Articles on Animation &SpornFilms 11 Dec 2010 08:45 am
Sporn-O-Graphics #3
- In 1991, I’d started a small booklet publication, called Sporn-O-Graphics, that I sent out to about a thousand people on my mailing list. Basically, we were promoting ourselves by giving brief interviews and articles about the people in animation who had touched our films in some way. We focused on the films just about to air or were recently completed.
In a lot of ways, it was more fun having a hard copy magazine rather than a blog. It seemed a bit more permanent to have something in your hands, that stayed there until you were done with it.
The third issue, July 1992, concentrated on two specific films, NIGHTINGALE and THE POKY LITTLE PUPPY’S FIRST CHRISTMAS. Denise Gonzalez had just taken over editing the magazine and she conducted many of the interviews and articles for the issue. Her interview with art director/designer, Bridget Thorne, was the key piece, for me, in this issue. She also wrote a bit about voice acting for animation, concentrating on Heidi Stallings who had done the principal adult part for THE POKY PUPPY film.
I’ve posted these two pieces, here, to represent that issue.
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Here are links to issue #1 and issue #4
on 11 Dec 2010 at 11:39 am 1.Rudy Agresta said …
Hello Michael,
I have fond memories of your publication and still have all of the issues you sent me stored in my “animation archives.” I still have a snippet of a cel that you sent out with one of them. The immediacy of the internet is great, however, like you, I enjoy a “hard copy” publication in my hands while I can sit quietly with my pipe and savor the moment.
All the best!
Rudy
on 11 Dec 2010 at 11:57 am 2.Michael said …
I thought about that “cel snippet” when writing this post. There was an ad in this issue for cels from a number of my films that could be bought for #33 apiece. There were no takers. They’d be worth at least $34 on today’s market.
on 11 Dec 2010 at 12:15 pm 3.Rudy Agresta said …
You are very modest, Michael! For me, the snippet is worth so much more. Thanks again for having included me on your mailing list!
Rudy
on 13 Dec 2010 at 7:17 am 4.Stephen Macquignon said …
I love these it always bring me back to working at the studio and remembering some of the great people I used to work with