#polly guo

[sabertoothwalrus]

I was thinking more along the lines of, did you think Nico would get so popular to go up against a famous podcast/comic character in a blorbo vote?

For me it’s less that he’s up against Taako, it’s that he’s winning against Taako.

Like, to people that WERE here for Nico and liked him, he does feel like a bigger deal. But Nico never had any news articles written about him like Goncharov did. No cross platform recognition besides where I was posting him.

I love Taako!! he’s a great character! I actually just used my design for him in my animation class (I’ll post it when I finish) ! and I genuinely thought maybe a couple hundred people would vote for Nico and that Taako would win by a wide margin.

So for the poll to even be this close right now, that my adventure time oc is winning right now, that over 12 THOUSAND PEOPLE have voted for him????? I am UNBELIEVABLY flattered right now. I cannot put to words how it really, really means a lot.

[marcelinelooks]

"Elements: Skyhooks" SE09 EP02

Marshmeline's wearing wearing yellow sun hat with chocolate and marshmallow, pink shirt, baby blue pants and red boots.

Episode directed by Cole Sanchez, written & storyboarded by Sam Alden and Polly Guo.

[all-lined-up]

2023

Getting Lost, by Annie Ernaux

The Rag and Bone Shop, by Veronica O’Keane

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin

Really Good, Actually, by Monica Heisey

Empire of Pain, by Patrick Radden Keefe

The Husband, by Maud Ventura

High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby

Stray, by Stephanie Danler

Strong Female Character, by Fern Brady

Birnam Wood, by Eleanor Catton

The Happy Couple, by Naoise Dolan

All the Beauty in the World, by Patrick Bringley

The Rachel Incident, by Caroline O’Donoghue

Yellowface, by Rebecca F. Kuang

The Years, by Annie Ernaux

Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan

Swimming in the Dark, by Tomasz Jędrowski

Lanny, by Max Porter

The Wager, by David Grann

Foster, by Claire Keegan

Avalon, by Nell Zink

Bellies, by Nicola Dinan

An Uneasy Inheritance, by Polly Toynbee

Conversations on Love, by Natasha Lunn

I’m a Fan, by Sheena Patel

The Girl with the Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier

Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann

The Stranger in the Woods, by Mike Finkel

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again, by Katherine Angel

Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata

Good Material, by Dolly Alderton

Prima Facie, by Susie Miller

20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth, by Xiaolu Guo

The Crane Wife, by CJ Hauser

Your Face Belongs to Us, by Kashmir Hill

The Promise, by Damon Galgut

[rockislandadultreads]

Read Alikes: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

The Leavers by Lisa Ko

One morning, Deming Guo’s mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. They rename him Daniel Wilkinson in their efforts to make him over into their version of an “all-American boy.” But far away from all he’s ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his new life with his mother’s disappearance and the memories of the family and community he left behind. Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid and moving examination of borders and belonging. It’s the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he’s loved has been taken away - and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of her past.

The Unpassing by Chia-Chia Lin

In Chia-Chia Lin’s debut novel, we meet a Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggling to make ends meet on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska. The father, hardworking but beaten down, is employed as a plumber and repairman, while the mother, a loving, strong-willed, and unpredictably emotional matriarch, holds the house together. When ten-year-old Gavin contracts meningitis at school, he falls into a deep, nearly fatal coma. He wakes up a week later to learn that his little sister Ruby was infected, too. She did not survive. Routine takes over for the grieving family: the siblings care for each other as they befriend a neighboring family and explore the woods; distance grows between the parents as they deal with their loss separately. But things spiral when the father, increasingly guilt ridden after Ruby’s death, is sued for not properly installing a septic tank, which results in grave harm to a little boy. In the ensuing chaos, what really happened to Ruby finally emerges. With flowing prose that evokes the terrifying beauty of the Alaskan wilderness, Lin explores the fallout after the loss of a child and the way in which a family is forced to grieve in a place that doesn’t yet feel like home. 

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: he's merely Generic Asian Man. Every day, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here too... but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy - the highest aspiration he can imagine for a Chinatown denizen. Or is it? After stumbling into the spotlight, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he's ever known, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown, but the buried legacy of his own family, and what that means for him, in today's America.

