CARTOON BREW
02/15/22
Cartoon Brew covers a wide range of topics, from cutting-edge computer animation and visual effects for both television and film, to classical techniques like hand-drawn and stop motion. It also covers trends in commercial animation, interactive apps, blockbuster Hollywood features, crowdfunding, and independent filmmaking. Cartoon Brew helped spread the world about AWC's Hello Stop Mo podcast, elaborating on the importance of stop motion specific resources in animation education.
ANIMATION MAGAZINE
2/8/22
Animation Magazine is a monthly publication covering the animation industry, including aspects of film and television animation, visual effects and video games. In their weekly News Bytes series, Animation Magazine shared the news about the Hello Stop Mo podcast with their community.
SHOUTOUT LA
06/21/21
Shoutout LA believes in putting small business owners and creatives at the center of discussions designed to spark conversation within the community—they think meaningful conversations are at the heart of community building. In our interview, AWC organizers Casey and Lex discuss the journey of managing Animation Wild Card thus far and the influences that helped shape the growth of the organization.
ANIMATION WORLD NETWORK
11/27/20
Animation World Network is the largest animation-related publishing group on the Internet—providing a wide range of interesting, relevant, and helpful information about all aspects of animation. Animation World Network featured our podcast episode from the Animation Industry Podcast, and it's terrific host, Terry Ibele!
INK AND PAINT GIRLS PODCAST
11/18/20
We're on Ink and Paint Girls Podcast—a look at animation through the women who make it! A huge thank you to our host Cassie Soliday for having us on the show, asking great questions and having a lovely conversation with us! It eased our nerves and lead to some really interesting places.
STOP MOTION MAGAZINE
10/14/20
Stop Motion Magazine shared Fu Yang and Ben Ellebracht's short, Snuggle Time, on their website under the What's Hot category! This film from Episode 9 of Animation Wild Card is about living and working with someone during Covid-19 quarantine and could not be more heartwarming!
ANIMATION INDUSTRY
PODCAST
10/13/20
AWC organizers Casey Follen, Alexis Deprey, and Cami Kwan were on Terry Ibele's Animation Industry Podcast. They chatted about how AWC came to be, how animators can get involved, and plans for the future. Our organizers are new to podcasting but were excited to spread the word about Animation Wild Card despite their recording nerves.
VOYAGE LA
10/01/20
Voyage LA's mission is to build a platform that fosters collaboration and support for small businesses, independent artists and entrepreneurs, local institutions and those that make our city interesting. As part of their local stories series, Voyage LA interviewed our founders, Casey Follen and Alexis Deprey, about Animation Wild Card's journey.
STOP MOTION MAGAZINE
08/07/20
Stop Motion Magazine helped us get the word out about our very special Episode 7: New Friends. For this episode, we reached out to New Friends outside of our personal networks to contribute and they more than delivered. These animators chipped in from all over the world!
This article also shares the story of how Animation Wild Card got started, our evolution over the first seven episodes, and our goals for the future.
STOP MOTION MAGAZINE
06/02/2020
Stop Motion Magazine shared Episode 1 on their website under their What's Hot category! Stop Motion Magazine focuses on—you guessed it—stop motion animation news. While Animation Wild Card is not exclusively stop motion, we certainly have a soft spot for it!
CATSUKA
05/27/20
Threadwood's Magical Cat series for Animation Wild Card has been getting plenty of attention online. Catsuka, a popular website featuring cool animations and illustrations, featured Magical Cat on their website!
Scott and Lex over at Threadwood couldn't be happier, and we're over the moon that an AWC contributor and organizer is getting some well-deserved love from the online animation community.
