Animator Bill Plympton makes his films the old-fashioned way, drawing each and every image on paper himself without the assistance of in-betweeners. "Your Face" is his iconic 1987 film that was Oscar-nominated for best animated short. This year saw the television premiere of a short parody version of the film, "Homer's Face" for the opening couch gag on "The Simpsons." Mr. Plympton showed up at MoCCA Fest in April with a stack of assorted animation drawings, highlighted by a pair of closely-matched drawings from the two films. How often does an artist take the trouble to curate drawings for collectors?
This week's blog posts are devoted to the signed books and original art I acquired at MoCCA Fest 2018. This is Bill Plympton's first appearance on Attempted Bloggery. The artist's website is here.
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| Bill Plympton Animation drawing "Your Face" (1987) |
"Your Face"
Video still at 1:29
"Your Face" (1987)
Bill Plympton
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| Bill Plympton Animation drawing "Homer's Face" (2018) |
"Homer's Face"
Video still at 1:07
"Homer's Face"
Bill Plympton
'The Simpsons"
Season 29, Episode 13
Couch gag
"3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage"
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| Bill Plympton Animation drawings "Your Face" (1987) "Homer's Face" (2018) |
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| Plymptoons DVD signed by Bill Plympton |
Note: David Apatoff wrote an excellent piece about Bill Plympton at Comic-Con on his Illustration Art blog back in 2014. Don't miss it.This week's blog posts are devoted to the signed books and original art I acquired at MoCCA Fest 2018. This is Bill Plympton's first appearance on Attempted Bloggery. The artist's website is here.
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Your Face: composed by Maureen McElheron
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