Our Store is Open for Business Again
April 28th, 2013

Last October, we closed our store in order to dedicate ourselves to our Kickstarter campaign. Then, we kept it close until we had shipped all the rewards. Now that this task is accomplished, we are resuming business as usual with one difference: all books ordered from our website will be signed by the author/artist—yours truly. That's a cool bonus, isn't it? Now, don't be shy. Check out what's available and see if you'd like a nice autographed item for yourself or a loved one.


Kickstarter Rewards Are All Shipped!
April 19th, 2013

We made it! All the Kicktarter rewards have been shipped and all I have to do now is finish the film!

I want to thank my wife for doing such an amazing job with the shipping and packaging, and for spending hours in line at the post office! I don't know what I would have done without her help. As for me, I'll keep plugging away on the film. There's a huge amount of work left to be done and I'm having a good time doing it. I originally estimated the delivery of the completed short by October, but hopefully, I'll be able to beat that deadline!

When we launched the Kickstarter campaign back in October 2012, we closed our webstore (redirected all the links to Amazon.com) in order to give us a chance to cater to all our Kickstarter backers. Now that we're done with that, we'll be reopening the store in the next couple of weeks (and maybe adding some new goodies). Stay tuned.


Eisner Award Nomination
April 17th, 2013

The Eisner Award nominations were announced yesterday and I was surprised and delighted to learn that one of my projects was among the nominees (Best Archival Project).

I spent five years compiling, restoring and editing a book called, Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics, and often questionned my sanity in doing so. When working on the book, I often felt a sense of guilt that I should be doing my own art instead of restoring someone else's. Still, I knew that the book was important to the history of comics and a worthwhile endeavor. Moreover, I was on a mission to demonstrate my vision of a properly handled restoration project.

The book was eventually published by Fantagraphics and released last year just in time for Valentine's Day. It's nice to see that my efforts to bring this project to life didn't go unnoticed. You can read more about the project here.


Rex Meets Aven Animated
April 14th, 2013

This week, I finally wrapped up the character animation for the scene where Rex and Aven meets for the first time. It was a challenging scene to animate and a crucial one in the film. To make it work I needed to get the acting just right—a mix of surprise, apprehension, playfulness, and intrigue. I posted the pencil test on The Saga of Rex Production Blog. If you have a subscription to the blog, you can view it here.

I'm mostly known within the animation industry for my effects animation, but I actually started my career as a character animator, working on pictures such as The Land Before Time (Original) and All Dogs Go To Heaven. In retrospect, having done work in several departments at various animation studios has given me the necessary skills to pull this film off single-handedly.

Doing the 4-minute film is also a good way for me to determine what type of crew I will need when I handle the longer version.

Speaking of... I've been getting a lot of emails from people wanting to help on the film. Thank you all very much for your interest. At this point, I'm saving all these emails in a folder for future reference, but I just don't have the time to look at portfolios or listen to music samples. My life is immersed into the production of the film and the little that's left over, I need to spend with my family. When I need help, I'll let everyone know, no worry.