PUNCH TIME EXPLOSION!

AW YEAH!

Starting this May, the Cartoon Network universe is
gonna get to some serious punchin'!
That's right...

Dexter!
Chowder!
Samurai Jack!
Ben 10!
The Powerpuff Girls!
They're gonna settle some age old beef in a Super Smash Bros-style game called:



Oh wait... did I mention which character is gonna kick the most butt?
This guy:



Uh huh.
And rumour has it that a certain shadowy evil guy with a pipe is gonna be a playable character, too!

You want some of this?
Then go get Punch Time Explosion this May for your 3DS!



PS I KNOW... I already told them it's spelled NumbUh, not NumbAh... they're fixing it!
(Hopefully.)

HOLY LUNCHTIME-- IT'S ERIC ROBLES!

It was only a matter of time before I tracked him down.

It just took a couple teeny tiny adjustments to my ROBLOMETER and POW--
There he was!

ERIC ROBLES!
(creator of Nickelodeon's Fanboy and Chum Chum)


He thought he could enjoy a nice quiet lunch by himself.
But nope.
Nyet.
No way.

I found him and we were gonna hang out whether he liked it or not.

And we had FUN (no matter what he says).

It was cool hearing about all the different places he's worked
(The X's, Billy and Mandy, designing animatronic puppets, etc),
how he got his show (through Frederator cartoons),
and how if the planets hadn't aligned correctly he might have been writing tickets instead of cartoons (he studied law enforcement before getting into animation).

Fortunately for us, we have Fanboy and Chum Chum instead!

And I have a brand new drawing in my sketchbook:



SO rockin'.
Thanks, Mr. Robles!

If you wanna learn more about Eric, check out this interview over HERE!

ENTER THE AMBASSADOR!

Okay... so the reason I didn't gorge myself on pizza and delicious baked goods at the Colfax Family Reading Night was because me and the fabulous Mrs. Warburton had other plans for our evening repast.

But WHAT could be so awesome as to make us skip pizza and cupcakes?!

ENTER THE AMBASSADOR!

That's right.

I'm talkin' about the Kommander of Kids Books...
The Ayatollah of Read-n-Rolla...
The former National Ambassador of Children's Books...
The Stinky Cheese Man himself...

JON SCIESZKA!

He was in town to promote his latest book:


Since moving away from Brooklyn we don't get to see
The Ambassador much anymore.
So it was a sooper treat to have him all to ourselves and talk about all the important things like:

Life.
Love.
Books.
and
Spinach artichoke dip.

In fact, here's a picture of Jon trying to claim diplomatic immunity after selfishly taking the last scoop of dip.


And I'm buyin' every word of it.
What a sap.

Mr. Scieszka is still on tour, so go to his website and check out if he's comin' to your town to help you party it down.

And go grab your copy of SPACEHEADZ, would ya?
(you get sooper bonus points if you noticed that sooper powered illustrator/character designer/writer/etc etc Shane Prigmore illustrated the book!)

ACHOOOOOOOO!!!

Last week was Family Reading Night at Colfax Elementary!



And since I didn't see many of you there... allow me tell you what you missed!

First, all the kids put on their bestest best jammies...
grabbed their favorite stuffed animals...
and went back to school at 5:30!

"WHAT?!"
you say,
"But that's DINNER TIME!"

Yup. DINNER TIME!
We all got together on the playground and had a gihoogic pizza party!
But it was hard to pay attention to the pizza since there was also a bake sale with some of the sooper yummiest treats in the history of forever.

After we ate ourselves silly... it was reading time.
The kids could choose between 5 different rooms where different folks were reading different stories.

I rocked the Kindergarten to 2nd Grade room.

And obviously, I read 1000 TIMES NO!
As well as the rough version of 1000 TIME WHY!

But just so you know...
I don't just read books BY me.
I made sure to read one with ME in it!

Like Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggie classic
PIGS MAKE ME SNEEZE!
(I still tell anyone within shouting distance that it's dedicated to me)

I'm not sure...
But I think the kids liked it.

What do you think?

GO KILMER GO!

So how could I possibly invoke this book:


...while at the same time talking about this?


To find out head on over HERE:

MUCH TOO COOL FOR 7th GRADE

While aimlessly roaming around my gihoogic,
plush office here at Disney TV Animation
I happened across this:


Not sure who put it up on my wall, but I LOVE it!

September '97?!

Yeesh! That was, like eleventy hundred years ago!

THANKS, HOWIE SHIA!

Ten thousand years ago when I used to herd cats-- I mean, smooth talk animation artists into donating artwork to the ASIFA-EAST USED ANIMATION ART AUCTION, I had the pleasure of meeting Howie Shia
(who did the above piece).
You've probably heard the epic tale of how we met but if not it's over HERE.

Anyway, we still keep in touch even though he lives in Canada and I live in LA.
I know...
Crazy, right?
Canadians and Americans having civil communications...
I'd say we're ushering in a new era of Canadian/American peace that politicians have been unable to dream of achieving for centuries.

Need an example?
Hows about me coming home to find a package from Mr. Shia containing this book:


It's really beautiful,
sweet,
And touching.

You should get a copy.

But even better than receiving a beautiful book...
Is receiving a beautiful piece of original artwork by Mr. Shia.


How cool is THAT?!

Thanks, Mr. Shia!

OUR FLOUNDERS

Fish Hooks creator Noah Z. Jones and Exec Producer Maxwell Atoms went to Europe for a press tour and all we got was this portrait.

And it's AAAAAAAWESOOOOOOME!!!