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Cartoons by John Van Vliet
Cartoons with permission via CINEFEX Magazine originally appeared in a Cinefex 25th anniversary forum article edited by Jody Duncan with Interviews by Don Shay, Joe Fordham & Jody Duncan. CINEFEX 101 - APRIL 2005
For 20 some years, John Van Vliet has been biting the hand that feeds him. An accomplished animator and visual effects supervisor, John is known -- perhaps even more widely-- as a sly observer of the film business and a wickedly witty cartoonist. In 1988, he began publishing his take-no-prisoners cartoons in an annual promotional calendar for his company, Available Light, and continued to do so--with a couple of years off for ostensibly good behavior--until 2000. The calendars adorned the walls of effects houses and production offices throughout the industry.
John has since been compiling the best of his drawings and cartoons, adding a few words, and shaping them into a book, Scribbles in the Darkness: Sketchy Recollections of a Migrant Film Worker--which may actually be published one day, should he ever allow himself to consider it finished. That may be a problem, however, since every film assignment John takes on inspires him to add another chapter. It's cheaper than therapy, we're sure he would say.
Special Partners Studio Thank you to Jody
Duncan for this article and the cartoons.
Murph'
My personal favorite below!
Cartoons by John Van Vliet
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