Sick Animation: Sick Interview - 04/19/2004 Author: Stamper | Interviewee: RomeoJR I've been talking to Marc (sickanimation.com) for a long while now. He's a good man. Today I decided to interview him, while grasping one of my manly breasts in my left hand, and typing at a slow, and casual pace with my right. Get some coffee. This interview went on for hours, and is longer than a rhino cock. (That's long!) You should find it entertaining. Sorry in advance if you don't. Lets start with the basics, Marc. How old are you? Where do you live? Do you enjoy Captain Planet, and the fact that he has a laid back personality and hand fulls of entertaining puns at his disposal as he cleans up our planet, and puts those looting and polluting criminals behind bars? What's your favorite food? 24. Louisiana. I love the Captain but I resent his liberal agenda! Boiled crawfish. I also like Slim Jims and Tabasco Cheez-Its...only together. I too love the Cap...although I sometimes find myself questioning his plans of action. Anyways, do you have any interesting ways of life? Are you one of those pussy vegetarians, do you follow your own religion, or own 26 cats? Spill it. No, I'm not a pussy vegetarian. I eat pussy all the time. But that's the only meat I eat. And no, I don't follow my own religion but I know a lot of people who do. Which reminds me, I have to write my sermon for tomorrow. I love cats, they are sorta' like my family. The love me, they are there when I need them, and they shit on the rug. The first cartoon of yours that I watched was Knock Knock. I enjoyed it, and laughed thoroughly. I then watched all of your other cartoons, and they made my abdominal muscles ache as tears of joy leaked from my face. Where the hell do you come up with your ideas? I don't know. Shut up. NOT UNTIL THIS INTERVIEW IS DONE, FAGGOT. I generally watch your cartoons as you release them to sickanimation.com. You also have a lot of your work on NG as well...but I noticed that they aren't very well accepted. The majority of NG users don't seem appreciate your brand of humor, as it sometimes relates to fags (...gay men, sorry) or dick sucking, or the male genitalia in general. Why can't we all just sit back and laugh? Yeah excellent question, I don't know why so many people get so "up in arms" about homo-sex, or homo-sex cartoons. It's as if they are personally offended. As if the cartoons were about THEM! Don't know, those little boo boo's need to take a "chill-pill" But but but, I guess I need them as much as I do the non-"haters". It lets me know that I am still on the right track. Although there is a ton of people who don't appreciate your work - you don't seem to let them get you down. You continue to release cartoons, either way. Do you find yourself losing motivation and getting discouraged when you get shit-loads of bad mails or reviews? Do you have a large base of fans who actually ENJOY your work? (I know I do. God I want you.) Yes, surprisingly a ton! Every E-Mail and IM I get are from fans who enjoy the cartoons and only have good things to say about them. The only place that I have received negative feedback would be NG. Well, from NG it's a mixed bag, not always bad. But yeah sometimes REALLY BAD, ha! I will continue to submit to Newgrounds though because, I think that it is a wonderful outlet for artists and animators to have their work not only seen but reviewed by a jury of their peers, be it good or bad. That's what makes NG such a great site. Negative responses never ever ever un-motivate me. Like I said, it lets me know that I'm doing the right thing!! I will be famous when I'm dead. Would you like some coffee Stamps? I am pretending we are in the same room. You are the pillow with the Stamper face drawn on it. I would love some coffee. Your choices of coffee grounds always make my taste buds sing and dance. It would be magical if you were to put your face in the pillow and let the scent of unforeseen forbidden fruits fill your nostrils and overwhelm your senses with pure ecstasy. Now, you don't just do Flash animation. You also do some really bad-ass hand drawn art, as seen in various projects you have laying around your site...as well as some 3D shit. Did you go to school for this stuff? Do you plan to turn animation into a long time career? What do you do for a living now? I wasted 5 or more years of life in college for 3D animation!!! I fucking hate 3D animation...but I stuck it out, and recently graduated. I will be moving to Los Angeles soon to look for a real job. In the