The Miscweant

Richard Williams’ not-so-fine madness: Persistence of Vision

jstrike — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:17:03 -0700

“It wouldn’t be the first time a labor of love arrived stillborn.” That was the closing line to a 1980s article about animator Richard Williams’ long-gestating animated feature The Thief and the Cobbler.

The guardians of "Guardians"

jstrike — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 06:00:47 -0800

The powerhouse team behind DreamWorks latest feature "The Rise of the Guardians" gather in New York City to describe their creative collaboration.

116,000 Sci-fi/fantasy fans, cosplayers and sundr

jstrike — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:22:28 -0700

Too big to fit into one blog entry: Joe Strike's report on the NY Comic Con continues with coverage of Adult Swim's Venture Bros. and Robot Chicken panels.

The New York Comic Con, version 10.2012

jstrike — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:43:37 -0700

Ponies, Venture Bros, Robot Chickens… and more; Joe Strike visits the New York Comic-con

A stop-motion political parable

jstrike — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:52:24 -0700

An attic autocrat meets his downfall at the hands of a band of freedom-fighting toys in Czech animator Jiri Barta's imaginative stop-motion fable.

Unearthing the truth about "Paranorman" with Chris Butler and Sam Fell

jstrike — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:32:05 -0700

Joe Strike dives beneath the rotting flesh of Laika's new film "Paranorman" and uncovers some surprising facts about Chris Butler and Sam Fell's 3D stop-motion zombie romp.

Review: Brave

jstrike — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:12:49 -0700

Overall, Brave is an entertaining and even groundbreaking piece of work, both for its gutsy heroine and Pixar’s new ‘Presto’ animation system, responsible for Merida’s fiery red flowing locks.

The New York International Children’s Film Festival Returns

jstrike — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:53:02 -0800

It’s baa-ack! The days are getting longer and warmer, but the real sign of spring’s incipient arrival is of the return of the New York International Children’s Film Festival.

Nick Jr. NY Press Event - A Commitment To Education

jstrike — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:53:12 -0800

Why do I always start salivating when I’m invited to an event in the Viacom building? Oh yeah, it’s because they always put out the nicest spreads - and whatever they’re promoting is usually pretty interesting too.

Bernard Derriman and Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me

jstrike — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:14:28 -0800

Well, I finally got to speak to Bernard Derriman. Speak as in actually talk to him, as opposed to our Email ‘conversation’ back in 2005 when I wrote about animated music videos and his now justly famous Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me. Our paths crossed again when I wrote about Fox’s new Sunday night cartoon Allen Gregory. Derriman directed two out of the show’s seven initial episodes; if the series gets renewed (which all depends on how much America takes an arrogant pipsqueak to their hearts) he’ll be doing more of them. At the moment he’s busy with Fox’s other Sunday night backup toon Bob’s Burgers.