Rubberonion Animation Podcast

Though on other sides of an ocean, Stephen and Rob are going to animation events and talking about it to you fine people. There's also a lot of discussion about animation as a whole prompted by the excellent opening title sequence for 'Star vs the Forces of Evil' and a not-as-controversial-as-I-would-have-thought list of the Best Animated Series. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (9:55)   Simpsons Pixels animated short picked up as couch gag for Feb 15 (16:14)   Rob went to Matt Groening and Lynda Barry event (42:51)   Steve went to Animex with Martin Bell (49:45)   New puppet show ‘Newzoids’ coming to UK channel ITV (55:18)   'Star vs the Forces of Evil' new Disney XD series (1:04:43)   Free rival to Photoshop (1:15:07)   Best Animated Series list A-Z Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

Did you know that Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" is getting remade as a family friendly Samurai film with cartoon cats and dogs? That's pretty much all we talk about. Well we also talk about the amazing fanimation "Simpsons Pixels" as well as what's REALLY going on with the Power Rangers. We also dissect rap. That happened. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (5:13)   Rob Yulfo's "Bears with Teddy Bear Faces" Tumblr Post (12:57)   Power Rangers leaked trailer not what we all thought (21:16)   BLAZING SADDLES animated, family-friendly remake in the works (47:12)   Fanimation "Simpsons Pixels" (56:12)   GKids to distribute THE PROPHET Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

Stephen has his desktop computer back, so this episode sounds normal again! Stephen and Rob teach you how not to make sounds when you drink, talk about the Annie Awards, Disney's first Latina princess and what it might mean, and Rob did some animation for a new YouTube channel (embedded in this post). Enjoy the crisp, cool sound of a normal microphone! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (19:50)   Annie Awards results and occurrences (41:03)   Rob animated for MovieBlast (48:40)   More layoffs... this time at Sega (52:46)   Disney's first Latina princess (1:14:25)   "Bad Seeds" is now named "Harvey Beaks" (1:17:32)   DC slates a large list of upcoming animated series, films, and shorts (1:24:26)   "Batman vs Robin" trailer (1:31:10)   "Power Rangers Origins" leaked trailer (1:35:58)   "Ted 2" trailer Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher whi

Layoffs, lawsuits, and cats -- OH MY! Stephen and Rob talk about the tough subjects of foreign VFX subsidies and the troubles fighting them, the abrupt closing of PDI/Dreamworks Redwood City campus, and a Kickstarter campaign so ridiculously popular it brings up the topic of how democratic is the internet really. But with all the negative subjects, we also got a few questions from you listeners so we end on some positive thoughts! Oh also, it's my (Stephen) birthday and we totally didn't mention it once... so there's that. Enjoy! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (8:23)   Annie Awards on Jan 31st! (23:28)   VFX Artists drop effort to challange film subsidies (43:04)  

Stephen and Rob are back again to talk about the creepy "Thunderbirds" character designs, the Oscar nominations AND those left out in the cold. A stop-mo animator rigged the Nintendo Power Glove for use in animation and "Underdogs" (Argentina's "Metagol") gets an English language trailer thanks to the Weinsteins... and it's... a thing. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (15:32)   THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO character designs (27:44)   HtTYD2 wins first Golden Globe for Dreamworks (36:27)   Oscar Nom's (1:02:59)   THE LEGO MOVIE wins Critics Choice Awards (1:06:59)   UNDERDOGS first US English release trailer (1:14:31)   Dillon Markey uses PowerGlove to animate stop-mo Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

Stephen and Rob try to work through what happened at Charlie Hebdo last week in Paris, but also discuss less heavy topics like the Peanuts animation style and Wacom's new 27 inch Cintiq. Join a very sick Stephen and a very uncomfortable Rob for over 2 hours of chatter... because if you're looking for real information you might have come to the wrong podcast. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

For the first episode of 2015, we have absolutely no plan or organization. Pat is busy with life and Rob and Stephen talk about their own animated shorts before moving on to talking about the brilliant "Song of the Sea" CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

Happy New Year!! We asked you to pick out your favorite moments from The Rubber Onion animation podcast in the entire calendar year of 2014... and we picked our as well... and this is what came out! Enjoy the countdown and a great start to another full year of animated craziness in 2015 CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations to come later... when I'm settled into the new year. Yay vacation! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

Merry Christmas Eve! This week we're visited by 3 ghosts that ask us what our favorite past, present, and possible future animated Christmas movies, specials, and episodes are! AND... you can check out the specials mentioned in the episode embedded below! Merry Christmas all! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

