Acclaimed cartoonist John Porcellino and animator Mathew den Boer will appear along with the creative team behind THE NEXT DAY to give a short presentation on this fascinating project and to discuss their collaborative creative process.
THE NEXT DAY is both a ground-breaking print graphic novella and separate online interactive animated documentary, each constructed from intimate interviews with survivors of near-fatal suicide attempts.
Porcellino is Illustrator for THE NEXT DAY graphic novella, which releases in early May, while den Boer has created all animations for the interactive experience (which will release later in May). den Boer and Porcellino will discuss the process and challenges in creating original animations inspired by Porcellino's drawings.
John and Mathew's discussion will be followed by the usual monthly shenanigans of showing off completed animations or works in progress, sharing animation knowledge and networking with other animators. Feel free to bring your recent or in-progress projects and sketchbooks!
Animator Meet Up and Discussion w/John Porcellino and Mathew den Boer
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
TAIS (60 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 102)
FREE
About The Next Day:
The Next Day is a ground-breaking print graphic novella and separate interactive animated documentary online, both constructed from intimate interviews with survivors of near-fatal suicide attempts. In this poetic and profound philosophical exploration, four seemingly ordinary people each offer haunting insight into life, the decision to end it, and what comes after...
About John Porcellino:
John Porcellino has been writing, drawing, and publishing minicomics, comics, and graphic novels in America for over 25 years. He is best known for his self-published, predominantly autobiographical minicomics series, King-Cat Comics, which he began as a teenager in 1989 and continues to produce today. Porcellino’s poetic representations of the everyday, his masterful storytelling, and his minimalist drawing style have won him critical acclaim and influenced a generation of alternative comics creators. According to cartoonist Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan and The Acme Novelty Library), "John Porcellino's comics distill, in just a few lines and words, the feeling of simply being alive," while Time Magazine has proclaimed that "Porcellino creates some of the most thoughtful, intelligent and beautiful comix in America." Porcellino has struggled with chronic depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder the majority of his life.
About Mathew den Boer:
Mathew den Boer is a classically trained 2D animator with a background in sign typography. After working in children's television for several years doing key animation and layouts, he formed Trouble Design Inc. to serve as a base for motion graphics, video game animation, graphic design and illustration. In 2008 den Boer worked as art director, storyboard artist and lead concept designer on the BBC kids show Big & Small. Since then, projects have increasingly focused on development and storytelling.