OLD NEWS

1999-2000

November 27
Now you can check out some of my short animation you won't find anywhere else at www.jooze.com. You will find my work under "Interactive Design/Flash" in the Gallery section.

November 23
As usual things got behind schedule, but Plickey + Muto: Parade is finished at last. It should be available on-line soon. This episode features the voice of Brian Hills as a certain famous writer (Be sure to keep watching after the credits for a short out-take).

November 5
As Plickey + Muto episode two starts it's run on 120seconds.com (in the Giggles section), production is well under way for episode three. The working title is "Parade" and it should be completed in the next week or so.

October 19
My friend and sometimes co-author Jeff Kenney (SeXXXy Doll & Wenchell Bogum series) was in town for a few days and we had a chance to come up with ideas for three more episodes of Plickay + Muto. Watch for those to appear over the comming months.

October 5
SeXXXy Doll is a finalist in the Amazon.com Flash 4 competition

September 3
This evening I finally finished the second episode of Plickey + Muto called Pearl. I started it months ago, but other projects kept getting in the way. It will be available on line soon at 120seconds.com and also on Hotwired's Animation Express sometime after October 15.

August 19
Ed's Head was selected as the Radio Atlantica Outstanding Website of the Month for August. Visit the Radio Atlantica web site to interviews and music from Atlantic Canada's best musicians.

August 17
The Last Hula Doll is now available for viewing on Hotwired's Animation Express

August 12
Visitors to the Playboy Animation and Comics contest web site can vote for their favourite entry... sort of a people's choice award.

July 1
Ed's Head (rather the cartoons therein) has been "chosen by a jury of top Flash designers and developers as one of five finalists in the Cartoon category of the Flash Film Festival: a gala celebration honoring the best Web animation on earth".
The Flash Film Festival takes place Monday, July 24th, at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, on the first evening of flashforward2000 NYC
My site, along with the other four finalists in the category, will be showcased on the Flash Film Festival Web site.
Visitors to the site are encouraged to vote for their favourite animator. The Flash Film Festival winner in each category is the site with the greatest number of public votes (only one vote per email address).

June 27
120seconds is now open to the public in beta form. They are still working out some of the bugs, but it is shaping up to be one of the best new media sites any where on the web, and it's 100% ad free! There are several Ed's Head Animation pieces currently available at 120seconds.

June 6
Sleighmaster 5000XL took second place in the catagory of "Best Animated Commercial Produced for the Web" at the World Internet Animation Competition.

June 1
SeXXXy Doll has been selected as one of ten Honorable Mention finalists in the Playboy Comix & Animation Contest. The finalists and the grand prize winner will be presented on the Playboy web site at:
http://www.playboy.com/artsentertainment/comixcontest/

May
The animation I did for St. Andrews Insurance, The Sleighmaster 5000XL, has been selected as one of 5 finalists in the animated commercial catagory at the World Internet Animation Competition. I have been invited to attend the awards night at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on June 4th, which caps off the The World Animation Celebration, June 1 - 4. It does not look like I will be able to attend at such short notice but it is a real thrill to be selected as a finalist out of 650 entries.

April 15
The Ed's Head web site was be featured on the ABC TV program Recovery in Australia on April15. Among other things, Recovery deals with the rave scene and electronic music.

April 1
Wenchell Bogum was featured in the April edition of Wired magazine, page 258.

Jan. 25
I got a mention in the Hollywood Reporter Web News Animation Special, page S-24.

Jan. 1
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - The Daily News ran a story called 10 to Watch about local business people in various fields (writer, restaurateur, researcher, film director, actor, singer, etc). Somehow I managed to get on the list. I'm sure people all over Halifax gaged on their Corn Flakes when they saw my mug smiling out at them from their morning newspaper. Hee hee. Actually, I guess it's pretty cool to get picked for a list like that.