing racket. You probably...
View ArticleAsk A Baboon – Issue #248
Jymn Magon: The Coolest Writer You’ve Never Heard Of? If you’re like me – freshly graduated and clawing a path for yourself in the tough, sometimes even cutthroat animation biz – you probably remember...
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