Battle Zone Recap

It is finished. I am home from Comic Con and somewhat alive. I am walking like an old man. My legs are sore from the hips down. Hell, I am an old man.

Have the car unpacked. Looking through the cash box to try and make a little sense out of the paper trail created by poorly train volunteers. It is like a war zone. New recruits with very little training thrown into combat. They do the best they can.

Saturday at the Tom Sito book signing I saw Jacki Sanchez. If you have watched Dream On Silly Dreamer then Jacki is the outspoken one. And no she did not throw a chair at the Head of Disney Feature Animation. Every time their is some kind of fight at Disney the old chair throwing rumor comes back out. Jacki is looking happy. She may have some kind of secret project in the works. She is her old bubbly she. It just makes me happy to be in the same room with her. She is one of the sweetest people in animation. She gave me a great big hug and completely made my day.

Today or tomorrow or (let`s be truthful) maybe later this week I will be putting up the video of the ASIFA State of the Animation Industry panel. Very good information is a very short space of time. For now you can check out Bill Plympton`s comments on Hollywood Animation budgets in the post below.

One of the sad things is the number of demo reels I am starting to get, like I can really turn somebody onto to a job. I am just fighting to keep myself employeed. The sad part is that this is not the way to break into the business. Networking. Join, voluteer, get to know people in the industry. Handling out demo reels at Comic Con is one of the poorest ways to get a job.

Okay, I did it. Sunday at noon I went and signed up to do it all over again. I have already put together my first panel for 2008. Sleep, yes to sleep per change to not be sleepy.