A company isn’t only defined by what it sells. It’s defined by what it signals—what it promises before a product is even opened, before a ticket is even scanned, before a word is even spoken. That signal is identity, and for entertainment companies, especially, identity is often carried by one thing above all else: a […]
There are voices you recognize instantly. And then there are voices you’ve known your entire life—without ever realizing how much intention, intelligence, and writing lived behind them. June Foray was a legendary voice actor. But the conversations I remember most with her weren’t really about performance. They were about writing—and about what animated cartoons were […]
The phrase “Chuck Jones fired” is one of those that instantly changes how you see a film. What starts as a fun animation deep-cut can suddenly become a pivotal studio-era turning point. That’s exactly what happened for me while creating work for When Good Toons Go Bad: Villains of Animation at Van Eaton Galleries—a group […]