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Monday, October 17, 2011
Bill Wray
Bill (William) Wray can do almost anything. Form storyboards, to BG paints, comics, covers and fine art. Check out his blogs and LEARN!!
William York Wray (b. March 24, 1956, Fort Meade, Maryland) is an American cartoonist and landscape painter, notable for his Urban Landscape series of paintings, his many pages for Mad and his contributions to The Ren & Stimpy Show.[1] He has used the name Bill Wray for his cartoon creations and William Wray for his work as a fine artist.
Wray spent much of his childhood traveling about as an Army brat, reading comic books and watching animated cartoons. At the age of 15, he received training in Newport Beach, California, from a retired Disney animator.[1] He then entered the animation industry, working for a variety of studios, including Disney, Hanna-Barbera and Filmation.[2]
In 1985, he moved to New York, doing comic book work for Marvel and DC Comics, while studying at New York's Art Students League.[1] A phone call from John Kricfalusi sent him back West in the early 1990s to work on The Ren & Stimpy Show,[3][4][5] Samurai Jack, The Mighty B! and other shows.[6][7] His long-run "Monroe" series appeared in more than 100 issues of Mad,[3] and he has also co-created Dark Horse Comics Hellboy Junior with Mike Mignola based on the Hellboy character.[4] His cartoon influences include Hank Ketcham, Harvey Kurtzman, Erich Sokol and Wally Wood.[1]
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Frank Forte is an accomplished designer, storyboard artist and comic book artist. He has worked in animation for feature films, TV and gaming. Some of the shows Frank has worked on include: Bob's Burgers, Despicable Me 2, LEGO: Star Wars, The Super Hero Squad Show, Marvel Heroes 4D, Lego Hero Factory, Lego Bionicle:The Legend Reborn, HI HI PUFFY AMI YUMI, Re-Animated Pilot (Out of Jimmy’s Head), The Mr. Men Show, Bionicle: The Legend Reborn (DVD-2009), Lego Clutch Powers 4D ride at Legoland and Lego Atlantis. He co-created The Cletus and Floyd Show with Gene McGuckin, a tribute to animation directors Tex Avery, Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones. Robert S. Rhine and Frank Forte created the pilot episode of Sickcom the Animated Series which was sold to Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival Of Animation in 2003. Frank is also the publisher at Asylum Press (www.asylumpress.com), an indy graphic novel and comic book publisher. Since its inception in 1999, Frank has written, illustrated and published such comics as, The Vampire Verses, Warlash, Fearless Dawn, Billy Boy, The Cletus and Floyd Show.
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