seeksstaronmewni
seeksstaronmewni
The Man with a Checkered Past
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Unpopular opinions on Cartoon Network | Humble Presbyterian | SpumPilled | most active as "skysoundfanatic" on Twitter/X | Ex-YouTube Poop artist.Interests: Ren & Stimpy, Spümcø, CN, 1940s cartoons, Tom and Jerry, sound design / sound post-production, road signs, logos (including copyright/FBI Warnings & modified screens), creeks, and beam bridges. 💓 for Star Butterfly, Ms. Keane, Ilana Lunis, Ms. Butterbean, Toot Braunstein, and (not romantically) Billy's Mom among other women in cartoon-y type pictures.Warnings: Not for hire but here to inspire. No commissions/drawing requests. Suffers from Asperger's (and maybe ADHD and bipolarism) and not a people's person. Polarizing controversial views on grammar and vocabulary which I rather not discuss, and personal political discourse is barely present here. I bear Godly respect for some problematic Hollywood creatives, but that's not for bad reasons; I assure you.
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seeksstaronmewni · 8 days ago
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THEY SAY YOU CAN NEVER GO HOME AGAIN
They might be correct after June 27. ☠
Watch Checkered Past LIVE Monday through Friday at 5 PM on @adultswim! 🏴‍☠️🏁
X post here.
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seeksstaronmewni · 1 month ago
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20 years ago, on the Cartoon Network.... Genndy Tartakovsky's Star Wars: Clone Wars aired Season 3 and ended on after Anakin Skywalker rescued Nelvaanians (named after the studio that brought you Star Wars: Droids and Star Wars: Ewoks)
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seeksstaronmewni · 1 month ago
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8 years have passed since Samurai Jack got back to the past...
so what's Genndy Tartakovsky been up to during that 8th year? Not to mention The Cartoon Network of course...
Jellystone!'s Season 4 opener "Cartoon Network vs. Jellystone! Crisis on Infinite Mirths", yet another CN crossover episode, was promoted at SDCC 2024 and premiered on HBO Max; the special will premiere on linear television at 10:30 AM Sunday, May 25th, 2025... only on Cartoon Network!
New Line Cinema has Sony Pictures Animation given back the rights for the 2D raunchy adult animated comedy Fixed as another cost-cutting move on Warner Bros. Discovery's part. It was likely to air on [as] with co-production by Cartoon Network Studios, but now it will stream on Netflix in August 2025, and pictures of the film are revealed.
Dexter's Laboratory: The Complete Series was released on DVD in stores featuring Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip, which was originally set for its own DVD release but decades later became part of the set.
Genndy Tartakovsky revealed some artwork and a part of the script for Sym-Bionic Titan Season 2's opener (technically Season 3 as CN promoted 2 seasons that make Season 1 up) on his Instagram account.
I got 2 Cartoon Network t-shirts that were not totally official CN merch but branded by Port & Company Ring Spun Fan Favorites.
AWorkersignited got #RIPCartoonNetwork trending although there wasn't any official news otherwise of CN in danger of shutting down. Cartoon Network also trended over "reheated leftovers" for Generation Alpha with more Regular Show content to come.
Primal Screen began to wrap production on their final works up and reincarnated as Space Monster Studio.
Toonami Rewind lasted from May 31st, 2024 to December 27, 2024 due to licensing fees for rerunning the 3 anime that they aired (Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z Kai, and Naruto). ACME Night hasn't been active since December 29, 2024, and the Cartoonito branding may end in the US by May 26, 2025.
Samurai Jack aired only 8 episodes of Season 1 on Checkered Past before it was pulled off; it's unknown if it'll return. What a Cartoon! including poor quality butchered prints sourced from The Cartoon Cartoons Show prints also started to occasionally air on the block as well as compilation episodes of Cartoon Planet (1997 version).
Invincible Fight Girl ended up airing on Toonami while Iyanu went to CN; the latter is the most successful Cartoon Network original (though entirely third-party and not even co-produced by the network at all) this year. Duck Dodgers (the series) as well as brief airings of Steven Universe and The Powerpuff Girls reran on CN on weekends. Totally Spies! Season 7 also aired on CN but with new actresses from Distribimage NYC instead of Jennifer Hale and friends due to issues regarding SAG-AFTRA union rates. The Venture Bros. reran from the pilot onward on [as] from August 11, 2024 to May 4, 2025 in celebration of that show's 20th anniversary.
Warner Bros. Discovery may spin some companies off but I'm not sure if Discovery is going to decide to split from WB yet or not.
