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Mostly Atari-related projects, and other ramblings. Home of the Artie the Atari comic strip.

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Free cartoons... part 18

Well, I just wrapped up the end-of-year shows for the Character Animation Program at CalArts. Again.   For the 18th year in a row.   And I feel like I've been sleep-deprived for 18 straight years, although it's really only been 3 1/2 weeks. But it's been a long 3 1/2 weeks, with no weekends off, a bunch of 12-hour days, and at least a couple of 18-hour ones thrown in for good measure.   I stayed home today, and mostly slept.   Our full show (the Open Show) was on April 28th, was about 6
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Get a CLU

Tron: Uprising debuts in June on Disney XD. Looks stylish!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ds_ukdV7Kw   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K17aH76uNv8   Not quite sure about the lead character, Beck, though...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPfmNxKLDG4
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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An Observation

So I'm at an Apple Store right now, checking out the latest tech, and in hindsight, it probably wasn't the best idea to put the store so close to a Five Guys Burgers 'n' Fries... 'cause man, I'm gettin' this iPad screen greasy!
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Atari predicts... the future!

This is a pretty cool blog entry.   Alan Kay and Bob Stein were working for Atari back in '82, and were asked to come up with some concepts for an "Intelligent Encyclopedia". They hired recent-ex-Disney artist Glenn Keane to illustrate them, and what they came up with was, well, basically what we're doing with iPads, the internet, and all that sort of stuff now.
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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John Severin

Well, they say death comes in threes... Ralph McQuarrie, Moebius, and one I missed a month ago... John Severin, who passed away February 12th.   I grew up reading Mad and Cracked magazines. There were numerous Mad knock-offs over the years, but the longest-surviving one was Cracked, and that was in no small part due to Severin's excellent work. His draftsmanship was something I aspire to even to this day. During a period from about 1977-1981, his work in Cracked was a huge influence on me. His
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Jean “Moebius” Giraud

Jean "Moebius" Giraud passed away Saturday, at the age of 73.   Another phenomenally gifted artist, his work graced countless comic books, science fiction and fantasy art (most notably Heavy Metal magazine), and movies including Alien, The Abyss, The Fifth Element and of course - Tron.         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRvbPH_6lcQ   (I can't understand a word he's saying, but I love the fact he has a Snoopy poster on his wall. )
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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So... what is Brave, anyway?

Watch this teaser trailer for Pixar's Brave...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYg0VgPy6Uk   Then this trailer...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEHWDA_6e3M   Then this extended scene...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4EZULqhP2E   Sounds like typical Disney fare, right? Where you have a girl with hopes and dreams, but has to break free of society's conventions and expectations of her to find true freedom and happiness. And probably some dude to hook up with.   But then watch
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Ralph McQuarrie

An amazing artist - Ralph McQuarrie - passed away yesterday at the age of 82. Even if you can't place the name, you've seen his work, if you've ever seen:   Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi Star Trek IV Raiders of the Lost Ark Battlestar Galactica (the original series)   And many more...   Or played:   Vanguard (Atari 2600), which he did the label artwork for (possibly others, but that's the one I know of).   The Art of Star Wars was the first big "Art of..." b
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Cheer up, sleepy Jean...

Davy Jones passed away at 66 today.   I'll admit it - I'm a Monkees fan. As a kid, I grew up watching syndicated reruns of the show in the mid-70's. It was silly, irreverent, had fun music, broke the fourth wall, and was an enjoyable guilty pleasure, just like other favorites of my youth - Batman and Gilligan's Island. Silliness for silliness' sake.   The music was a huge part of the show, although I didn't think of it as anything but part of the show at the time. I had a little tape recorde
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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To-doing

Sounds like a Don Martin sound effect*, doesn't it? To-doing!!   But actually, this is yet another To-Do List. However, since some of it is already in progress, that makes it a "To-doing" list.   If the blog tags weren't still broken, you would be able to click on a handy link, and look at my previous To-Do List entries. But it's just as well you can't, since even I don't particularly like looking back on lists of things that I never got finished.   That said, I'll continue with the tradi
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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The right way to do it

So... if you had a bunch of money, how cool would it be to gather up a bunch of the best programmers from the classic arcade era, and hire them to make new games?   You know... like Ed Rotberg (Battlezone), Owen Rubin (Major Havoc, Space Duel), Rich Adam (Gravitar, Missile Command), Ed Logg (Asteroids, Centipede), Tim Skelly (Rip-Off, Armor Attack, Reactor), Bruce Merrit (Black Widow) and Dennis Koble (Atlantis, Solar Storm)?   Well, some guy just did that. Seamus Blackley, one of the co-cre
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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The wrong way to do it

Buried somewhere in this blog, I've been keeping a running list of apps I've gotten for my iPhone. (I suppose if tags were actually working in the blogs, I could tag the entry with something useful so people could actually find it. )   One app I won't be getting is the recently released Namco Arcade.   Even though it's free.   Of course, it's not really free. If you want to play the games, you have to pay for them.   Now, this should come as no surprise, since Atari does the same thing.
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Predictions for 2012

Hey, it's that time of year again. We'll get this year out of the way right away, then move onto how I did last year.   Predictions for 2012: I predict I won't make any predictions for 2012. So, I'm already either 100% right, or 100% wrong, depending on whether or not you take that prediction into account as an actual prediction.   The reason I'm not making any predictions, is that with Steve Jobs gone from Apple... they've become all-too predictable. iPad 3? Yep. iPhone 5? Yep. Killi
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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WRC - MIA... again.

Last year, after the World Rally Championship season started in February, it took until April for highlights to start showing up on TV.   This year, they may not show up at all. Assuming the season actually happens in the first place.   The problem is that the WRC's main sponsor - North One Sport - was sold last year to Convers Sports Initiatives - a Russian-owned company that in the end, turned into a $1.6 billion case of fraud. Ouch.   North One Sport provided the WRC's website, smartpho
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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Movie review - The Muppets

Well, I was going to try and write this one in five minutes as I did with the Mission Impossible review, but well, that didn't quite work out. So that means you get to do more reading. Lucky you!   I loved The Muppet Show as a kid. It was irreverent, wacky, fun, silly, sly, adult, childish, and brilliant.   I went and saw the first Muppet Movie in the theaters, and while that captured some of the feel of the show, it somehow fell short. I think I saw The Muppets Take Manhattan, but I honestl
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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5-minute movie review - Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is a decent popcorn flick. The stunts and gadgets are completely ridiculous, unbelievable and well... impossible, but they're still pretty fun. Animation director Brad Bird (Iron Giant, Ratatouille, The Incredibles) makes his live-action debut here, and although he doesn't have any writing credits on the film, his distinctive fingerprints (especially his sense of humor) are still present throughout the film.   Don't expect a plot that makes any sense, since t
Nathan Strum

Nathan Strum

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