major snippage forthcoming. On 7/7/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 4:02 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: The Ents are going to war. > > Yeah... I've never heard of it either. The last I saw him he was doing a > really bad sketch on the new "Ren and Stimpy" show. It was really sad.
Given that the artwork on Ren and Stimpy was not all that good, you're right it is sad. Then again given that he produced the animated Spiderman series from the 70's I'm not surprised. > > > > I think my favorite movie of his is "American Pop"... not as > > experimental > > > (or goofy) as "Wizards" or "Coonskin" but a good, interesting story. > > "Fritz > > > the Cat" made him (in)famous but I always found it to be a little > > immature > > > (although there were gems in there). > > > > The sequel was just as immature, but still interesting. I'm not > > familiar with Coonskin. > > [snip] > > It was good (the title scared some distributors so it was released as > "Street Fight" later). It anthropomorphized inner-city gang warfare. It > was written with (and starred) Scat Man Cruthers and focused on a young > black man (well... bunny) who, in twisted kind of Brer Rabbit stories faces > systemic racism and sterotypes. > > The characters are complete parodies of those stereotypes and the film is > probably one of his most misunderstood (well... most misunderstood of those > that actually made any sense at all). I sort of remember hearing about it, did not see it though. Now if I stumble over it in the cheap $5 discount bin, I may pick it up. > > > I don't blame them, given fan reactions I'd be living in a compound > > surrounded by razer wire and armed guards. > > Have you ever been to Poughkeepsie? ;^) Nope - the only reason I've ever been to New Jersey is we drove to New York, and had to go through New Jersey. > > > That is definately too bad, he's a very good SF illustrator. > > Yeah... and his most impressive work is so freakin' detail oriented. The > pen-and-ink plates for "Frankenstein" for example clearly took months of > incredibly steady-handed detail work. > Yes I've seen repros of those in one of his illustration books. He's a very good artist, I'd hat to see his talent lost to arthritis larry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163576 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