Genndy Tartakovsky planned to attend a SCAD event but couldn't due to a storm.
Spumco/Ren & Stimpy veteran Jim Smith died as reported on May 2nd, 2025 (6 years after Chris Reccardi - also a Spumco/R&S and Samurai Jack veteran - died). The manliest artist in the world contributed storyboards and prop design to some episodes of Samurai Jack but mostly did character design for Season 2.
Lorenzo Estrada made some fake Uncle Grandpa "Powerhouse-era" Cartoon Network bumpers.
Some Cartoon Cartoons revival shorts are cancelled by WBDiscovery, and, after 4 years since new Gumball content, The Amazing World of Gumball (now titled The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball) will stream exclusively on Hulu instead of airing on TV.
Craig McCracken, Mike Collins, Ricardo Delgado and Andy Bialk have their Twitter/X accounts deactivated probably due to political discourse.
I can't recall much else but I'll modify this post when I've more mental energy to focus.
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seeksstaronmewni · 1 month ago
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Anyone up for a game of Drilling Billy?
(AKA The Worlds of Billy, one of the less popular PC games out there...)
Tweet version here.
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seeksstaronmewni · 2 months ago
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It's a miracle that there are still cartoons with this much visual acting (even for this gag) and within strong construction and appeal of style that still air on Cartoon Network and linear TV overall for that matter
(Tweet post here)
Episode: "WINGED WARRIORS"
DIRECTED BY KEN MCINTYRE
STORYBOARD: BRANKO KLJAJIC, JAYLEN TATE-LUCAS
LEAD CHARACTER DESIGN: JUNPEI TAKAYAMA, MARINA GARDNER
CHARACTER DESIGN: RILEY PHILLIPS
CHARACTER CLEANUP: PABLO BERMUDEZ, SARA ANDERSON
COLOR DESIGN: ANAND DUNCAN
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seeksstaronmewni · 2 months ago
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Gorgeous drawings from The Looney Tunes Show episode "Off Duty Cop" (2011)
Tweet post here.
LEAD CHARACTER DESIGN: @jessicaborutski
ART DIRECTOR: John Calmette
CHARACTER DESIGN: Jennie Hoffer, Bob McKnight
STORYBOARD: Douglas Anthony Craig, Will Finn, Curt Geda, Amber Hollinger, Douglas McCarthy, Ken Morrissey (as Kenneth B. Morrisey), Cythina Petrovic, Charles Visser
STORYBOARD CLEANUP: Ken Boyer, Mark Christiansen, Gavin Dell, Shakeh Haghnazarian, Chris Peterson, Miguel Puga, Robert Sledge
TIMING: Jeff Hall, Kirk Tingblad
ANIMATION SERVICES: Toon City Animation, Inc.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Russ Mooney
ANIMATION DIRECTOR: Joseph Jubilee Balderas
LAYOUT SUPERVISOR: Levy Vergara
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seeksstaronmewni · 3 months ago
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One serving of the @dorkymations cartoon Scoop D'état (2023) is NOT enough!
Finally saw the animated short film today via the YouTube reupload one of my followers DM'ed it to me on Twitter/X. It is gold and the independent crew at Sick Mutt need a career in the toon biz!
Not to mention the music by T.J. Loudon. Really catchy stuff! Also it has some elements that remind me of Guy Moon's score
Here it is if you want to watch it (content warning: some elements of nudity and brief crude language)
Alternate tweet here... though I threaded that it was a reupload
STORY AND DIRECTION BY: Kostas Firinidis
STORYBOARDED! BY: Kostas Firinidis AND! S. MATT MAIOLA
WRITTEN BY: Justin M. Morgan! AND Kostas Firinidis
CHARACTER DESIGNS By: Kostas Firidinis AND MARINO YINUG!!
LAYOUT ARTISTS: LILY REYES, RANIERY OLIVEIRA, KOSTAS FIRINIDIS, JOHNNY HOARE, MIKE HAMMONS, S. MATT MAIOLA
BACKGROUND ARTISTS: KOSTAS FIRINIDIS, LILY REYES, ADA YASIN, TEDMOND AYETTEY
SPECIAL THANKS: KYLE A. CARROZZA, VINCENT WALLER, TOBIAS KREBS, RACHEL JEFFORDS, DYLAN CARBONELL, JOSEPH NETLEY, MARC JOE, FRIENDS & FAMILY... AND THE WHOLE CREW AT SICK MUTT
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seeksstaronmewni · 3 months ago
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That new [adult swim] anime LAZARUS is some gorgeous stuff...
