nonsense psychedelia, mutant E-Z listening, cartoon scores, movie soundtracks, western swing, chicken shack boogie, misunderstandings of counterculture of the time, mostly stuff that predates my birth.
I'm one of those people who hates everything but when asked what kind of music I like I say "all kinds".
Movies
Television
That's Incredible! Hill Street Blues! Dallas! Quincy! Saturday Night Live! Monday Night Football! Dynasty! Fridays!
Books
A Confederacy of Dunces, Breakfast of Champions, Babyhip, Extraordinary Delusions and the Popular Madness of Crowds, Seduction of the Innocent, things with 'of' in the title, The National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook Parody, and as you can probably tell from my profile, too many comics
School Of Visual Arts
New York, NY
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Major: Illustration
Clubs: Korean Bong Squad, Upside-Down Peach Kangaroo Club
1987 to 1991
Onteora Hs
Boiceville, NY
Graduated: 1987
Student status: Alumni
Major: I don't think high schools have majors
Clubs: ALUMNI is plural. It should say I'm an ALUMNUS of these schools, and both the H and S should be capitalized.
Greek:
Upsilon Pi Omega
About me: I've done cartoons professionally for 15 years, for places like NICKELODEON (the magazine) and worked on and off in animation. My main vehicle is a comic called MAGIC WHISTLE. (The eleventh issue should be out now. Click on the covers and you can by the comics. Pages that are eventually in it are in color and can be seen at Web Comics Nation.) There's artwork here too but once in a while it doesn't show up, so I thought I'd let you know it's there just in case.
By all rights, myspace/magicwhistle without "the" should be mine, but possession is 9/10 of the law. The data I've provided (most of which I just took from a competing friend-meeting web page I haven't looked at in more than 3 years) implies I like comedy, but overall I don't think to myself "I'm going to do some laughing now!". When I was in Los Angeles I was one of the 5% of residents who didn't drive. That's still the case. Trust me, you wouldn't want me to. If you're not familiar with my cartoons, google me, or see this week's newest strip, or buy some of my art. It speaks for me better than I can (and by buying some, you'll be helping pay my rent), yet whatever impression of me you get will still be wrong. I am self-contradictory in many ways, yet it all makes sense in my head. I'm not as grouchy as I sound.
Really.
If anyone asks me questions that have the answers here, I'll assume you didn't read this and not reply anyway. Consider this page and my own web page a work in progress while I figure out this electronical thing that I should have mastered in the twentieth century.
Again, I'm not as grouchy as I sound, even if I think the world would be a better place if everybody would do what I say.
I worked on SpongeBob Squarepants for about a year. I only mention it because some people think it's a big deal. It wasn't when I worked on it seven years ago. On the whole, it was a positive experience, the highest-paying job I ever had, and some of the people I worked with are Myspace friends. What I did depends entirely on how much I benefit. Sorry to be so vague, but it hasn't exactly led to people rolling out the red carpet and beating the doors down. It has lead to parents who want autographs for their children. To them, it's like being knighted the queen, except that I don't get anything from it. To be more precise, what I did was that I was part of one of four writing teams the third season. Some of those episodes have my name at the beginning. I was hoping to find the episode that earned an Emmy(TM) nomination, but Viacom heavily enforces their copyright. I did, however, find a video on YouTube with clips from an episode I co-wrote, which is actually better than the Emmy-nominated episode and has more of my gags.
And now some cartoons I had nothing to do with:
Who I'd like to meet: People who make lists to impress people. It's not that I don't want to meet people through here, it's just that I wasn't expecting this to seemingly be a meat market and to get messages like "Dude U R so fukked up! Me too!". Imagine going to a party and 100 people you don't know approach you as soon as you walk in the door, and many don't even know that Reagan was President. Also remember I graduated high school 20 years ago plus the whole legal thing. I have enough problems without entrapment being added to them. The general public already thinks Myspace is a haven for pedophilia and there's no need to prove them right. More power to those who meet partners through this, though. Anyone wanting to reach me for reasons other than adding me to your friends can write me directly at mwhistle@aol.com (sorry you have to type it in). Complete strangers can be my friends (provided they're of legal age) if they give me a dollar in advance through Paypal and agree that I can say that's what they did. If you don't know me but give any clue you know OF me, I'm not talking about you. Even if you're in the majority who thinks there's a man in the sky that's dictator of Earth. Same with people I haven't talked to in years, friends of friends, and people who saw me on the street once. If you're not one of those people, however, I'm not here to be a shill for your project and will ignore you accordingly. Not that you'll notice since you obviously didn't read this in the first place. You also have to be a real person and not a web-cam girl or made up as an ad for something. It has nothing to do with your appearance, orientation, or anything other than you being unknown to me. And try not to get hacked and let bogus messages supposedly from you get sent out. It's pretty annoying. Do not take it personally if you've been rejected by me. If you feel I did so wrongly, try again. Maybe you were just in between the junk mails that I frequently delete without reading.
I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V3.6 which apparently went under and took my background and colors with it.
Please check out our new comic "Vampire Bankers" music video. The guy who directed Madonna's first music vid also directed this. We think it's pretty funny.
Thanks for being our friend! Uke Jackson and the NY Ukulele Ensemble
And leave a comment about it there! If it's popular enough it may become a series! And coming soon: two new Playboy cartoons by Mort, BUNNI POWER and CUNNING STUNTS!
I think the consensus for everyone is that ought-eight was running around with scissors in its hands. I vote that we beat life into submission to guarantee this never, never happens again. Happy winter, Sam.
hey Sam! I heard from Steve today that you're gonna be sharing the table with us at the NYC Comic Con! Fuckin' awesome! I cannot wait for that weekend.
In the early 1960's Ernie Kovacs teamed up with Juan Garcia Esquivel to produce some amazing pieces. I was able to find a couple of pieces kicking around on youtube, if anybody knows of any others please tell me, I'd love to see them. Enjoy!
