Shadi Petosky is the co-founder of interactive media and animation studio, Puny Entertainment. She co-created the fast-paced, incessantly funny kids series, Danger and Eggs, for Amazon Prime. Chris Hardwick is an executive producer for the prog

Dominic Lewis - Composer, DuckTales

Nov 15th, 2017 51m 27s

Composer Dominic Lewis studied at London's Royal Academy of Music, and has worked with Hans Zimmer and Henry Jackman. His animated work includes Big Hero 6, Wreck-It-Ralph, and How to Train Your Dragon. He scored 3 seasons of Amazon’s Man in th

Rachel Vine – Animation Writer, DuckTales, Rainbow Brite

Oct 3rd, 2017 59m 32s

Rachel Vine is a Los Angeles-based freelance screenwriter with credits on 15 animated programs, including My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, Wander Over Yonder, Dawn of the Croods, and Doc McStuffins. She helped develop the Rainbow Brite 2014 reb

Mike Collins - Artist, The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show

Aug 24th, 2017 52m 35s

Our guest this episode is illustrator and digital clean-up artist Mike Collins, from the hit Dreamworks and Netflix series, The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show. His resume also includes Adventure Time, Sym-Bionic Titan, Class of 3000, and several

Victoria Ying - Illustrator, Moana, Big Hero 6, Frozen

Jun 26th, 2017 33m 41s

In the first official episode of Animation Invasion, we talk with Victoria Ying, an author and illustrator who spent a number of years working for Disney Animation Studios. Her film credits include the recent hit Moana, as well as Big Hero 6, W

Linda Ballantyne - Voice Actor, Sailor Moon

Jun 23rd, 2017 43m 14s

In this interview from the Nerd For A Living archive, we talk with Linda Ballantyne, a Canadian voice over artist who’s been working professionally in animation since the late 90s. She’s best known to fans of cartoons and anime as the voice of

Sarah Marino - Shimmer and Shine, The Book of Life

Jun 23rd, 2017 1h 12m

In this episode, we revisit a Nerd For A Living interview with illustrator and animation artist Sarah Marino. Sarah currently works at Nickelodeon Animation Studios as a color supervisor on the Nick Jr series, Shimmer and Shine. She has also be

Introduction to Animation Invasion

Jun 23rd, 2017 5m 34s

Do you dream of a career bringing dynamic, imaginative stories to life through animated media? Do you want to infiltrate the cartoon industry, to invade that special realm where the fantastic overlaps with real life, to tell your stories, creat

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