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Currently seeking representation. Stephen Macquignon is an illustrator and was the first-runner-up for the prestigious Tomie dePaola award in 2017. He has had the privilege of working for Michael Sporn Animation Inc. on many different titles including, “The Little Match Girl”, “Ira Sleeps Over”, “Abel’s Island” and many more. An illustrator of children's books including Tea with the Queen, he has a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York and is a proud member of SCBWI. To date, he has never missed a deadline. A fresh energy that is not part of the trends out there.

Monday, March 12, 2012

POE again

Five years ago it was told to me by Michael Sporn
“I am making Edgar Allan Poe into a 90minute animated movie”. “I am looking for bakers and so on….” I was told over the years that one person or another was going to back this project; if anyone has tried to raise money for any type of project, you would know it is hard. Even for Michael who is well respected in the industry. For reasons I don’t know it never happened recession scares must have played a large part.  I know people losing their jobs hurt my work load no one was or is bullet proof with this mess we are in.
  



Some of you may have read older post of mine; so you know I worked with Michael for many years and think of him as a good friend. So when Mr. Sporn posted on his “Splog” (blog) about trying to raise money using Kickstarter I thought it was a great idea. I myself have put in my two cents to help get this project started, and have re posted it on my as well as some of my friends Facebook pages, also on other social networks including joining Twitter (let’s see how that goes).
The pencils in the picture are relics from the past when I worked at the studio. You can see the tooth marks I made, why? I don’t know but there they are .
Links to view
"Poestory" this is the official website created by the studio
"Splog" Micheal's personal blog site you can find all the info you need on Poe  
"Kickstater" the official campaign to pledge
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2 comments:

  1. Interesting and very well done! I loved the style of storytelling and Poe is one of my favorites.

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  2. His stories were one of the few I read as a kid

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