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. What’s worse is she can’t persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Only with their angelic daughter Harriet does Frida finally feel she’s attained the perfection expected of her. Harriet may be all she has, but she’s just enough. Until Frida has a horrible day. The state has its eyes on mothers like Frida - ones who check their phones while their kids are on the playground; who let their children walk home alone; in other words, mothers who only have one lapse of judgement. Now, a host of government officials will determine if Frida is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother’s devotion. Faced with the possibility of losing Harriet, Frida must prove that she can live up to the standards set for mothers - that she can learn to be good.

[dorothydalmati1]

The Great North Season 3 Episodes 21 & 22: For Whom the Smell Tolls

Storyboard by Brian Ellis & Polly Guo

Prop design by Marty Warner & Todd Favela

Part 1 written by Caroline Levich

Part 2 written by Kevin Seccia

Part 1 directed by Mario D'Anna

Part 2 directed by Neil Graf

Part 1 co-storyboarded by Rachel Buecheler, Rachel Sigal, Yair Gordon, Molly Kawamoto, Matt Garofalo & Kristen Pileri

Part 2 co-storyboarded by Ben Adams, Robert Parker, Jennifer Shang, Alyx Jolivet & Arthur Valencia

[gunterfan1992]

Andres Salaff Interview

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure to e-interview Andres Salaff, and I’d like to share that interview with you today! Andres worked on Adventure Time as one of the supervising directors from seasons 6–8, and he has also worked on shows like Regular Show, Big Mouth, Uncle Grandpa, and Close Enough! Read on for fascinating info about how Andres got his start in the biz, what his duties as director were, and what inspired Flame P and Neptr’s rap in “The Music Hole”:

What is your ‘artistic origin story’? And how did you come to work on Adventure Time?

Andres Salaff: I was living in Ohio and drawing mini comics for fun. While visiting California, someone saw them and told me about Calarts Character Animation. I visited the school and looked at the student's work. I knew instantly that it was what I wanted to pursue. I love it because it encompasses a lot of my interests. Drawing, acting, writing and storytelling. After graduating from Calarts, I was hired as a storyboard artist on Regular Show and after three years of doing that, I was asked to direct on AT.

As a supervising director, what were your many duties? Was it largely coordination, or were you drawing/boarding alongside the board artists, too?

AS: [The job was mostly about] weigh[ing] in on storyboard pitches and voice records. But mainly, my job was at the storyboard animatic stage. To make sure that everything was working at that stage of the process and to make sure, along with the art director, timers and designers that all of the necessary information was there for the overseas animation studio. It was very collaborative in that I got to work with the different supervisors in seeing it through the pre production phase up until it got shipped overseas.

What was the energy of the crew like?

AS: [There were] a lot of thinkers on the crew. At times even reserved, but their wit would always come out and surprise me.

Did you do much coordinating with the South Korean studios with regard to the animation? Or was that someone else’s job?

AS: My work was to provide the information necessary to ship. Once it came back, I didn't have a hand in it. Once or twice I did, but that was when Adam Muto, the EP, was on a hiatus.

One thing I'm interested in is the production of the show's miniseries. How did production differ from the 'norm' when it came time to do Stakes?

AS: Stakes was so fun to work on. There wasn't much of a difference on my end from the regular season other than helping to keep an eye on the overarching story and making sure things were tracking. It was so cool seeing the different parts being pitched and coming together. All of the boarders had such a unique voice and style, yet when assembled they somehow blended seamlessly.

One of my favorite episodes has to be "The Music Hole.” How did you come to work on that episode?

AS: Adam Muto had seen a pilot that I had done at the studio called Ridin' With Burgess. There is a lot of rapping in it. He must've liked it because he asked me to board on The Music Hole. The episode centered around a music festival and Flame Princess and Neptr had a rap group.

In a separate interview, Polly Guo waxed poetic about the rap you wrote, so I was wondering if you could speak about where those ideas came from?

AS: As a kid growing up in Ohio, I used to attend a yearly festival called Scribble Jam. I tried to make FP and Neptr's song/ performance as close to that as I could remember. It was really fun to work on that episode and to collaborate with Polly Guo!