meantime, I make dick cartoons for free!!! I also have a side gig where I poison neighborhood cats like an old woman. Oh, but that doesn't pay either. Now let me turn the tables and ask YOU this: Would you rather down a brewski, or brown a Dooskie? Huh?! I wouldn't mind downing a brewski while browning a Dooskie, if browning a Dooskie has anything to do with bestiality and graham crackers. Anyways - that's cool. I wish you luck with your future job hunt, and your current side gig. I also have a side gig, which involves sucking off middle-aged men for cocaine. That pays. In cocaine. Anyways, about your toons - you have recently released 'Creature' to your site. Its a different than your normal style - but still hilarious. How long did that whole project take, and what inspired that project, and where do you intend on taking it? I can relate, I used to get paid to jack off in front of 40 year old men. There were like 7 dudes, and all I had to do was jack off in front of them, 50 bux a pop! Oh shit, I said pop! Haha. I fucking lost that job because I kept blowing my shit before I could even get my dick out of my jeans! Man, I miss that job! Dude, "Creature" is a real fucking dude!!! Every time my friends and I go out and hit the downtown bar scene, we see this dude!!! And he looks like a fucking creature!!! A real fucking CreachMo! So, we call him "Creature". We no longer go downtown for chicks, we go for the thrill of a good "Creach hunt". He is rad. I don't know him but he's a real badass! He dresses to fucking kill! Ya' know, but he's all creached out!!! So, the series is inspired by him. The plan for "Creature the Movie" is to make a full length movie out of it chapter by chapter and release it on DVD. Chapter 2, "A Creature Walks Among Us" is already written and drawn. I just need to voice it. My friend Cullen from 'Down in the Park' draws the badass pictures, and I write the broke ass storyline, animate, and voice it. For part one, Cullen didn't even know what the story was. I would just describe to him what to draw and he would whip it out. Then he would draw it. It has been received well from fans so far. I don't particularly like it. I prefer the real thing!!! Take me Creature Man...I'M YOURS!!!!! Oh, and I'm currently writing and recording a CD titled: "Creature, the Musical" It is all love songs about Creature. I am stoked about this CD. It is coming along great! Everyone should go check that 'Creature' movie out now. Its cool. He rides an overwhelmingly large bumblebee for transportation. So Marc - on an unrelated note...lets say you go over to your friends house. For the sake of argument, his name is Reginald Kensington, and you're over at his house to help him move his couch into another room. Its a heavy couch, you know, one of those couches that have a built in recliner, so it can't really be moved by one guy, it would be far too difficult. He has hardwood floors, so Reginald didn't want to push the couch across the floor and possibly scratch it with the metal leg posts, so you're over there to help him lift and carry it. Anyways, you're in the kitchen, and you see a bag of Doritos leaning up against the microwave. Now, you don't generally enjoy Doritos, or go out of your way to obtain them...but today is different...you REALLY want some of those chips...and BAD. The heavily seasoned picture on the front of the bag is making your mouth water, and they even enlarged the image of the chip to show its texture. The problem is...the bag hasn't been opened yet. Now, you want some of those chips - but you don't want to seem pushy or be inconsiderate, like some sort of fat ass who can't control his urges. What would you do? I think to myself..."Fuck it, you only live once! I grab the bag and dart for the door. In mid-stride, I pass Reginald's little sister, Chrissy (everyone calls her Chris...but I'm not everyone!). As I pass Chrissy, I can tell her chagrin by the way her facial muscles have bent and stretched her skin into that of a shocked and confused expression. In fear that she may "squeal" to Reg or (shudder to think) Reg's dad, I panic and stab her in the heart (well as close as I could guess where her heart would be). I guess I hit it fairly close, if not dead on...because Chrissy's tiny little body collapsed to the hardwood floor without even half a whimper being released from her 7 year old mouth. In a weird, ritualistic, fucked up manner...I take my belt off and whip her face 9 times, then whisper the alphabet backwards into her cold face! I snap out