I don’t know. It’s almost like these people who are hired to manage entertainment companies don’t believe in entertainment.

Joe Murray

Maybe it’s a good thing I held off on moving down to LA to pursue a career. Joe, I’m really glad you’re going the internet route, it seems like the healthiest choice for anyone who wants to do what you do. If you’re still accepting indie submissions into Kaboing! when I’m finished with my pilot, I’d love to submit it.

How do you keep your concetration in being an artist? How do you keep up the inspiration and the cheers up to continue your proyects? I have this problem with being constant with my proyects. I start them with full energy, coming up with many ideas, and when I’m at the middle, I loose all my inspiration and my cheers and my stories, (cause I animate and build the story at the same time) stay inconcluded and forgotten.

Also, I wanted to ask you, from your experience if it’s worth to take the risk to leave so much things to become an artist. I’m not sure if I must stay where I am, have a stable job and house or to take the risk and make the sacrifices it takes me to become one. And a last one, How do you start your proyects? Do you write first the story animate it and then colour it or do you draw and finish every single frame? I think that’s enough questioning for this time.

Finally I want to thank you for keeping this blog, you are a great inspiration for me, and i find your posts very helpful. Salutes from Mexico.

P.S. Although i said it was enough questioning, i promise this is the las one, What happened with “Fishead”? Is it going to be watchable at KaboingTV.com?

Joe Murray

I have been following your blog for about a year, and have posted a few times in the past. I am impressed with your creative drive, something that I know is hard to keep alive when the harsh winds of criticism and human pessimism try to prevent any new growth out of fear and false assumptions.

I have some knowledge of the process of starting a business, and am aware that it takes a lot of hard work and patience to see it through. As you allude to in your post, sustainable, forward-thinking entertainment ventures must carve out a new path in light of current business practices that undercut the health of the entire industry and its future to ensure profitability for the few execs at the top.

If there are any ways to help support this new outlet, whether specifically KaboingTV.com or just a way to create animation that is fair to artists and allows the craft to thrive in new markets, please let us know.

Again, I respect your perseverance, and your decision to not merely complain about the current state of animation, but to use your talents to make a difference and inspire others.

Thank you!

John Joy

One of the nice things about the web is we can offer up content that may not be for everyone, but there will be enough viewers around the world to make it feasible business wise.

Thanks for all of these posts.

Joe Murray

it just completely and utterly baffles me how they see to think h, this will make us money over this, and i see stuff that is just clearly shite- no matter what age i am, i would not enjoy it. this is not to say however that there are a lack of good shows out there, we d get our fair share of good stuff i have to say- it’s just a real shock that there isn’t a lot of it!!

i’d honestly like to know the answer!!

i’m so sorry to rant! Dx \

and of course you are never going to make something that everyone can enjoy- but i think that people can respect other people’s work if there is some kind of quality to it. (although i dont know that family guy has much quality to it’s animation- and the jokes are pretty much re-hashes;;;; – but still, he makes people laugh- he makes me laugh! its entertainment for dull and rainy days, and i think that counts as a kind of quality.

…Sounds about right

And, so Charles,,, how was it? Seth’s thing?

Joe Murray