GOLDEN OLDIES!



While clearing through some of my old storage files recently I came across this promotional binder cover for the first TV Drama Series I ever directed for British television. "The Ink Thief" was an in-house developed project at my Animus studio in London. The 7 x 26-minute series starred Richard O'Brien ("Rocky Horror Show") and a host of animated characters. 

The series was very much a low-budget, no-time effort but it was successful on British Television, making No. 5 in the ratings and getting an honorable mention at the "New York Film & Television Festival" (competing against such series and "Quantum Leap" and "X-Files" - shows having ten-times the budget we had!)

I don't for one moment believe we ever really captured the full potential of this dark but fun-filled concept (simply because of our very limited budget and schedule) but I could see it being a major cult movie classic if it were developed for a star of Johnny Depp's status for example! 

Anyway, here's a glimpse of the back cover too...



Other goodies I found while rummaging were very much related to a previous incarnation of my current 'Uncle Lubin' project development. (www.unclelubin.com) For example, here's a sample of a promotional leaflet for the project, when it was in a previous, very-different incarnation, entitled "Screwloose"...



And here's a beautiful earlier design of the main hero in the story, Uncle Lubin, gorgeously crafted by British designer, Alan Kerswell...

I loved Alan's design but felt it was a little too haughty for Lubin... and probably had a little too much pencil mileage for us poor animators to handle! 

It was great finding all this memorabilia after so many years!  

Tony   :^{)}=-

 

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