A huge thanks to Andres for answering my questions! As always, here are some useful links:

Andres’s personal website: https://andressalaff.com/

Andres’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr_dres/

The Greatest Song Ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIILKyCUbLA

[kingofooo]

Reboot - 2nd thumbnail pass & final storyboard

written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich & Steve Wolfhard

supervising director - Elizabeth Ito

storyboard supervisor - Erik Fountain

timing director - Don Judge

storyboard revision - Julia Srednicki & Polly Guo

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[thecooler]

Adventure Time S8 Finale Bomb - 4/5 - Whispers

[powerandmagic]

HEARTWOOD: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy will be open for submissions on October 16th (just 5 days from now)! 

From now through the end of submissions, we’ll be unveiling the pre-selected contributors already confirmed for the anthology, starting with the amazing and multi-talented cartoonist/director POLLY GUO.

[itsbrazey]

Brazey Calling!

Tomorrow, Brazey's first short will be having its UK Premiere at Barbican Centre's Framed Film Festival in London on November 18th!

(📷: @pollyguo​)

[spaceshiprocket]

Miles Morales/Spider-Man by Polly Guo

[ant-fans]

[melatovnik]

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[dorothydalmati1]

The Great North Season 3 Episode 18: Pa-shank Redemption Adventure

Written by Mike Olsen

Directed by Neil Graf

Storyboard by Ban Adams, Jennifer Shang, Alyx Jolivet, Arthur Valencia, Robert Parker, Polly Guo, Joe Ryan & Jason Zurek

Prop design by Marty Warner & Anthony Weinstock

[gunterfan1992]

Announcing My Book: “Exploring the Land of Ooo”

After almost two years of writing, researching, and editing, I’m so so so happy to announce the release of my Adventure Time book: Exploring the Land of Ooo. As of July 10, the book is OFFICIALLY OUT! DOWNLOAD IT HERE! Please spread the word, and read on for more info!

What Is It?

Exploring the Land of Ooo is a comprehensive, 300+ page overview of Adventure Time, covering the characters, the show’s production, and its fandom. Here’s what the blurb on the back of the book says:

Exploring the Land of Ooo is a detailed consideration of Adventure Time, the colorful and exuberant animated television series that aired from 2010–18 on Cartoon Network. Created by visionary artist Pendleton Ward, the series was groundbreaking and is credited by many with heralding in a new golden age of animation. In this manuscript, author Paul Thomas presents a thorough overview of the series, explicating the nuances of its characters, its production history, its storytelling methods, and its vibrant fandom. Based in part on interviews with dozens of those individuals who made the show possible, this book aims to ensure that, when it comes to Adventure Time, the fun truly will never end.

Curious as to whom I interviewed? Why, let me list all of my insider sources: Sam Alden, Alex Campos, Casey James Basichis, Ako Castuera, Ashley Eriksson, Evil (formerly Babeo Baggins), Graham Falk, Ghostshrimp, Polly Guo, Tom Herpich, Derek Hunter, Ke Jiang, Tim Kiefer, Derek Kirk Kim, Laura Knetzger, Sandra Lee, Kirsten Lepore, Jesse Moynihan, Justin Moynihan, Kris Mukai, Hanna K. Nyström, Kent Osborne, Jack Pendarvis, Andy Ristaino, Lindsay Small-Butera, Rebecca Sugar, Soichi Terada, Rich Vreeland (Disasterpeace), Thomas Wellmann, Michelle Xin, and Niki Yang. (Not to mention dozens of fans!)

The gang is (almost) all here!

How Much Is It?

This is a great question, because it has a great answer: It’s free! I initially wanted to publish this work through McFarland and Company (an indie academic book publisher), but Cartoon Network sent a somewhat nasty email about copyright that (understandably) spooked the publisher. So instead, I’ve decided to publish this through the University of Kansas Libraries. (I’m still working on a McFarland book, though—keep your eyes peeled). The benefit here is that KU Libraries is a legit publisher but they have allowed me to release this book for free so anyone with an Internet connection can read it. Win-win!

If you’re interested in a hard copy of the book, feel free to send me a message for details. I’m planning on getting a limited run of this book pressed up. If you want one, I’ll only charge you for the production + shipping (which I’m assuming will place it at around ~$10).

I’m so excited for you all to read this book! Please send me any and all questions; I’ll be more than happy to answer!

[kingofooo]

Elemental - final storyboard

written and storyboarded by Kent Osborne

supervising director - Elizabeth Ito

storyboard supervisor - Erik Fountain

timing director - Don Judge

storyboard cleanup and revision - Julia Srednicki, Polly Guo, Charmaine Verhagen, and Erik Fountain

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