Nathan Churney & Joshua Mullinax Interview | ATHF Animators, SFX, Laser Lenses Concept

Nathan Churney and Joshua Mullinax know how to get the Aqua Teens moving like none other... literally! Today we're joined by these critical ATHF animators who sacrificed everything (and then some!) to create the brilliant show we love today. Well maybe not everything, but they definitely worked their asses off, ya dig? Having touched damn near every bit of ATHF content from S02E01's Super Birthday Snake all the way thru S12E05's Anubis, these fellas are sharing their 20 years of Aqua Teen experience right here, right now... or whenever you listen to this. We'll wait. We're getting into the impact Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis had on the animation process, Nate and Josh's experience writing on an episode of Aqua Teen, and how great season 3 of Twin Peaks is.

 

• Nathan Churney's 2017 Demo Reel: https://vimeo.com/233084780

• Joshua Mullinax's site: http://joshuamullinax.com/

♫ Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Celebrate Your Mother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20CCTpU_Mdg&ab_channel=migzav

♫ Caroline Polachek - Welcome To My Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxgcz_6GKX0&ab_channel=CarolinePolachek

♫ Refused - New Noise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkAe30aEG5c&ab_channel=EpitaphRecords

♫ Ice Choir - Designs in Rhythm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKDBNrwR3_o&ab_channel=IceChoir

 

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Timestamps: (hey I made some edits to the episode after writing these out so they won't be exact, I'll fix 'em when I can. Sorry!)

[00:00:00] Intro

[00:04:11] Josh's return to ATHF (Thanks Swimwiki!)

[00:06:40] ATHF's Old Skool vs New Skool Animation?

[00:08:45] Was ADSP storyboarded?

[00:09:35] Nate's return to ATHF (Thanks Swimwiki!)

[00:11:29] Nate's thoughts on the show's visual evolution

[00:12:03] Nate's ATHF origin

[00:12:57] Josh's ATHF origin

[00:14:24] SGC2C Predecessor to Internet Art

[00:15:33] Where is Nate from?

[00:15:46] Where is Josh from?

[00:16:33] Josh becoming an animator

[00:17:49] Nate becoming an animator

[00:20:00] ATHF animators did all sorts of stuff, man! (Thanks Karsen!)

[00:23:21] The process of working on an episode of Aqua Teen

[00:26:21] How often would Matt and Dave interact with the animators?

[00:28:33] Any episodes that took a long time?

[00:32:23] What's the most complex animation you worked on for ATHF? (Thanks Joe S.!)

[00:34:35] What is something Nate wishes he knew when starting on ATHF?

[00:39:02] What is something Josh wishes he knew when starting on ATHF?

[00:40:31] What was your favorite episode to work on? (Thanks Karsen!)

[00:44:29] Favorite ATHF episode?

[00:47:07] Nate and Josh's favorite things!

[01:04:21] Outro

 

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