CELLIN' OUT!

Whenever I wade into the jungle of my old files, swinging my machete right and left to clear through the miasma of paper and cel, I invariably come across some fun, often postable stuff. Case in point the image above. That there's my very first business card circa 1990, which I neglected to mention in my former post about business cards-- mainly because i didn't think I had any kicking around. Every once and while, an old pal will pull one out of their wallet to show me they've got one, but I thought all mine were gone. Apparently not so!

It was actually my first attempt at an animation cel. I got some sheets of acetate, ran 'em through a xerox machine and then used some sort of acrylic paint to color it. Not the prettiest thing, but it did the job.

And that's still my parents phone number- hence the strategic blocking out. Don't want you weirdos calling my parents and asking personal questions about me.

And speaking of cels, the picture below was a cel set-up I included in my original pitch for Kenny and the Chimp. And yup, you guessed it. That there's an original Gideon Kendall hand-painted background, done back before we were rockin' Pepper Ann and Kids Next Door together.



The original pilot episode I wanted to do was called 'Got Your Nose' and concerned Chimpy constantly stealing Kenny's nose off his face. That's what's he's got in his hand, high-tailing it out of the kitchen like a monkey that just stole yer nose.

Also, please note Kenny's watermelon-shaped head... which later got changed to more of a basketball-shape because Cartoon Network thought he looked too much like Hey Arnold.

So throw your hands in the air and shout if you like old school!

SIGNED IF YOU WANT SIGNED!

So a lot of friends, family, friends of family, family of friends, friend's families Pilate's instructor's best friend's families and even a couple arch enemies who don't live close to NYC have asked me how to get their copy of 1000 Times No signed.

Unfortunately, they want me to cross out the title, write Knufflebunny, and have Mo Willems sign it.


But for the few folks that actually want ME to sign the book...

I CAN DO THAT!

What most folks are doing is ordering 50 copies on Amazon or Barnes and Noble and having them shipped right to me. I'll draw a little picture, inscribe it to whoever you want (and spell their name right almost 94% of the time), and then sign it and ship it on back to you. It just might look kinda like this one:


But you'll have to hit me back for shipping. Even though I'm a big shot animator/author/dance instructor/ninja that makes THOUSANDS of dollars EVERY YEAR I can't afford to pay everyone's shipping.

So go on... they make great gifts, collector's items, ballast for your car trunk, etc etc. All ya gotta do is drop me a line at warburtonlabs@nyc.rr.com and we'll set something up. But, you know, serious inquiries only. Please don't e-mail me asking for 5 bucks or with questions regarding state capitals or US presidents.

It's NOT always about me, you know.

I know all this talk about me, Mr. Warburton, can get tiresome at times.

Like every day.

So just to prove to you that's it's not always Mr. Warburton, all the time, I wanted to tell you about a sure-fire fun event going on this weekend.

AND I'LL BE THERE!

Crap... now it's about ME again.

Regardless, I've mentioned it before... but I'm not the only hard workin' guy out of Curious Pictures to release a fabulous book in the last couple months.

Sooper powered director Ro Rao has, too!


It's called Herbert's Wormhole and it's REALLY fun. Tons of great drawings, a rockin' website, and crazy fun videos.

What's more, he and his writing partner Peter Nelson put on a knockout show for the kids. And the next stop on their whirlwind tour is Books of Wonder here in NYC.

You know, that book store I was at a couple to promote my-


(DARN IT! There I go AGAIN! STOP IT!)

So come on out this Sunday and set your laugh-o-meters for FUN!

All the info you need is right over HERE!

I'll see you there!

I mean, you'll see Ro and Peter there! Not me. Even though I'll still be th-

Oh, never mind.

She better have gotten an A+!

Here's a cool little sumthin' that someone sent me on Facebook.

KND operative Alejandra (aka Male...'but not pronounced like the English Male') from Sector ES in El Salvador is a graphic design major and put together a book about Cartoon Network for a project. And it rocks pretty hard.
Check it out:










Awesome, right?

I'm thinkin' A sooper triple plus.

And, you know... for some completely insane reason Cartoon Network has never made a book about the network.

So hows about someone from CN give Alejandra a call and make this happen?

NO NEWS STINKS!

I've haven't booked many events for June since

SCHOOOOOOOOOOL'S...

OUT...

FOR...

THE SUMMER!

Not to mention I've got some kinda earth-shattering stuff going on in my life, which I'll tell you about later.

But I couldn't say NO to an event going on here in Brooklyn that STINKS so much!

It's called Stink-Fest and it's an all day fun-fest put on by sooper tasty cheese shop STINKY, bklyn.

Go on. Say it.

BEST CHEESE SHOP NAME EVER.


So outside of the store on Saturday June 28th there's gonna be music... a cheese eating contest... and ME reading 1000 Times No! I think they really wanted sooper pal Jon Scieszka to read his classic The Stinky Cheese Man but when they couldn't get him they decided to get someone who's books REALLY stinks.

Should be a fun stinky day so come on out! All the info is over HERE!

In other NO news, there's a nice little review of 1000 Times No that feeds off the nice little review we got at 7 Impossible things Before Breakfast. That's right over HERE.

And even though it's kinda short, there's a nice little mention of the book over HERE.

Aaaaaaaaaand should I mention that we just got greenlit to do a full animated version of 1000 Times No as a pilot for a series of interstitials on a certain kids network?

Yes, I should.

PUT A STAMP ON IT!

Postcards...







I love gettin' em and I love sendin' em.






So whenever I've got something BIG going on...





It's postcard time, baby!





They're also good records of all my old home and e-mail addresses!

Yup... I love postcards.

IT'S UP ON AMAZON!

Not that you haven't watched the animated promo for
'1000 Times No' six buhundred and seleventy times already...

(I mean, those 6500+ views on Youtube
couldn't have ALL come from me, right?)

(well, maybe a couple thousand...)

But now the folks at Amazon.com have been cool enough to put the video up on the book's sales page!

Check it out HERE!

And speaking of animated, take a look at a page or two of this:




For, you know, just in case...