(Tweet version here)
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seeksstaronmewni · 4 months ago
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Cartoons + Tara Strong
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seeksstaronmewni · 5 months ago
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Cartoons + Jennifer Hale
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seeksstaronmewni · 8 months ago
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Almost 4 years after the Freakazoid! crossover "Hugbees", Teen Titans GO! pulled ANOTHER surprise crossover... this time with Loonatics Unleashed!
...sort of
Episode "UNLEASHED"
STORYBOARD: BRANKO KLJAJIC, CHRIS MARTIN
LEAD CHARACTER DESIGN: MARINA GARDNER, JUNPEI TAKAYAMA
CHARACTER DESIGN: RILEY PHILLIPS
CHARACTER CLEAN UP: SARA ANDERSON, PABLO BERMUDEZ
Tweet version here.
This made for quite a Saturday morning lineup on Cartoon Network yesterday and I could not sleep on it... I pity those who did
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I mean; this is legit Andy Merrill right here
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...or maybe you were just eating breakfast/brunch while this stuff was on CN
Tweet of additional comment here.
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seeksstaronmewni · 8 months ago
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Happy 20th anniversary to the adult cartoon sitcom that...
is better drawn and animated than most animated sitcoms
really introduced me to LGBTQIA+ representation
made a loving reference to The Ren & Stimpy Show
cast Tara Strong doing double duty on gorgeous ladies
...and that adult cartoon sitcom is Comedy Central's Drawn Together!
@comedycentral @stephendestefano
Tweet version here.
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seeksstaronmewni · 9 months ago
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Happy Birthday to Spumco Big-Shot JIM SMITH (also the world's manliest artist at Spümcø) — now at 70!
The Ren & Stimpy Show, The Looney Tunes Show, Samurai Jack, and even McGee and Me (not to mention Over the Garden Wall) are among some of the cartoony-type pictures he's worked on...
Tweet version here.
Postscript update: Jim Smith died as of May 2nd, 2025, so this was his last birthday alive, and, according to Owen Watson, "the [animation] industry used him and spat him out". Whoever owns the guitar off of which Jim pawned ought to preserve that in a museum.
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seeksstaronmewni · 9 months ago
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Dazzled by the MGM cartoon Dance of the Weed (1941) from start to finish — anyone ever think about how gorgeous and realistic backgrounds in 1940s cartoons are?
Even the dark, cloudy, eerie shots are stunning, and no one was credited for their hard work (except for Rudolf Ising of course).
Following a 4K/8K rescan of the animation cels and backgrounds, I'd go for some of these scenes' paintings...
Tweet version here.
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seeksstaronmewni · 9 months ago
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Decided to draw the Le Bonne Poutine girl from We Bare Bears: The Movie (which aired last Saturday) in @jessicaborutski 's style after watching The Looney Tunes Show on Cartoon Network today
Tweet post here.
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seeksstaronmewni · 10 months ago
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The Incredible parody of Walt Disney that is The Incredible Mr. Brisby!
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I wasn't kidding when I said that The Venture Bros. legit parodied The Wonderful World of Walt Disney...
Tweet version here.
Art & layout credits for Season 1 Episode 4
CHARACTER AND PROP DESIGN SUPERVISOR: Mike Foran
CHARACTER DESIGN: @ricklacy (as Rick "Danger" Lacy), @philrynda , @mrchrisgeorge , Amanda Baehr
BACKGROUND DESIGN SUPERVISOR: Freya Tanz
BACKGROUND DESIGN: Vinh Truong, Jamison K. Kwon, Dong M. Lee
BACKGROUND CLEAN-UP: Erik Craddock
STORYBOARD SUPERVISOR: Bill Presing
STORYBOARD ARTISTS: @stephendestefano , Tom Connor
STORYBOARD REVISION SUPERVISOR: Douglas Lovelace
STORYBOARD REVISION: Toni Tyson, Danny Kimanyen, Jonathan Roscetti, Michael Oviedo
COLOR SUPERVISOR: Marina Dominis-Dunnigan
BACKGROUND PAINTERS: Peter Brown, Katie Nix
CHARACTER AND PROP COLOR KEY: Heather Austin
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seeksstaronmewni · 10 months ago
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This was basically Star vs. the Forces of Evil before @ianwasseluk even worked on SvTFOE
From The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode "HEY, WATER YOU DOING?" (STORYBOARD BY: IAN WASSELUK)
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