FISH HOOKS SEASON TWO FINALE SNEAKSY PEEKSY!

If you went to the FISH HOOKS signing at Comic-Con,

then you most likely grabbed one of these posters:

I'm thinkin' that these ultra-rare

collector's items will be trading for thousands of dollars

after the shocking season two finale

of FISH HOOKS.

We don't have an airdate yet,

but keep it locked here to find out!

YU-GI-OMG and KAIJUDO

Aside from all the 

walking,

playing,

schmoozing,

researching,

lunching,

partying,

hanging,

chatting,

buying,

and

geeking out

I do at Comic-Con...

I also like to have my picture taken with monsters:

And get put onto Yu-GI-OH cards:

Last year's card is somewhere in

LAST YEAR'S RE-CAP

Is this really 

WORK?

CARTOON NETWORK'S 20th ANNIVERSARY at JETT GALLERY

There's eleventy billion things to do at Comic-Con every year. 

But Cartoon Network only has their 20th anniversary once every 8 years or so. 

So how did you celebrate that at Comic-Con? 

 By having a whole bunch of artists paint their 

own interpretations of Cartoon Network shows and then hanging them up in a gallery. 

 And we had to see it! 

So me, Maxwell Atoms and former high powered CN executives 

Jay Bastian and Jeff Prezenkowski made our way out to the 

Jett Gallery in San Diego to check it out. 

 Here's what we saw:

Flapjack:


Robot Jones:

Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends:

Dexter's Laboratory:

Adventure Time:

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy:

Camp Lazlo:

Regular Show:

Courage The Cowardly Dog:

And...

annoyingly...

there was no Codename: Kids Next Door painting

(um... thanks Mr. Curator)

But we did get represented in one of the best paintngs in the gallery

MONKEYS VS ROBOTS:

Who knew Cartoon Network had SO MANY

monkeys and SO MANY robots?!

To make sense of the brawl,

there was even a key to the painting:

In this detail you can see 

Rainbow Monkey Kong wrassling with MEGAS:

And here are the Rainbow Monkeys 

hugging Titan to death 

(with love):

All in all CN had over 100 artists do their thing.

So maybe there's some KND somewhere.

Maybe?

Anyway...

if you're in San Diego area,

go check this out!

More paintings can be seen HERE

and gallery info 

HERE!

Oh... 

and don't forget to say 

Happy Birthday to me today!

I DONE COMIC-CONNED

So Comic-Con 2012 was,

as always,

sooper

non-stop

fun.

It's crowded, 

exhausting 

and 

overwhelming, too.

But still one of my favorite events of the year.

Here are some reasons why:

Legos:

Brilliant costumes:

Batmobiles

Movie props:

Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch with nachos:

 Kirby

KND up on a big wall:

Frankenweenie:

Parties:

And 

Fish Hooks/Gravity Falls/Wander Over Yonder 

panels:

That's a lot of awesomness 

in two days!

Just the way I like it!

See you next year, Comic-Con!

WARBURTON vs WARBURTON!

So guess who I got to voice direct on Fish Hooks the other day?
Like,totallyPatrickWarburton!

No, we're not related.But I think our mutual surname means "He Who Squints Mightily"in some ancient language.
It was my first time meeting the guy and he was sooper niceand REALLY funny!
Wait'll you hear him in the show!(And wait you shall because we just started this episode)

Hey!

Are you goin' to Comic-con?

I'm goin' to Comic-con.

And as usual it's gonna be a nerdtastic mix of 

animation, games, movies, 

TV shows, toys,

sci-fi, books, fantasy

and yeah... 

I think there'll be comics, too.

And there WILL be panels.

I'm obviously all over this one:

SATURDAY, JULY 14, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. (Room: 5AB) Disney Channel Television Animation: Fans can see exclusive footage and clips from upcoming episodes of Disney Channel's BAFTA award-winning series "Fish Hooks" and its newest mystery adventure series "Gravity Falls," plus a first look at the upcoming series "Wander Over Yonder." Panelists include: "Fish Hooks" creator/executive producer Noah Z. Jones and executive producer Maxwell Atoms and voice talent Justin Roiland ("Oscar") and Kari Wahlgren ("Shellsea"); "Gravity Falls" creator Alex Hirsch and creative director Michael Rianda and voice talent Jason Morgan Ritter ("Dipper"), and "Wander Over Yonder" creator Craig McCracken and co-producer Lauren Faust. The panel will be moderated by Eric Coleman, Senior Vice President, Original Series, Disney Television Animation.

And you didn't hear it from me...

but we just might be showing a

FISH HOOKS music video
that I directed!

MORE KND COSPLAY

This is the probably the greatest thing ever:

And so is this:

And this is simply adorable:

And this is...

um...

And just too many levels of awesome:

Okay... I admit The Toiletnator is awesome, too:

And lastly... 

whoever thought the KND would

be kickin' it to Souljah Boy?!

(wait for the dance number)

(just WAIT!)

Big ups to ALL these cosplayers!
For more, check out THIS old post!

TAKE THAT, MO WILLEMS!

By now you know that whenever Mo Willems darkens the doorstep of LA,

we gather together to convince him to leave.

The best way to do this is to eat in front of him.

He HATES that.

So animator/author Bob Boyle started totally stuffing his face:

Then author Lisa Yee got in on the action

with a salad:

 

  

Writer/Cartoonist Tom Gammill

really wanted Mo to leave:

Mr. Willems tried to fight back...

But author/illustrator Marla Frazee just stared him down while 

doggin' a fishy salad:

Background artist Teri Shikasho

(and Bob Boyle's better 3/4's)

kept him reeling with fish tacos:

Mo's wife Cheryl futilely tried to deliver a counterattack:

But then Author/Illustrator Dan Santat 

delivered the coup de grace.

No manners.

No silverware.

Just a man-sized, 

two-handed 

hamburger mangling 

chomp!

Guess who ain't in Los Angeles no mo.

WHAT I SAY AT ALA

So I totally forgot to tell you about this year's 

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

conference.

It was at the Anaheim convention center...

And I was on a panel...

With these guys:

That's Illustrator/Author/Diet Guru Dan Santat,

Creator of Wow Wow Wubbzy and Yin Yang Yo/Author/Illustrator/Marathon Runner

Bob Boyle

and

Designer/Illustrator/Author/Teen Model

James Burks!

As described above,

we discussed animation, graphic novels, film and TV as well as

our work habits, inspirations, 

Mr. Santat's eating habits,

and the invention of the McRib sundae,

all of which was moderated deftly by the poised and patient Robin Brenner.

We had a blast!

There were NO injuries.

No one threw anything.

And the the audience laughed alot.

So with that mission accomplished,

I wandered off to walk the floor of ALA for a bit.

I got together with my literary agent,

the mighty Brenda Bowen...

Kissed former Kids Lit Ambassador Jon Scieszka on the head...

Shouted hello to graphic novelist Kazu Kabuishi from afar...

And stood in front of Game of Thrones author 

George R.R. Martin.

I then ran over to the Hyperion preview.

Not because I was interested in the books they were highlighting.

No.

I had heard Mo Willems was wearing Crocs

and wanted to see for myself.

Mr. Willems was there to read from his latest Elephant and Piggie 

book that's hitting the shelves in October.

And as always,

he KILLED it!

The guy knows how to milk an 

audience for 

laughs!

He also hyped up another book that's coming out this October.

A book that we worked on together.

But that's a story for another day.

Anway...

thanks for the fun time ALA!