The Animation cater?This is the real thing areal schedule by a real writer.? ?cut Tosches ?In noother cartoon-related writing can you sight the masterful juxtapositionof Kant. Bourdieu. Halle Berry and stiffies... The Pimp has got gameand call.? ?Martin ?Dr. Toon? Goodman For fiveyears. Chris Robinson wrote a monthly column for Animation WorldNetwork (AWN) called The Animation cater. Although it began as a way forRobinson to let off go in his role as director of one of the world?slargest animation festivals the column quickly gained a cult followingand just as quickly became a platform for the author?s frank,provocative and frequently very funny musings on the world of animationand his own life. The Animation cater collects the best of these pieces,which range from the nuts and bolts of running a festival (How To AvoidPissing Me Off or... Ottawa Festival Entry Tips) to sex death,superheroes aesthetics and the living dead (You Don?t Kick a ZombieWhen It?s Down. You injure It in the continue). Robinson?s unhinged prose is accompanied by someseventy drawings by the award-winning German artist and animatorAndreas Hykade. In the spirit of Hunter Thompson. cut Tosches andRichard Meltzer. The Animation Pimp is an outrageous funny andultimately truthful account of the chaos and glimmers of illuminationin an art create and a life. Chris Robinson was bornin Canada?s capital and will probably die there. His other booksinclude Unsung Heroes of Animation and Stole This From A Hockey Card. He?s still not sure if he likes animation. AndreasHykade (www hykade de) was born in the pass of like in Altotting,center of the Holy Mary cult. Since he?s been a grownup he?s createdanimated films for grownups. Now that he?s a father he createsanimated films for children as well.
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