of my hazy enchanted Dorito lust. The craving for the salty snack has subsided and is replaced by taste of Chrissy's blood. It is a harsh and red juicy shot of reality. What the fuck have I done!!! What the fuck do I do!!! Yes!! I've GOT IT!!! I open the Doritos, scatter a few on the floor and place Chrissy's dead arm halfway inside the bag. Reginald and his ugly as fuck mom walk in and yell "NOOOO!!!" when they see their dead loved one on the floor. I explain to them how Chrissy was trying to steal the Doritos and I was simply trying to stop her. They thank me, we all burst into tears (of joy), and we bury the body. When the dust settled and proper morning time was spent, I was stuck having to help Reginald move that fucking couch again! You know what, life sucks! And to make matters worse, I got that fucking Dorito craving back!!! Oh well, at least no one saw that 666 I carved into Chrissy's tits. Well haha, where she would have tits if she were old enough, anyway! Ah, Doritos. Wow. But...hmmm...makes logical sense to me. Count me in. ANYWAYS - back to other matters. "Harvey the Atomic Apeman" is coming soon...an animated/live action, comedy, sci-fi thriller. Is this animated in Flash by you, or did you hit the hand drawn angle like with your 'Creature' movie? Do you feel as if this might be your best work EVER? How is it gonna measure up to your other stuff - and how long have you been working on it? "Harvey the Atomic Apeman" is a collab work between myself and a guy named David Dore'. You may have heard of him. He's Cherie's assistant! Ha! Anyway, we have been working on this mother fucker for over a year! It is not done in Flash. It's done in Photoshop, Premiere and After Effects. We first filmed it and then rotoscoped each horrible frame by miserable frame! Additional animation and FX were done in AE. This project is by far the most involved and miserable thing I have ever done. BUT, it's fucking GREAT!!! Believe the hype! Only sound work remains to be done and when it is completed it will be available for download on sickanimation.com as well as entered into several film festivals. I can't wait for it to drop! David lives in Los Angeles now, when I move we will finish it!!! I just burped and it burned! Yuck. Sweet...are we in for more custom musical tracks in Harvey? For example...like in 'Creature', you had that catchy theme song, and hell, you're even releasing that new CD. Do you have ties with bands or musicians who do tracks for you? Do you take part in your music or make any of it yourself? Am I asking too many questions? Ha, no way, pry all you want. "Bands who do tracks for you"?! Fuck you faggot, I do it all myself. ME ME ME!!! You think I don't know how to play musical instruments and shit!!!!???? Sorry to wig out on you bro, I just heard that 'The Wayne Bradey Show' got canceled so I'm still a little "out of it" over the whole thing. And yeah, Harvey has a bunch of original songs on the soundtrack! It has a musical ending infact, that I feel holds some of the funniest moments in the film. I'm sorry dude. :( I certainly didn't mean to question your musical abilities. BUT, IF YOU EVER YELL AT ME AGAIN, I'M LEAVING YOU AND TAKING THE CHILDREN WITH ME. ANYWAYS, SIR. A while back you told me that you were once in a band. What instrument(s) did you play, what was the name of the band, what kind of music was it, and why the hell did you guys break up? The children always loved you more anyway. You know I was never good at that "daddy" stuff anyway. You were always the nurturer. I don't know why I even fought to keep those little fuckers. The band was called 'What's Buggin' Bill', we played pop-punk...(punk for girls). We broke up cause' I was moving. That, and our drummer was a flake. Really good, but a flake! Oh, I played guitar. Oh wait, LEAD GUITAR! In your face Skip!!! I see. I was in a band once. Actually, no...I wasn't. I did make myself a peanut butter sandwich a few hours ago, though. Now...much like myself - you rarely sleep. My excuse revolves around penis enlargement and 'Saved by the Bell' re-runs. You're always around. What the hell do you do all day? Yes my life too revolves around 'Saved by the Bell'. But not the re-runs!!! No! The NEW ones, that I write and perform in my room all night. That keeps me up and busy a lot. That, and my thirst for adventure. Oh and weird porn. And penis REDUCTION! Yeah!!! You try sleeping with a huge dick. ...ok, I'll be over at 11. Do you have any other hobbies? So you play video games or volunteer at the