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So, a few of you may know that my M-F job is as a Hallmark artist in Kansas City, Mo. Most of my time is spent illustrating greeting cards and such but every now and then, I get to work on something really cool. For example, I got to work with a small team of designers/friends on the production design end of the recent hoops & yoyo Haunted Halloween special. As it turns out, that little job earned itself a nomination at the Annie awards! For reals!

Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production

• Alberto Mielgo ‘Tron: Uprising: The Stranger’ – Disney TV Animation
• Ian Worrel ‘Gravity Falls – Tourist Trapped’ – Disney TV Animation
• Lynna Blankenship, Sean Coons, Hugh Macdonald, Debbie Peterson, Charles Ragins, Lance Wilder, Darrel Bowen, John Krause, Kevin Moore, Brent M. Bowen, Brice Mallier, Steven Fahey, Dima Malanitchev, Karen Bauer, Eli Balser, Anne Legge – ‘The Simpsons: Moe Goes From Rags to Riches’ – Film Roman
• Nick Jennings, Martin Ansolabehere, Sandra Calleros, Ron Russell, Santino Lascano, Derek Hunter, Catherine E. Simmonds – ‘Adventure Time – The Hard Easy’ – Cartoon Network Studios
• Peter Martin, Chris Grine, Ira Baker, Ramon Olivera, Scott Brown ‘hoops & yoyo Haunted Halloween’ – Hallmark
• Brandon James Scott, Keith Lee ‘Justin Time: The Rubbery Dumplings’ – Guru Studio

It looks like we might just be heading out to LA in a few weeks, equipped with uncomfortable tuxedos to get to stare across a sea of some of the most talented animators in the world. What are the odds?

I originally pitched Chickenhare way back in 2005 as a black and white comic because I very much love black and white comics. That said, there was also another more secret reason… I wasn’t a very confident colorist at the time. I’m happy to say that since that time I have worked hard toward my goal of being able to do the kind of color I felt Chickenhare needed should the time ever come when I could relaunch the series in full color. The ill-fated web-comic I started and then abruptly stopped of what would be book three gave me a larger opportunity to really focus on the color and I was really getting in the groove when Chickenhare got the called to play in the big leagues. Anyway, today I thought I would post a few of the new colored pages for you to check out, not too many because I don’t want to ruin the story for people just discovering the series through Scholastic. I’m really excited to share these with you finally after so many years of talking with fans at comic conventions about what-if and someday scenarios. I feel like we’re finally there.