The Infinite Goliath was done in Flash at Renegade Studios, with a large portion of the cartoon being animated by my brother, Doug Gray, who was working there at the time. The entire intro sequence was animated by him in fact. Because it was done in Flash, I was able to direct the feature, and to do the final storyboards. The music was done by Geoff Levin, who did a terrific job, even performing on a real theremin for the Day the Earth Stood Still-like intro music. The voice talent of Kevin Michael Richardson as Goliath, Alana Ubach as Roger and Scott Bullock as Dr. Carnage performed like a seasoned sitcom, which was amazing to watch. Background design by Joseph Holt, painted by Tony Mora, Color Styling by Leticia Lacey (also on Thom Cat), and special effects by Ernest Chan (Goliath's "Kirby" energy eye glow).

KC: I had a director, Jeff DeGrandis, who I requested and miraculously got. I also had a cleanup artist, BG artist, prop designer, and color stylist. I did the final storyboards, key poses, and character designs myself. Since I had no previous TV animation experience, I had nothing to compare it to. Budgeting was never made my problem, but I wasn't really trying to do anything especially expensive.

NY: From artists, producers, voice actors, post house people to overseas animators, many people worked hard for my two seven-minute shorts. I don't know the exact number, probably 20 to 25 per show? It was an overwhelming blessing for a person like me who is used to making films all by myself. Frederator was absolutely supportive in all aspects and I was able to make the shorts exactly how I wanted. I was able to hire many talents that I always wanted to work with. It was an amazingly wonderful lesson and experience, because I was able to practice the whole filmmaking process, like voice recording, sound effect, music and mix. When you do your job in the industry, you often forget to look at the big picture of the forest because we only contribute our small part.

Niki Yang's Victor the Delivery Dog.

PW: At the time I hired my recently graduated buddies to create the artwork. Neil Graf did the coloring (now a retake director on King of the Hill), Julian Narino drew the backgrounds (now a storyboard artist at Laika) and Adam Muto drew the props (now a writer on the Adventure Time series in development at Cartoon Network.)

AF: Has your cartoon aired yet? Have you gotten any feedback from viewers yet?

DT: Solomon Fix has aired, but Squirly Town is being held by Nick to team up with another show promotion later in the year. I haven't had any feedback but TV viewers rarely find out how to give me feedback.

MG: The Infinite Goliath premiered on Jan. 17, and Thom Cat premieres on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

KC: MooBeard was the second cartoon on the first episode. Yay! I've gotten lots of feedback on my deviantART account, on some message board threads I've found and... shhh... on a YouTube posting of the cartoon that I had nothing to do with. It's all been remarkably positive... and I say remarkably due to the general nature of people to complain on the Internet. Lots of people tell me they want me to make more. When they do, I give them Nickelodeon's address and ask them to write a letter.

NY: Two Witch Sisters has aired and was screened at Nick a while ago. I dare say that I got a tremendous response. Victor, the Delivery Dog will air on Saturday.

Pendleton Ward's Adventure Time.

PW: It aired on Nicktoons Network, I think. Adventure Time was nominated for an Annie Award in 2007 and so a way was figured out for it to be put online so that ASIFA-Hollywood members could watch it and vote on it. And it was pretty well received online. Millions of people have viewed it and new comments have been posted daily on the various versions of it online for the past couple years.

AF: What do you have coming up next?

DT: I just got off of a storyboarding gig on Cartoon Network's Adventure Time. Now I'm writing and drawing a new graphic novel.

MG: I recently finished work as head writer/story editor (and also animated a few episodes) on a series called Ape Escape (which I worked on with my friends Director/Head of Storyboard Karl "ManToerge" Toerge and Producer Kevin Kolde) and that will premiere in 2009 on Nicktoons.

I'm also preparing to launch a web comic called Clumsy Love before the end of January. Along with working on my own new pitches, I am also collaborating with Karl Toerge on a series of his called Freakout, and I am getting ready to produce a limited-edition vinyl of a character of mine from a show pitch called Space Pussy, which has taken a long time to do on my own. Space Pussy, is an Adult Swim-type animated sketch comedy, and I will have a three-minute short on YouTube called Space Pussy Presents: Lady Blossom, Dog Prostitute! in the next month as a sample.

KC: I'm working on some independent films right now. Pitching, which I've done a lot of, seems a lot like throwing bowling balls at anthills and expecting them to go in. Also, I'm tired of waiting for a studio to say "yes" before I can make more cartoons, so I'm just doing so on my own and hoping someday a network takes notice so I can quit my day job. Speaking of which, if anyone is reading this who might want to give and artist an industry job and get him out of the medical records field, please look me up. Don't let me end up like Harvey Pekar.

NY: I am working on Fanboy as a storyboard artist at Nickelodeon and Frederator.

PW: Cartoon Network picked up 26 11-minute episodes of Adventure Time. So I'm running a show now. It's a lot of work. The show is looking really wonderful I think. Phil Rynda (character designer on Adventure Time) described the show as "a D&D fan with a sense of humor's wildest fantasy." That sounds awesome. So I'm shootin' for that.

Andrew Farago is the gallery manager and curator of San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum and the creator of the weekly online comic serial The Chronicles of William Bazillion.