Con Wrap:
So Comic Con has come and gone and I still have not laid it to rest. The State of the Animation Industry panel I hosted on Saturday went very well. I had a very impressive group of guests.

In fact they impressed each other. I got a very nice e-mail from Eddie Mort . . . well see for yourself:

Hi Larry

Just wanted to thank you for inviting me to be part of the ASIFA panel today. It was great to hear everyone's thoughts, and I really enjoyed the experience, as well as the audience involvement.

It was also great to finally meet Donovan Cook: As I mentioned, my first job as a layout
artist was on his show 2 Stupid Dogs in 1993. It was such a weird sensation sharing a panel with such a talent like Donovan - particularly as I was a lowly trainee when he was directing!

. . . .

Thanks again. I really enjoy being part of ASIFA and hope you`ll consider me again for any similar
programs in the future.

Best wishes
Eddie

Isn`t that the way, you never really think of your heroes having their own heroes but they do. I know that there were people there going wow, Eddie Mort is on that panel and he is going Donovan Cook, wow! While Donovan is a wow and a real nice guy.



When I first met Forrie Ackerman, of all people, I was tongue-tied star struck because of all the years of reading his monster magazines. You never know, I have hung with a lot of big names but Forrie punched that star button in my head.

Speaking of big names, it was a joy to have Martha Sigall and Mark Kausler do panels for me on Thursday. Mark brought in cel setups from It`s the Cat that he offered for sale. I still have 3 of his unsold setups left everything else was snapped up.



If anybody wants them, they are $100 each and I will have them for about a week and a half before returning them to Mark. larry@agni-animation.com  ¶ 3:51 PM