The first guest comic of the Halloween Spooktacular is by talented cartoonist
Pat Moss who draws a comic strip called "Robots Don't Have Weiners."
Pat is a friend from college, and while my favorite memory of Pat involves a dress, a fake soul patch and an all-night diner, I'm going to tell a different story that's a little less "college."
There was an animation class that I took with Pat, Alex Berry (who worked with PokeGravy on
this,
this and
this) and our friend Joe (who's now in law school, but when he did animate he made stuff like
this). The class involved showing and critiquing the projects we were working on. For a lot of reasons, most involving the other members of the class, it was very frustrating to sit through.
I decided to make bingo cards for the four of us, but instead of numbers, I put common frustrating occurrences. Examples include: "Christina attempts to provide the sound
effects to something on the screen" and "Helen or Michelle makes a racist comment" (names changed to protect the irritating).
But the rule that made the bingo game the most fun was this: since we were in class, you obviously couldn't shout "bingo!" Instead, you had to work the word "bingo" seamlessly into a question, comment or critique.
Joe got bingo first, but he panicked. I can't remember exactly what he said, but all I know is that he raised his hand, squirmed, and in the middle of a sentence he awkwardly blurted out "ACK! BINGO!" We decided not to count it.
Pat got bingo next, and he calmly raised his hand to critique the students' work on screen: "Last week it looked like you were struggling with the backgrounds on this film, but this week, bingo, it looks great." Pat won the game, and we were all very impressed that he didn't break into laughter (as in a later round I almost did).
Anyway, I'm happy to still be in touch with, and get the chance to work with, a lot of cool animators (and one law student) from RIT. Thanks again for the guest comic, Pat!
