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Way back, seven or so years ago, Flash Cartoons on the internet were the thing. I watched Homestar Runner all the time. I wondered if I could make a Flash cartoon. I had always enjoyed drawing comics and making videos, but animation was a tough hobby to get into. Back in the early to mid-90′s I had tried my hand at a few short animations using my Amiga (I remember a Spaceman Spiff animation done in Deluxe Paint and something or other done with Animation Studio.) So, 2004 comes along, and I manage to get access to Adobe Flash for my Mac (I was doing some work for a company in Ottawa, and I so wish I had that work to show.) So, in my spare time, I digitized a copy of The Unfriendly Giant radio show, from cassette and thought I’d teach myself Flash animation by making an Unfriendly Giant cartoon in the same style as Homestar Runner.It took a lot of my spare time, and probably two or three weeks to come up with my first cartoon. Since it’s been conspicuously absent from the online world for a while, I figured I’d put it back up for your enjoyment.

Don’t forget to try to find the Easter Egg(s?) I can’t even remember anymore. I’ll post my other Unfriendly Giant cartoons in the coming days.

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