local old folk's home? Do you try to hone your ability to make awesome buttermilk pancakes? Hobbies. Well, when I'm not doing the whole binge/purge thing, you can probably catch me down the meat aisle of Wal*Mart fantasizing about becoming the next big Power Lawyer!!! Either that, or I'm in mid-air seizure, haunted by the ghost of Gary Busey! Gary Busey is dead? Wow, too bad - his television show, 'I'm with Busey' was hilarious. Actually, it sucked cock, and it wasn't funny. On an unrelated note - are you single? Do you live by yourself? Can I come live with you? I don't eat much...and I'm sure I can give pretty good hand jobs, God knows I've had decades of personal practice. I'll be the judge of that! You can stay for a week and if I get off like I like, then we can discuss some sort of long term agreement. I currently live with a dude that refers to himself as Ace. His slave name is Ryan, which I think is a beautiful name but whatev. He likes Ace. He's cool, I let him hang around. He pays half the bills and does my dishes. I am such a failure when it comes to doing dishes. I bet I would be a real cunt bag to live with. I don't have a girlfriend, but I know a girl who would get really mad if she heard me say that. That's from some comedian...but my girlfriend really does come over on Thursdays and dumps me, then comes on Saturdays and takes me back, then comes on Mondays and dumps me, and comes on Tuesdays and takes me back. She takes Wednesdays off. It's a lot of work, she deserves at least one day off a week. Sounds cool...OH...before I forget...quick problem...yesterday I found myself masturbating to my copy of Spy Kids: 3D. I dozed off, and a few hours later my neighbor (Jared Cobblepot) came inside my house, as he frequently does - because we're good friends, and we're past the whole 'knocking' stage. Anyways, he walked in to see me sleeping on the couch without pants on, my dick in my hand, 3D glasses on, and the Spy Kids DVD was on on the menu screen, as the feature had ended some time before. He knew what I was doing. I dunno what to do, and I think he told his wife. Her name is Sandy, and she has a big forehead. Fuck it! Break off all ties with the Cobblepots! Chicks with big foreheads are totally gay!!! You are better off. Fuck those assholes! Besides, Jared sounds fat. Thanks...you sir...are a true friend. I appreciate you hearing me out. SO...hmmm...explain Romeo Jr. Is he your split personality? He's a funny character, and I enjoy his 'Proverbs' and 'Precious Momes'. His outlook on philosophy greatly intrigues me. I would buy his coffee mug, intended for thinking and drinking if I had the monetary stability to do so. I would too, if I wasn't broker than Busey. Yes, Romeo Jr. is a pen name. I want to write a bunch more and publish them. But why, ha! No one will read it!!! Well you and I will! Ok, fuck...I'll publish it. TOGETHER! And speaking of philosophy, is there any other useful tidbits of information you would like to share with the world? I don't think so. Well...spay and neuter your pets. The interview is over, but remember Marc, I love you, and nobody can ever change that. I picture you and me in the kitchen, making homemade bread and kneading the dough, our hands in the same bowl, moving together to produce the foundation of delicious baked goods as we gaze into eachother's eyes and whisper sexual innuendos. I lean in for a kiss but am stopped halfway. I glance down to see what is blocking my path. It is your 12er on full. I struggle to move out of it's way (for now at least) when we both hear a slurping sound coming from the living room. We walk over to see what is going on. We are shocked to discover two old men 69ing on the floor next to a time machine. Upon closer inspection we realize that those two men are us from the future!!! We look over at our half built time machine that we started only as a gag. Then we look at each other and in unisen say, "Holy shit, 'Friends' is about to start!!!" We run to the TV room to watch Friends (even the commercials) while the whole time holding hands and just enjoying every moment of being together. THE END. And it was a pleasure. I enjoyed this interview. I enjoyed it so much, I have nut all over my thigh. I hope all of you enjoyed my in depth look into the brain of Marc M. - and I look forward to his next animated feature. They seem to be the only thing that give my life meaning anymore. Visit Sick Animation for all of his stuff. PEACE OUT, NEWGROUNDS. 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