The Amazing Vocal Talent of Jason Simpson
Canadian actor Jason Simpson is perhaps best known as the voice of Lord Viren in The Dragon Prince on Netflix. He and his fellow thespians will be featured in Volume Four of The Animated Voice. Shortly after I interviewed him, he posted an interesting–and generous–offer to his fans on Twitter. Here it is: I asked […]
From Martin Baynton: Stay Clear, Stay Clean, Stay Kind
My friend Martin Baynton, creator of Jane and the Dragon, WotWots* and a WotWots spinoff, Kiddets, has made a free ebook addressing the current coronavirus situation on a level kids can understand. Visit https://stayclearcleankind.com/ for more details and download links. *Co-created with Sir Richard Taylor of Weta Workshop.
Five of Seven Dragons
For Dragonheart 4 and beyond, Miroslav Petrov of Cinemotion painted at least five of the seven dragons brought to Earth by Drago in Dragonheart 3 and commemorated as murals in Dragonheart 4. Here are Petrov’s five dragons. Lovely, aren’t they? Draco: Siveth: Tatsu: Vipero: Zilant: Missing are Basilor and Kinibalux. The murals can be found […]
What Rathalos Says
On Facebook and Twitter, a fellow named Argodeamon has posted some humorous videos featuring Rathalos, a crotchety dragon, nicely-designed and animated. The voice comes from Vince Valenzuela as Francis from Left4Dead, a video game. Disclaimer: profanity. I hate birds. #SFM #MonsterHunter pic.twitter.com/gTaH8jIoib — Rathalos (@RathalosSays) January 25, 2020 I hate Mondays. #SFM #MonsterHunter pic.twitter.com/JDRE7XYGnO — […]
From Magic Light: The Making of Zog
Zog is a children’s picture book, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, about a young dragon eager to earn a golden star at his dragon school. He is helped by Pearl, a princess-in-training who prefers to be a doctor. Zog was published by Alison Green Books in England in 2010, and in […]
Need Help from a Dragon? Call on Siveth!
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has posted a 10-minute preview from DragonHeart Vengeance. I present it here with a caveat: a hand is dismembered at the beginning. Rated PG-13, the new movie is presented as “family friendly.”
Waiting for Vic Mignogna, a Surprise Opportunity!
On Saturday, January 11, actor Vic Mignogna made an appearance at Awesome Collectibles in Bell, California. I took the occasion to give him a copy of The Animated Voice, Volume 2, which features the cast of Dragon Ball Super–and among them is Vic. While waiting in line, I happened to be behind Kevin T. Rodriguez, […]
Mike Milo’s Advice for Becoming a Storyboard Artist
On Facebook, Emmy Award-winning animation director (among many other talents) Mike Milo offered some advice for people interested in storyboarding as a career. Here it is: February 1, 2019 Someone asked me to give ‘words of wisdom’ on how to be a storyboard artist so I wrote back and I figured I might as well […]
