tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080740332681441097.post5171880173000223111..comments2023-09-22T10:36:39.115-07:00Comments on JOHN BEAR ROSS: Carl Macek: RIPJohn Bear Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16155726230456091639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080740332681441097.post-33188220265621443472010-04-25T20:00:24.884-07:002010-04-25T20:00:24.884-07:00John Paul,
Thanks for giving us that gift from yo...John Paul,<br /><br />Thanks for giving us that gift from your memory. Appreciate it.<br /><br />Best,<br />John Bear RossJohn Bear Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16155726230456091639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080740332681441097.post-78761795407414817522010-04-25T15:48:26.048-07:002010-04-25T15:48:26.048-07:00I met Carl when he had an animation store in Orang...I met Carl when he had an animation store in Orange, California. This was in the late '70s. The store was really a warehouse for hundreds of thousands of animation cels from various animated movies: Wizards, Lord of the Rings, Fire and Ice, Fritz the Cat, American Pop, several Hanna Barbara toons including The Hobbit, and Heavy Metal.<br /><br />These were literally every scene with backgrounds, key cels, in-betweens, pencils, roughs, clean ups, timing sheets. And they were stored in banker boxes, row upon row. You went to a box, thumbed thru each cel with its corresponding pencil behind it. <br /><br />Sometimes Macek would give you a xerox of the background if you were interested enough.<br /><br />The guy was a decade ahead of his time as no-one but us geeks were interested in animation back in the 70s.<br /><br />He did come out with The Animation of Heavy Metal selecting choice animation cels from the movie. He had several colored key animation cels in sequence that he placed on large original backgrounds. These were works of art.<br /><br />The best thing was that he was in the shop, talking animation with you as you perused and panted and awed over the backgrounds and cels. <br /><br />Farewell Carl,<br /><br />John PaulUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12036931004712563581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080740332681441097.post-25594881086364728922010-04-22T08:54:42.005-07:002010-04-22T08:54:42.005-07:00We have a Selene pick up in early June but I'l...We have a Selene pick up in early June but I'll call you later today and chat.Slade Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990942426041993401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080740332681441097.post-77571239069408419812010-04-21T19:53:57.203-07:002010-04-21T19:53:57.203-07:00It was brutal news. I didn't sleep well last ...It was brutal news. I didn't sleep well last night.<br /><br />Give me a call when you can. You coming back to Vegas soon?<br /><br />Best,<br />JBRJohn Bear Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16155726230456091639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080740332681441097.post-81364343711576738422010-04-21T13:29:33.393-07:002010-04-21T13:29:33.393-07:00No!!! The last time we were at Comic Con I had a g...No!!! The last time we were at Comic Con I had a great conversation with Mr. Macek. I thanked him for doing such a great job creating a cool continuity between three different awesome anime. I loved Robotech as a kid and as an adult. I was please to pass this love on to my son. Just a couple a weeks ago I was walking by his room at bed time and he was busting up over Exedore sing Minmae's song.Slade Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990942426041993401noreply@blogger.com