http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/21/bakshi-on-todays-cartoons-comics/
I was interviewed on CNN!!! Here it is, about my hero Ralph Bakshi, the legend & the man!
Read it, comment, Reblog it, like it! Pass it on! :D
http://allofmyheroes.blogspot.com/2011/09/cnn-ralph-bakshi-and-jeaux-janovsky.html
For those keeping score, this was what I wrote down in my moleskine yesterday at the Glendale In N Out:
I was living in the Gdale, pre-Disney, slave wagin’ it up at the now ghost town Borders and Brand bookshop simultaneously. 5 years ago. I was at this very In N Out w/ my pal (and fellow Borders employee) Steven, when I came up w/ the idea for my cartoon, Samurai Nanny. The World’s Greatest (and Only) Samurai Babysitter. Since then, it’s gone thru many changes, many execs and cartoon companies have expressed interest in Sam Nan. I have strengthened and gained friendships because of it. I have lost friends over it. 5 years is a long time to live w/ an unfulfilled idea. It’s time I set the Samurai loose for y’all to see! I’m thinking about returning to the original storyline, Samurai Nanny’s heart, the core of his tale. Producing it as a comic book/graphic novel.
- Jeaux Janovsky, 09/19/2011
Here is a great Samurai Nanny animated promo by the equally great animator (and good friend) Avi Tuchman!
Click this to see Samurai Nanny in Action!
Avi co-wrote, co-directed, and animated this promo as a pitch accompaniment for yours truly. Terrific music by Brian Barrale, and sfx by Michael Schmidt.
Thanks Avi, Brian, and Mike! No one’s seen this before, so let us know what you think in the comments!
Yesterday, I did a series of Live tweets around Silverlake & Glendale on my main account, Lumber. This was part of it.
Tumblrtoons Old Skool Weekend “Semi-Graff Style” Edition
Medium: Permanent markers, whatever I could draw on, 1 vinyl N-Bot toy.
-Jx
I’m a day late on wishin’ my former boss man, Fred Seibert, a very happy birthday!
What can I say about Fred that will convey how incredible this guy is? He is one of the smartest guys I know, I learned so much during my time working alongside him, and it is an experience I will never, ever forget.
So many notches on that fabulous, beaded rainbow hippie belt: the birth of Mtv, president of Hanna Barbera, mutating Mtv & Nickelodeon logos, Nick @ Nite, Producer of many heyday & current Cartoon Network toons: Dexter’s, Powerpuff Girls, Adventure Time, not to mention Fanboy & Chum-Chum, Teenage Robot, Fairly Oddparents, Wow Wow Wubbzy over at Nick, the birth of New Media w/ Next New Networks, Channel Frederator/Refrederator, the Original Cartoon podcasts, Dan Meth’s The Meth Minute 39, Nite Fite, Oh Yea Cartoons, Random Cartoons, What a Cartoon, etc. etc. etc.
Fred’s a legend.
Currently, he and I are working on a project together called Original Cartoon Heroes, in which I am illustrating various animation greats and cartoon legends.
It’s been a dream project, and one of many more we collab on, I hope.
Thanks for everything Fred, I hope you had a great Birthday! Here’s to many, many, many, many more fantastic years bud!
Sincerely,
ps- are you guys following me on my Frederator blog, Lunch Break yet? I hope so!
Get DOH’d by Jeaux Janovsky! Have a friend or an enemy DOH’d! Mebbe there’s a celeb or someone you admire that you wanna see DOH’d up!
Hit me up. Use the Daily Doh ASK button here or email me.
Send Doh requests & suggestions, along w/ a description or photo of yourself or who you’d like to see DOH’d!
Tell your pals! Reblog!
Thanks!
Doh!
Doing research on Tex Avery for Original Cartoon Heroes, and I cannot for the life of me find any good photos of him online. Too small, or he’s looking away from the camera. I even tried my local library branch, but the 2 books I needed are in Reference and not available for check out. Bummed!
Luckily, Fred is ordering me the books off of Amazon! Thanks Fred! :)
In the meantime, here are a few studies of Tex I did.
-Jeaux
Betty Boop art originally posted April 7th, 2008 for Channel Frederator.
Got Betty Boop on my mind tonite as I’m working on Original Cartoon Heroes.
She was a cutie patoot!
my version just makes her look all drugged out, but at least she’s a cutie drugged out patoot!
For those of you not in the know, I’ve been working on a dream freelance project w/ Fred Seibert of Frederator on a postcard tribute series, named Original Cartoon Heroes.
Fred & I came up with a list of Animation Legends, and I’m very proud to pay tribute & give homage to these Greats in my style.
Above you will see my studies for Ralph Bakshi. The only one of the list who is still with us, still painting, still drawing, still stirring the Animation stew (and adding a lot of pepper and hot sauce while he’s at it!)
Ralph Bakshi is a hero of mine, and I am pleased to say that he’s using an early incarnation of my Original Cartoon Heroes tributes as his personal Facebook Avatar still! For that, I am honored beyond belief!
I can’t wait to share the new version I’ve done w/ him!
Thank you Ralph.
Thank you Fred.
Thanks to Cartoons.
-Jeaux Janovsky, a true Original
“It’s all about the pie eyes.”- Jeaux
an Original Cartoon Heroes Sneak Peek by Jeaux Janovsky
(Working on a “dream project” right now!)
Ub Iwerks: ReFrederator illustration by Jeaux Janovsky (by Fred Seibert)
Ub Iwerks art originally posted March 17th, 2008 for Channel Frederator
More “behind the art” of my postcard tribute series, Original Cartoon Heroes for Frederator Studios.
Chuckieboo for ReFrederator (by Fred Seibert)
I’ve recently been commissioned by Fred Seibert to create a series of postcard tribute art of Original Cartoon Heroes, based off a few Refrederator illustrations I did a few years ago while working w/ Fred on Channel Frederator in NY.
I’ve been having a blast creating the recent pieces and it’s been rekindling my love affair w/ cartoons again.
This will be my “Love Letter” to Cartoons.
Thanks Fred!
Keep your eyeballs glued here, as I’ll be posting other Original Cartoon Heroes images, sketches, and behind the art goodies.
