The Mark and Cathy Show:

Fine stuff over at Mark Kausler`s It`s The Cat blog. A report on his new short animation; There Must Be Some Other Cat. I am a giant fan of his film It`s The Cat that came out 4 or 5 years ago. I am a major fan of 30s style animation with all movement synchronized to the beat of the music. And nobody does it better than Mark. I can`t wait to see his new film.

If you haven`t seen It`s The Cat you can download it for $2 at the Cartoon Brew film page. Well worth the money. I show it to my students along with copies of the Hugh Harmen bar chart that Mark dug out when he came to talk to my students at Laguna College of Art & Design on animating to the beat.

Also published at Mark`s blog; a here-to-fore unpublished Mad Raccoons stripe by Mark`s very talented wife Cathy Hill. My old QB school daze roommate Steve Bissette (Swamp Thing) is a major fan and turned me on to her work. Fun stuff all around. I am also a major fan of her fine art. She did a killer portrait of me that is amazing.