I miss Liquid Television
The crossover between that show and Spike and Mike’s Animation Festivals was neat. So many of those creators went on to work in the industry and do amazing things.
Somewhere, I remember seeing a super short about the making of DogBoy, perhaps just an interview, that stated the stylized hair was as much about appearance as it was for convenience and continuity. No good link to the info, just Charles Burns, the artist who’s comics spawned the series.
If I remember correctly, aside from launching Peter Chung’s Aeon Flux it was the launch pad for Charles Henry Selick, who’s short, Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions (below) was seen by Tim Burton, leading work on Burton’s films and the growth of his career.
It’s a good kind of weird. A world I wish that had continued. Worth the watch.
Now we were talking about a Russian robot that turned out to be a boy-
Buratino, don’t lie. You know what happens to your nose. Now get out of that robot suit. (Full circle- with citations.)
