"Can't you
just put another one together
quickly?"
I
really did create a monster 2 years ago
when I "quickly" put together Let's Bomb
Iran. Quickly being over a month and an
hour tally so far into the hundreds I'm
embarrassed to say it only took 5 weeks.
If you read the Journey
Series
on the making of it, you'll see that by
the end I was happy if I never did
another piece of animation the rest of my
life.
However,
for Up & Adam I did another 30
seconds, which again took nearly 100 hours
by itself. It's just not something one man
does. So although I have dozens of ideas
for another political cartoon - I just
don't have the time/patience or drive to
do 'em alone...
...which will also
explain why there will be no more press for me, even
with the cartoon jumping back in the spotlight thanks
to Obama's comments on the debate - and now SNL's
parody of that comment.
If you missed it
(which I did, thank GOD for nbc.com) they simply
may a crack about him singing it and his defense is
that it sounds like the original. However, Darrell
Hammond started to defend singing it by explaining
"...The "Combo" The Beach Boys..." and for a split
second I though he was saying the "Cartoon" and I
believe my left nut went into my stomach. It's
alright, it came back down - but again, no direct
reference. All of which leaves in doubt if it's all
because of my cartoon. I'll throw in my defense
here:
In 1979 a band did
the pro-war parody Bomb Iran, that I was unaware of
when I made mine. Lynn Samuels on Air America
mentioned it when she played my version in 2006. What
occured in April 2006 was extraordinary. It wen
worldwide within a week (stopped count at over 20
countries) - over a million views within the month as
well as national airtime on Keith Olbermann's show,
and hundreds of radio stations across the country. To
top it off most media found my cartoon on military
sites. It was really thrust into the spotlight and
soon my version was stolen and made into other videos
- but all after 2006. Pretty cool. Atom films ended up
buying the non-exclusive rights and I get a few
pennies whenever they play it there. Some guy smarter
than me, caught me letting the name letsbombiran.com
expire - has now taken all of my artwork and thrown up
google ads and made a fortune. Adam = stupid on that
one.
Anyway a year
later McCain just happens to sing it in the press
conference. It isn't a coincidence to me but I also
don't have 100% confidence in McCain's ability to see
anything "viral". LOL. However I got calls from
the media and producers and whatnot were certain his
campaign staff had shown it to him because of his ties
to the military. And a few days ago with Obama's
mention - well, no doubt THAT campaign has seen every
political cartoon ever THOUGHT of. It's just far too
coincidental that after 30 years, that my cartoon
didn't play a part. But alas, we'll probably never
know for sure...
....however it
didn't stop me from an all out blitz on every contact
I had from the first go-round and it was very soon
that I realized - there's no story, without a new
cartoon. And that is absolutely my fault as the
creator. But, as I mentioned before, anything but a
cartoon. Anything. Just such an arduous
process.
Anyway - shitty
entry to have to post: "Hey look at me not taking
advantage of an opportunity!" but it's the truth.
I don't really feel bad, because I'm just not
doing it - but I do have a bit of a "what-if" had
I been prepared with a sequel. There's more on
the horizon... I just feel it.
So Friday I'm in
Chicago and we start one unbelieveable 20 day odyssey
conjured up by Facebook and a Journey God that I'm
determined to turn into something big. More on just
what that will be on the next entry from
Chicago.