The Pixar INSIDE OUT trailer dropped, Smaug was on The Colbert Report, and Spider-Man's future is in question. Also, Birdbox Studios made the Christmas card to end all cards! As you finish up work this week for the holiday break next week, enjoy our soothing voices... and singing. There was a little problem with Pat's audio somehow making him absent for about 20 minutes in the middle of the episode -- listen for that foghorn! OK, enjoy the episode. Go listen now. NOW CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (05:34)   Pixar's INSIDE OUT trailer (14:36)   SUBMARINE SANDWICH, new short by PES (19:54)   Sony Hacks reveal a possible Spider-Man animated film produced by Lord & Miller (26:37)   Sony tried to recruit Lord & Miller to head their animation devision (34:17)   Smaug on The Colbert Report (42:58)   Birdbox Studios' amazing Christmas card (50:37)   RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!!! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPa

This weeks should just be called RAPID FIRE week because half of the show is devoted to questions and topics you listeners asked us on my Facebook page... they're all awesoRARAPID FIRRRREEEeeee! A new character gets introduced whose only interested in one thing, French animation astounds us, and we talk about a documentary on Studio Ghibli/Hayao Miyazaki that Rob and I saw. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (08:24)   Stephen and Rob saw the Documentary on Ghibli THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS (28:22)   The Yule Log 2.0 is back! (37:09)   THE LITTLE PRINCE trailer (French) (49:28)   List of Animated Features coming out in 2015 (1:02:44)   RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

STAR WARS! TOY STORY! MEL BROOKS! FROZEN! NEW YOUTUBE SERIES FROM PAT! NEW ANIMATION FROM ROB! RAPID FIRE!!!!!!! Seriously, we have a lot of amazing topics to talk about this week. There's not any more introduction needed. Enjoy the episode! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (12:34)   STAR WARS VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS teaser trailer (23:55)   TOY STORY: THAT TIME FORGOT premieres Tues, Dec 2nd @ 8pm on ABC (29:15)   Pat's new LET'S PLAY series! (39:47)   Rob's new short DA SHIMPSOONS! (48:27)   Mel Brooks to play Dracula's father in HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (56:05)   The REBOOT reboot has a full title... (59:47)   Idina Menzel says FROZEN sequel is 'in the works' (1:04:13)   RAPID FIRE!!!!!!! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

We have so many trailers to talk about this week! CINDERELLA, PEANUTS, and LucasFilm's STRANGE MAGIC which was dropped on our unsuspecting laps. The question is... does it hurt or feel just right? Speaking of feeling just right, we interview the last of the three winners of our #RubberOnionFanArt competition, Ronald Chaparro. And I bring back the Rapid Fire segment so we can adjust the stories you listeners submitted that we didn't have enough time/thought to address as a full story segment. Also, Stephen went to the CTN ANimation Expo 2014 and talks about that experience. Enjoy! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (05:10)   Stephen went to CTNx2014 (14:21)   "Cinderella" trailer (25:40)   "Peanuts" trailer (35:54)   "Strange Magic" trailer (44:10)   Conversation with one of our Oct #RubberOnionFanArt competition winners, Ronald Chaparro (1:04:06)   RAPID FIRE!!! Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And p

I like to call these episodes "classic." We've got news from the animation world and an interview with one of our #RubberOnionFanArt competition winners (Andrew Kaiko)! Lucasfilm surprised us with a new movie coming out in 2 months, new point-and-click game by The Neverhood creators is coming soon, and we talk a whole bunch about the PEANUTS hi-res images (this was one-day before the trailer leak!)... and we have a new segment: RAPID FIRE! Here we take the stories that you suggested which we didn't have too much to say about and we blast through them with out little derisive or supportive comments. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (12:19)   Lucasfilm's surprise film STRANGE MAGIC to be released January 23rd, 2015 (23:47)   Ian McKellen, Danny DeVito, and Sylvester Stallone sign on to voice ANIMAL CRACKERS (30:38)   Conversation with one of our Oct #RubberOnionFanArt competition winners, Andrew Kaiko (51:22)   DreamWorks Animation and Hasbro End Merger Talks (57:37)  

This week, Stephen & Rob saw BIG HERO 6 and give their review on it as well as Disney's new animated short FEAST. We also talk to one of the three #RubberOnionFanArt October competition winners, Chris McEwan! But also... Stephen's computer decided to test his patience during the podcast recording by crashing multiple times -- which makes more work for him (me) but a more entertaining episode for you! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (04:28)   REVIEW: Stephen & Rob saw 'Big Hero 6' (28:05)   REVIEW: ... and the animated short, 'Feast' (35:21)   Simpsons/Futurama crossover episode "Simpsorama" (42:01)   John Lasseter to Direct ‘Toy Story 4,’ Out in 2017 (53:08)   Conversation with one of our Oct #RubberOnionFanArt competition winners, Chris McEwan (1:11:40)   "Minions" trailer Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it

