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jpidgeon

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About Me

I'm a storyboard artist who works at an animation studio. I've been in animation for nineteen years. In my spare time, I work on my blog and collect toys.

My Interests

Filmmaking, movies, animation, toy collecting, film soundtracks, pop music, comic books, original comic book art, drawing, reading biographies, science fiction, robots, advertising art and pop culture.

I'd like to meet:

I'm married, so I don't need to meet people for dating. Still, it's always nice to make more friends with similar interests!

Music:

Peter Gabriel, Randy Newman, R.E.M, XTC, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Monkees, The Lovin' Spoonful, John Williams, Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno, David Bowie, The Who, The Kinks, Thomas Dolby, Aaron Copland, Gustav Mahler, and many more!

Movies:

Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane, Breaker Morant, Flirting, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, The Blues Brothers, The Wizard of Oz, Mars Attacks!, Brazil, Time Bandits, The Thin Red Line, Annie Hall, Crimes And Misdemeanors, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Superman - The Movie, Quiz Show, A River Runs Through It, All The President's Men, Munich, The Engilsh Patient, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Batman Begins, Koyaanisqatsi, The Road Warrior, The Right Stuff, The Muppet Movie, Roman Holiday, Winchester '73, Network, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Paths of Glory, Blade Runner, Alien, Aliens, The Terminator, Napoleon Dynamite, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Odd Couple, The Bad News Bears, Goldifnger, From Russia With Love, The Kid, The General, Metropolis, Modern Times, Zelig, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, The Fly, Dead Ringers, The Loved One, Out Of Sight, Paper Moon, The Last Picture Show...I could go on and on...

Television:

(The new) Battlestar Galactica, Family Guy, King Of The Hill, The Simpsons, The Twilight Zone, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, C.S.I, (The original) Star Trek.

Books:

Final Cut: Dreams And Disaster In The Making Of Heaven's Gate, Catch-22, The Whore's Child And Other Stories, The Martian Chronicles, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Hobbit.

Heroes:

Charles Schulz, Walt Disney, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzmann, George Herriman, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg.

My Blog

New, Pinstriped "Happy Beaver" Toy Up For Auction!

Check out this custom, one-or-a-kind version of "Happy Beaver" - now up for grabs on eBay!:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item =270210279340Enjoy, Jeff...
Posted by jpidgeon on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:29:00 PST

"Happy Beaver" @ Vinyl Toy Network Show - Dec. 2nd, 2007

Yup, I'm going to the Vinyl Toy Network show again this December - but this time as a vendor! I'll have a booth to peddle my "Happy Beaver" toys to Southern Californians in person. I figure the attend...
Posted by jpidgeon on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:20:00 PST

"Happy Beaver" Vinyl Toy Debut Party @ Super 7!

Technically, the "Happy Beaver" toy made its debut at San Diego Comic-Con, but I couldn't throw a party if I got all technical and everything!Brian Flynn has generously allowed me the use of the Super...
Posted by jpidgeon on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:41:00 PST

Mail Ordering Now Available For "Happy Beaver"!

At last - my "Happy Beaver" vinyl toy can be shipped right to your home! To order, simply go to my blog at jeffpidgeon.com and pick the appropriate PayPal button. Shipping is available to anywhere in ...
Posted by jpidgeon on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:09:00 PST

"Happy Beaver" Vinyl Toy: Comic-Con Pre-Order!

If you're going to Comic-Con this week, you can buy one of my "Happy Beaver" vinyl toys early! I've set up a simple shopping button on my Blogger page so that you can set aside a beaming, toothy pal o...
Posted by jpidgeon on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:13:00 PST

LA TIMES: A chat with Kurt Russell

By Choire Sicha, Special to The TimesApril 8, 2007KURT RUSSELL, the leading man in films as varied as "Escape From New York," "Silkwood" and "Dreamer," was in Austin last week for the Texas premiere o...
Posted by jpidgeon on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:02:00 PST

Johnny Hart, 1932 - 2007

BC cartoonist dies while drawingCartoonist Johnny Hart, who won awards and acclaim for creating the B.C. comic strip, has died at the age of 76.B.C., which depicts a world populated by cavemen and din...
Posted by jpidgeon on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:47:00 PST

PidgeonBlog is broken.

Once again, my Blogger blog has seized up - this time, PidgeonBlog only ran for six months, as opposed to eight months the first time around. I'm hoping my blog readers also go to my MySpace page occ...
Posted by jpidgeon on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:33:00 PST