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Saturday Supercast 33 – Alf and Alf Tales

Jerzy Drozd — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:25:22 +0000

Alf! Gordon Shumway! Alf Tales! and More!

I’m going to throw a premise at you: An alien crashes in your garage, breaks all of your furniture, and threatens to eat your cats. Does this sound like a show you would watch? I’m joined by Dave Roman, Matt Hawkins, and Anne Drozd, who team up to convince me that I missed out on a crucial piece of childhood in the 80s by not paying attention to the Alf sitcom and follow-up animated series Alf: The Animated Series and Alf Tales.

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Saturday Supercast 32 – Boys Who Like Girls’ Shows

Jerzy Drozd — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:28:53 +0000

My Little Pony! Strawberry Shortcake! Jem! Truly Outrageous!

I’m joined by Dave Roman and Shawn Robare for a discussion on 80s cartoons designed for an audience of girls (though that didn’t stop us boys from loving them!). We kick off with talk about the surprisingly intense My Little Pony: Rescue at Midnight Castle, then move on to The World of Strawberry Shortcake, and close with a chat about outrageous rocker gals on guitar-shaped motorcycles, Jem!

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Saturday Supercast 31 – Christmas Cartoon Party!

Jerzy Drozd — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:58:51 +0000

My wife Anne and I recently visited the home of Dave Roman and Raina Telgemeier for an all-day viewing of Christmas cartoons and specials. We then turned on the microphone to have a discussion on the shows we watched. While it’s not the usual in-depth discussions and walkthroughs you’ve come to expect from the Supercast, it is a bit of a Christmas Cartoon Party, full of observations, recollections, and analysis over a wide range of shows.

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Saturday Supercast 30 – Garfield’s Halloween Adventure & It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Jerzy Drozd — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:28:03 +0000

I’m joined once again by Dave Roman for the second part of our 2012 Halloween cartoon discussions. This time we return to talking about prime-time specials-the shows that were specifically made for a once-a-year viewing.

And instead of digging deep for esoteric and lost gems, we take on the widely-known classics, Garfield’s Halloween Adventure and It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

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Cartoon Sketches: Long John Scarechrome

Jerzy Drozd — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:24:44 +0000

Pencil and brush pen on 5.5×8.25″ bristol.

Counting down to Halloween with more Filmation’s Ghostbusters characters as subjects of my warm up sketches. Also have a new episode of the Saturday Supercast dropping here very soon!

More about Long John Scarechrome here.

And once again, the Filmation Ghostbusters intro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYgO8LWKH4I

Cartoon Sketches: Jake and Prime Evil

Jerzy Drozd — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:14:50 +0000

Warm up sketch today focuses once again on Filmation’s Ghostbusters series. Prime Evil might have Jake on the ropes, but we know how every episode ends!

Pencil and brush pen on 5.5×8.25″ bristol.

And here’s the cartoon intro, which will bury itself into your mind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH8yd2xLL8s

Cartoon Sketches: Jayce and Oon

Jerzy Drozd — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:48:33 +0000

Pencil and brush pen on 5.5×8.25″ bristol.

Another of my favorite 80s cartoons. This one had what is widely considered to be one of the best ever intros. And did you know that an extended version of the theme is floating around out there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqL_SO2thsE

Cartoon Sketches: Run, Blurr, Run!

Jerzy Drozd — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:56:50 +0000

I landed on the pose before I figured out the subject of my latest warm up sketch. Once I saw the almost manic running pose, I instantly thought of one of my favorite Transformers of all time.

Pencil and brush pen on 5.5×8.25″ bristol.

I recorded the inking process on this one, which it seems I haven’t done since forever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgvwvRjwY6E

Sped up 3X. Which only seems appropriate, given the subject matter!

When I was a kid I constantly practiced talking like Blurr’s one and only voice actor, John Moschitta. Which I think is partly why I think I’m kinda good at talking fast today. Here’s John in one of his Micro Machines commercials:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2egGfd5j_k

Saturday Supercast 29 – Halloween Superheroes, Bots, and Ponies

Jerzy Drozd — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:25:18 +0000

It’s another round of holiday-themed cartoon discussions, this time focusing on Halloween. But instead of halloween specials, Dave Roman joins me to discuss three halloween-ish episodes of some episodic cartoon series.

Who passes the Halloween test? Kim Possible, Transformers: Animated, or My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic? The answer may surprise you! I know it did us!

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Cartoon Sketches: B.A.T.s!

Jerzy Drozd — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:16:57 +0000

Took time for a warm-up sketch today before diving into penciling, and I got my inspiration when I looked over at the shelf next to my desk:

B.A.T.S pencil and brush pen on 5.5×8.25″ bristol. (You can purchase the original here)

You can imagine my reaction to the BATS when I was 12 years old: Cobras? Robots? SIGN ME UP Loved the lenticular shield on their chests to give the impression of looking at their robot innards (didn’t make sense, but hey, that’s part of the kid logic of G.I. Joe-why are they wearing clothes as well?). Interchangeable gun-hands just sealed the deal. These days I have several in my collection, and I never get tired of them.

Plus, since they were robots, we now got to watch Sgt. Slaughter go wildly violent on them without having to worry about parent groups censoring our show!

Check out the 5:23 mark for awesome Slaughter action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta2UaBfh_sE

Robots. Cobras. Great Big Punch-Out Scenes. Great.