Seeing as Fred posted about Ralph Bakshi earlier on the Fred-blogs, it got Bakshi on my brain.

Here is an early incarnation of the Original Cartoon Heroes featuring Ralph Bakshi.

Back in 2010, I posted the image of Bakshi on my blog wishing him a Happy Birthday, which subsequently got re-posted on the popular animation news site Cartoon Brew.

I went one step further and posted it on my Facebook page, and also posted it to Ralph’s Facebook page not thinking much would happen with it.

It turned out that Ralph really dug the image and ended using it (still is!) as his personal Facebook avatar!

I can’t express how proud I am of this, and I can only hope he (and you guys) will dig the new version I’ve done for the OCH project!

Keep those “Tex Avery eyes” tooned in here on Lunch Break,

-Jeaux

Here’s a super secret sneak peek at the latest Original Cartoon Hero I’m cookin’ up in the Jeaux labs!

-Jx

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<3

-Jeaux

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I’m currently ranked at #6 in the Team Coco Top 50 (!!!), and I’d really love to slide on into the sweet #5 spot! You can help me get there! Yeah, YOU! 

Testing out the new Tumblr photoset layouts w/ some great cartoon research books I’m using for my Original Cartoon Heroes tribute project.

Check out the inside of Bill Hanna’s A Cast of Friends… It’s personally signed by him! That made me sad when I picked up the book fom my local library. :(

Tex Avery: King of Cartoons was a doozy to get into my hands. But thankfully, Fred scored me a copy. Thanks Fred!

-Jeaux

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

Testing Pirate

Avast me Animation Mateys!

Work got you feeling Hectic, crazy, unruly?

For yer Perusal, here be a new Blaaargh by Jeaux Janovsky!

It’s called Lunch Break.

A nice cozy nook nestled deep into the intraweb world of Frederator where you can snuggle up and spend some much needed R&R time. (on yr Lunch Break of course.)

I’m still trying to figure out this whole “Blog-iverse” thing on Fred’s server, so in the meantime check out my O.G. blog, All My Heroes Have Day-Jobs.

Cool?

Cool.

-Jeaux Janovsky

PS- This is a straight up copy & paste rip from my inaugural post on the OG Fredblogs. I thought it would be fitting as my 1st entry on the Fredblogs 3.0 tumblr platform. Thanks for reading mateys, and don’t forget to follow!