ON THE SET OF OPERATION INTERVIEWS

I've posted a couple of these before...

but here are bunch more

behind the scenes

pics from

the live-action 

sequences

of

OPERATION INTERVIEWS

We shot it on the

Curious Pictures soundstage:

KND Post Production Supervisor

and Best Boy

Oren Kaunfer

helped set things up:

KND Line Producer

Bruce Knapp

worked behind the camera:

Me and the

superlative

Fran Jaye

going over script stuff:

Sooper fun

Sonnie Brown

(aka Numbuh Three)

was all like:

Dave Courter, Perry and I,

hypnotized by a performance of a lifetime:

Ric Stoneback

killed it

as

Numbuh Two:

And lastly,

Curt Hostetter 

played an

uncannily intelligent

Numbuh Four:

If you haven't read it already,

there are some pretty good

INTERVIEWS

anecdotes in

THIS

old post.

WATCHIN' 1000 TIMES NO PAINT DRY

Before I laid into the

final artwork for

my picture book

1000 TIMES NO

I spent a

LOT

of time 

experimenting

with watercolor.

Different paints...

Different papers...

Laying down a wash...

Then inking on top of it

and 

vice

versa

et al

et

cetera.

Here are a bunch of random

paint experiments

that happened.

They're not that far off from what

the book ended up looking like. 

But there are some fun notes

and I love seeing any art with 

paint splotches along the edges.

Ugh.

I wanna do 

another picture book

now.

VALKYRIES

DUDE!

Remember when we were hangin' out after that big 

Dungeons and Dragons campaign 

talkin' about

how cool Valkyries are?!

...

...

No?

C'mon

You know...

the jets/spaceship/fighters

from

MACROSS

aka

ROBOTECH!

(also called Veritechs)

NOW

you remember,

right?!

If not,

here's a great primer

for you to study:

It's a book

compiling the paintings 

of Japanese artist

Tenjin Hidetaka:

He's an amazing mechanical illustrator

specializing in

giant robots

and

sooper cool spaceships!

The book is filled with art he's done for

plastic model kits,

DVD's

and

videogames:

 I'm usually not a fan of 

sooper realistic

mechanical illustration

but it's really cool

how Hidetaka-san makes

Macross seem so 

REAL!

I always have 

fun browsing through this book--

I just wish my Japanese were better!

You can get it here if you're interested,

but it's kind of stoopid

expensive:

BONUS:

While digging up pics for this post 

I found this 

sketch

Hidetaka-sama

did for 

someone:

GAH!

I WANT ONE!

COMICS WITH CAVALLARO

As you can see, 

Mike Cavallaro 

rocks:

Sure,

you might know him

as a 

musician

or an amazing

KND background painter:

But his main

passion is

COMICS.

He writes comics.

He draws comics.

He publishes comics.

He sells comics.

And most of all

he's a 

FAN

of comics.

He's even been nominated for an

Eisner Award.

So when Mike Cavallaro

talks about comics.

You oughta listen.

AND HERE"S YOUR CHANCE!

He's gonna be at the 

Society of Illustrators

 in NYC

on

February 25th

presenting

THE REBIRTH OF THE AMERICAN COMIC BOOK

Comics fan, cartoonist, self-publisher, web comicker, and retailer Mike Cavallaro serves up his "eyewitness report" on the creative resurgence of The American comic book and graphic novel.

Beginning in the 1980's and continuing to present day, Mike will describe his own journey through various corners of the field, including a look into the creative process behind his

critically-acclaimed comics.

If you're in NYC on the 25th

BE THERE!

For more information take a trip over

HERE

BUYING GLASSES WITH MY GIRL

You know my wife got 

STEEZ,

right?

That's why we did a blog post together

about me getting optical.

It's mainly for her blog

Madison-to-Melrose

but I'm jackin' it here

because

VALENTINE'S DAY!

Check it:

Hey there!

It's me.

Tom Warburton;

Sooper-powered animator

and sooper lucky husband to

Meg Gallagher.

It feels like just yesterday when 

I was fighting for my life,

battling the evil 

OPTOMOTRON!

There were lasers!

Meat seeking missiles!

And lots of 

explosions!

It looked kinda like this:

I won of course.

But Optomotron got in a lucky shot

and damaged my

Corneal Optic Refractor Lens.

Um...

Meg Gallagher cutting in here to say

that what Tommy means is that 

he's getting older....

The damage to my eyes was manageable.

I could still shoot lasers and see through walls

but reading Pokemon cards 

was getting difficult:

In other words,

Mr. Squinty Pants was squinting too much and needed readers.

Having had glasses since I was 7, 

I felt no sorrow for Mr. 20/20.

Finding a place to

fix sooper eyes like mine was

going to be difficult.

WHERE TO GO?!

Was I

DOOMED

to a life of 

blurry words! 

I thought Warby Parker would be the perfect shopping destination.  

Cool frames, great prices (frames are under $149), and fast service.  

They also have amazing selection and service at 

www.warbyparker.com 

for those peeps not lucky enough 

to have a Warby in their hood.

After years of research

I decided that

Warby Parker 

was the

PERFECT

scientific solution for my eyes.

After all,

Warby

is very close to

Warburton.

And our son is named

Parker!

IT WAS DESTINY!

WP is located in the Standard Hotel in DTLA and in the Standard in Hollywood .  

We opted for Hollywood as they have a larger selection of frames. 

And just like that 

spec shopping became date night!

We got to the store and 

there were

THOUSANDS 

(not really...)

and

THOUSANDS 

(really not really...)

of glasses on display!

I'm not easily intimidated...

but it looked like this might be one of my 

most difficult battles ever!

WP goes for the retro look; hipster, nerdy in heavier style frames.   

Am loving the Wheeler wood frame shades 

from the Palm Canyon collection for this spring 2014.

Fearless,

I dove right in,

trying on style after style

of optical framework:

It was grueling!

Just when I thought I might collapse,

along came a sooper pal to help out:

THE MIGHTY COLE!

We filled Cole in on what we were looking for 

and told her that we were writing a blog post (together!).  

She was totally in for the fun!

After trying on almost

60,000 pairs of glasses 

(like 20, maybe...)

my powers were depleted!

But then 

Sooper Cole 

came to the rescue with her mighty

OPTICAL POWER REGENERATOR! 

Actually, that was a 

Pupilometer.

It measures the distance between your pupils 

to make sure your prescription works best.

With my powers restored

I was ready to try on

MORE GLASSES!

BOOM!

KA-BLAM!

BA-WUMPA!

The battle raged on!

And then suddenly...

I found the right glasses!

These (the Greeley) were actually the fourth pair he tried on.  

Love metal frames on Tommy.  

They suit his coloring and work well with his skin tone.  

Low contrast is best and the rectangular shape works well with his face shape.    

E L O N G A T I N G 

rather then 

rounding.

At last,

the battle was over.

I was lucky to come out alive.

But I could't have done it without

Warby Parker! 

(or me!)

Seriously, we were in and out in 25 minutes 

(including our photo shoot).  

Super friendly help (Cole and her buddies)

and a cool selection of glasses 

created the perfect scenario to buy more then one pair.

I could have used another blast from the

Optical Power Regenerator

before we left.

But Meg and I opted for an

adult beverage at the 

Standard Hotel Bar

instead.

The 25 minutes of intense eyeglass shopping left us thirsty 

and yearning for a cocktail from the Cactus Lounge.  

Then we headed to Son of a Gun for an amazing dinner (no joke).  

FYI...its all about the hamachi and chicken sandwich.

Happy Valentine's Day.  

Its #19 for us!

Mx

and

mr. warburton