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Izen Animates Coldplay Lullaby

aaron — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:23:06 +0000

Jon Izen (Yam Roll) recently produced a music video for singer songrwriters Renee & Jeremy. Here’s their lullaby rendition of Coldplay’s Yellow. Izen utilized Flash and After Effects.

Tuesday’s Short – 9 Things I Saw Last Wednesday

aaron — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:44:44 +0000

Here’s a new Flash-animated piece from Josh Hart and Jon Izen, the creator of Black and White and co-creator of Yam Roll. 9 Things I saw last Wednesday is more of a meditation than a short.

Izen Gets Animated For CBC’s Lee

aaron — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:23:57 +0000

Sook-Yin Lee, the host of CBC Radio One’s Definitely Not the Opera (DNTO), has said that in her family “stories were traded like currency.” The latest currency she’s bartering with is animation. Three Canadian animators have been handed a short audio segment to bring to life, and below is Jon Izen’s film titled True Love.

You can see the other films in this series on YouTube.

Black and White and Love All Over

aaron — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:50:27 +0000

Valentine’s Day is Saturday, and as the old saying goes, “love is in the air.” Scientifically, I believe those are called pheromones, but that’s not important right now. What is important is that Jon Izen has released a special valentines episode in his series of Flash-animated super-shorts called Black and White. This is titled Love Hurts.

A Black and White Inauguration

aaron — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:57:49 +0000

Back in 2006, we highlighted a web series from Jon Izen, the co-creator of Yam Roll. Black and White is an obtuse, acquired taste – with a polarized audience. Viewers appreciation of the series is as opposite as, well, black and white. Izen has recently landed back at the animation desk to create more, and his recent short takes on the recent presidential inauguration. Love it? Hate it?

Crafting Princess Mimi’s Kingdom

aaron — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:30:17 +0000

If you’ve followed CHF for a few years now, you’ll know that we’re nutbags about Jon Izen’s stuff – in particular Yam Roll (created along with Jono Howard and Dan Sioui) and Black and White. So you can imagine our excitement when we got wind of a new project, again created with March Entertainment. Princess Mimi and her Tiny Bud Grumpy Gus is the brainchild of Howard and Izen, who also designed and directed. Ivan Rusev added his animation skills to the mix, and voila – a brand new series concept has emerged. Whatdyathink?

Izen & iLaugh Eye New Series

aaron — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:16:00 +0000

Jon Izen, one half The Very Good Adventures of Yam Roll in Happy Kingdom team, has created a new micro-series for iLaugh, a new comedy portal launched by March Entertainment back in early October.

The series is titled black and white, and it features Izen’s zany brand of absurdity, and lots of it. Izen has created fist-fulls of these shorts, and with a production team that consists of him, a microphone and Flash, it’s no wonder. My personal favorite changes with each day, but I’m Glasses is currently hitting my sweet spot.

Also notice that full Yam Roll episodes are now available for online viewing.

Yam Roll Fridays?

admin — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:12:00 +0000

As Jerry Beck at Cartoon Brew reported (and TV Squad too), we’re still awaiting the US premiere of Jon Izen and Jono Howard’s ‘Yam Roll,’ a Flash-animated series produced by March Entertainment that’s currently playing on CBC in Canada. I have it on good authority that it should start playing on Cartoon Network Friday nights as interstitials.

In the meantime, check out the Yam Roll blog and enjoy this clip from the show.

Another Flash News Round-up

admin — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:52:00 +0000

‘Ricky Sprocket’ is the latest Flash-animated TV show to be announced, and it’s headed for Canada’s Teletoon network in the fall of 2007. It’s a co-production between Bejuba!, Studio B and Snowden Fine. According to Kidscreen Magazine, the premise looks at why “being a celebrity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be for the world’s biggest superstar Ricky Sprocket. Sure, he’s got a gaggle of adoring fans, but he still has to do his homework, deal with an annoying younger sis, and juggle a regular life with one that’s constantly in the spotlight.

According to World Screen News, the Nicktoons Network has broadened their relationship with ‘Edgar and Ellen,’ the childrens property owned by Star Farm Productions. Twelve shorts were originally aired on the network, but now a series of “broadcast specials celebrating back to school, Halloween, Winter Holidays, Valentines Day and April Fools Day” will lead up to the launch of a half-hour series.

There’s an interview with Jon Izen, one of the creators of ‘Yam Roll,’ over at the Vancouver Film School website.

Rebel Static Studios is using Flash to create a new hip-hop cartoon called Turntable Timmy. Illustrator Doug Cunningham, who art directed ‘Wave Twisters,’ teamed up with children’s book author Michael Perry to write the original 32-page book, and now with Rebel Static’s help, the property is coming to the web. A slide-show teaser can be seen over at the official website (MP4).

Kappa Mikey, which has been debated here a bit lately, was recently picked up for a second season. Like ‘Edgar and Ellen,’ the show airs on the Nicktoons Network. That’s 26 new episodes for a total of 52.

Animax Entertainment was recently nominated for a Sports Emmy for their work on ESPN’s ‘Off Mikes.’ Congrats guys

Yam Roll Premieres on CBC

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:57:00 +0000

If you thought ‘Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends’ had a long title – sharpen your pencils. After much anticipation, we have a new champion – ‘The Very Good Adventures of Yam Roll in Happy Kingdom.’ This new Flash-animated show from March Entertainment premieres tonight on Canada’s CBC at 4:30pm ET. ‘Yam Roll,’ which follows the adventures of yup, a western-loving, cab-driving Yam Roll, won the Maple Shorts competition last summer, and only 7 months later, the series has arrived. Jon Izen and Jono Howard have created a very unique show, and I look forward to seeing all 39 11-minute episodes down here in the States. Are you listening Nickelodeon? Cartoon Network? Anyone? Let’s just get the paperwork done and get on with it. We’re hungry for ‘Yam Roll,’ dammit!

If you’re not in the CBC broadcast zone, you can still watch the short that inspired it all over at the Maple Shorts site. And the ‘Yam Roll’ website is full of interesting character descriptions and show info.

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I found a new ‘Yam Roll’ website at CBC.ca. There’s a clip there from the new series. Check it out!