We have a lot of great stories this week about new animation based on existing properties like the "Dredd" fanimation, a stop-mo "Elf" holiday special & Todd McFarlane making a new "Spawn" animated series... and new stuff like the "Over the Garden Wall" miniseries! We LOVED doing the special episodes but it's great to talk about animation news stories again and we want to know what YOU think about them too! Leave a comment below and share your thoughts on what we talked about CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (08:35)   Andrew Kaiko's fan art submission (10:50)   Chris McEwan's fan art submission (14:44)   Ronald Chaparro's fan art submission (21:45)   Stephen saw "The Tale of The Princess Kaguya" (30:51)   Ren & Stimpy, Hey Arnold, Invader Zim, and more classic Nicktoons are coming to Hulu (39:34)   Judge Dredd: Superfiend "fanimation" miniseries (49:10)   Todd McFarlane Teases New SPAWN Animated Project With Concept Art (57:24)   Jim Parsons To Star in NBC’s ‘

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! This week we reached out to other animators and creatives to give us their worst experiences in freelance that they could share with us like ghost stories around a campfire. Spooooooky! The idea is that if you're thinking of getting into freelance or can relate to some of these stories, they can serve as a heads-up on what you might encounter and/or how to prevent them. See? It's fun AND educational. I'm very proud of this episode so I hope you enjoy it and get lots of great information out of it! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (08:44)   Tristian Goik (25:55)   ROB YULFO (38:46)   Nathan Viney (57:45)   STEPHEN BROOKS (1:10:38)   Mat Elfring (1:34:22)   Martin Bell (1:50:24)   PAT RYAN (1:56:23)   Andrew Kaiko Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=

This week we have a very special interview: Alan Becker, creator of the hit "Animator vs Animation" stick-fight series joins us to talk about his experience with Kickstarter, what happened when his first short went viral, and how he actually does the things he does! There's a lot of really great stuff here for young and old animators from the Indie scene, especially when he starts talking about when and how he had to navigate the murky waters of a viral hit. And be sure to check out his work embedded below! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (04:10)   Why do a fourth in the Animator vs Animation series? (05:46)   Animator vs Animation 1 (08:18)   Animator vs Animation 2 (12:14)   Animator vs Animation 3 (14:19)   Talking $$$ (20:53)   Problems with eBaums World (24:04)   'If Water Had Eyes' animated short (26:34)   Kickstarter for Animator vs Animation 4 (39:38)   Behind the Scenes video (48:03)   Talking the narrative of the full series (1:02:34)   Why this resonates w

We wanted to do something special for our anniversary episode, so it was LIVE. We also received a bunch of voicemails from you which made us so happy! But the fates seem to have other things in mind when we had traffic, timezone confusion, and a wrecked computer thrown at us. In a very RubberOnion fashion, though, we decided that computers be damned... we were going to do this! Stephen and Rob huddled around a tablet and Pat kept the stories rolling and we produced an episode of more fun and excitement than we've done in 50 episodes while also sounding the absolute worst. It was like the grindhouse cinema of podcasts! Thank you all again SO much for sending in your voicemails! It was such a big hit, that we've decided to leave that option open for all future episodes. If you have a question for us, a comment, story, or even a rant about something you think we got wrong... call the number on our CONTACT page here and leave a voicemail! Also, as far as we're announcing things: HALLOWEEN FAN ART CONTEST! Submit

Stephen teaches food chemistry, a video of Pat is unearthed, Rob & Pat flirt over text message, a couple fans get in a Facebook fight on our page, and we all do impressions of Ray Romano. We also talk about Alan Becker's new short "Animator vs Animation IV," the strangely infamous new "Rocky & Bullwinkle" clip, and much more! We're getting close to our one-year anniversary and things are starting to ramp up. Enjoy the insanity! CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (09:02)   Pat does Karaoke (15:00)   Rob & Pat text-flirt story (19:03)   'Animator vs Animation IV' animated short (26:48)   Pixar's 'Inside Out' teaser (33:38)   Pen Ward steps down as showrunner for 'Adventure Time' (41:07)   Voice Casting for 'Angry Birds' film includes SNL alums (51:55)   New 'Justice League' animated series coming to Machinima Spring 2015 (57:49)   'Justice League: Throne of Atlantis' trailer (1:02:58)   The Lion King 20th Anniversary Tribute: 'The Madness of King Scar' (1:10:5