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Hello all, Frederator Networks is privileged to be part of a vast network of creators of every race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation. We’re firmly rooted in the support of creator-driven stories that come from personal, unique, and diverse perspectives. We feel strongly about the injustices that the Black community is faced with. Black lives matter, and we stand with protesters against police brutality and the systemic racism that causes and enables it.

All of us at Frederator have been having constant internal conversations educating one another, staying informed, and most importantly, planning how we can do more and do better.

We’ve decided that one of the ways is by making a donation to the nonprofit civil rights advocacy organization, Color of Change. We strongly believe in their mission to free all people from racism and injustice. This group is only one of many worthy organizations doing important work to create lasting change and equity for Black people in America, and we encourage you to continue to stay informed and get involved however you can.

To our Black network members, animators, employees, and fans - we support you, we love you, and we will continue to help you create lasting change in the world. Sincerely, Fred

#Color of Change

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Let me rant for a minute.* There’s really no other company like Frederator. We’re special. Arrogant? 

Sure.

Of course, being remarkable is all about you.“Frederator loves you” has been more than just a slogan around here. It’s been a battle cry that expresses exactly why I started the company.

“You.” First and foremost it’s our audiences, whether they’re the kids that watched our stuff on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, or the still-kids who grew up and watch us on Cartoon Hangover, Get in the Robot or Netflix.

“You.” All the folks that work in and around Frederator across the globe, making cartoons and videos and channels, figuring out the best way to show them off to people.

And “you.” The world class creators –mostly first timers– we’ve been lucky enough to have in our corner.

I think it’s fair to say that without “you” there wouldn’t be an “us.” From my perspective we’re all one big bunch, loving the same things, everyone playing their own roles. I don’t think anyone at Frederator would have it any other way.

It’s just too much fun making the world smile.

Frederator loves you all, Fred Seibert

   * Adapted from the introduction to “Frederator Loves You: Best of Frederator: Original Adventures in Cartoons, TV and Streaming 1998-2018”

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From the postcard back:

Congratulations! You are one of 300 people to receive this limited edition Frederator postcard!

www.frederator.com

Frederator Loves You

Illustration from Volk Corporation, Pleasantville, NY USA Clip Book of LIne Art No.292 MEN

Series 48.8 [mailed out February 14, 2020]

#Frederator postcards #Series 48 #Frederator loves you #illustration #cartoons #postcards #postcard #animation

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What’s New Catbug? 

Quite a lot from Frederator, as you’ll see from the Deadline Hollywood article below. And enough to demand a new limited edition postcard. 

Deadline Hollywood: December 3, 2019 6:00am ‘Catbug’ Animated Series In The Works From ‘Adventure Time’ Producer Frederator Studios By Dade Hayes

The company has begun shopping a Catbug series to streaming and linear networks, planning to supplement it with a social networking plan, short-form animated videos, e-books and web comics.

The title character was created by Breehn Burns and featured in the Frederator digital series Bravest Warriors, which is run by Burns. More than 25 million views and 400,000 likes have been recorded on Bravest Warriors videos starring Catbug. On TikTok, the character has garnered 135 million views, while GIFs on Giphy.com featuring Catbug have racked up 200 million loops.

In addition to Adventure Time for Cartoon Network, Frederator’s credits include Castlevania for Netflix and Bee & Puppycat for YouTube channel Cartoon Hangover. The studio was founded by Fred Seibert, an animation specialist whose early career was marked by pioneering executive posts at MTV and Nickelodeon as both networks emerged as major pop-culture forces.

(More here…)

From the postcard back:

Congratulations! You are one of 300 people to receive this limited edition Frederator postcard!

www.frederator.com

What’s New Catbug? Catbug created by Breehn Burns

Illustration from Volk Corporation, Pleasantville, NJ USA

Series 47.4 [mailed out January 31, 2020]

#series 47 #Frederator postcards #Catbug #Bravest Warriors #Cartoon Hangover #cartoons #postcards #postcard #animation

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Happy New Year 2020 from Frederator!

Illustration & Design by Alexandria Batchelor

Prints by Valhalla Studios

A limited edition New Year poster from Frederator

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Frederator Loves You! Happy New Year! 2020

FREDERATOR NETWORKS Burbank • New York • Toronto • Vancouver

Átomo Network, Cartoon Hangover, Channel Frederator Network, Channel Frederator, Fredbot, Frederator Books, Frederator Digital, Frederator Studios, Get in the Robot, The Leaderboard

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Oh Yeah! Cartoons (1998) The Fairly OddParents (2001) ChalkZone (2002) My Life as a Teenage Robot (2003) Nicktoons Film Festival (2004) Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (2006) Channel Frederator (2007) Fanboy & Chum Chum (2009) Ape Escape (2009) Adventure Time (2010) Cartoon Hangover (2011) Bravest Warriors (2012) SuperF*ckers (2012) Too Cool! Cartoons (2013) Bee and PuppyCat (2013) The Leaderboard (2015) Super Science Friends (2015) Cinematica (2015) Castlevania (2017) GO! Cartoons (2017) Slug Riot (2018) (Not) Hero (2018) Chris P. Duck (2018) Get in the Robot (2018) Costume Quest (2019)

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Hatch Show Print made a bunch of posters for Frederator right at the beginning and we’ve never forgotten them. 

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From the postcard back:

Frederator loves you

Congratulations! You are one of 300 people to receive this limited edition Frederator postcard!

www.frederator.com

Amazon COSTUME QUEST Netflix CASTLEVANIA Cartoon Hangover BEE AND PUPPYCAT, BRAVEST WARRIORS , GO! CARTOONS, TOO COOL! CARTOONS Cartoon Network ADVENTURE TIME Nickelodeon FAIRLY ODDPARENTS, FANBOY & CHUM CHUM, CHALKZONE, MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT, OH YEAH! CARTOONS, RANDOM! CARTOONS

Homage to Hatch Show Print Nashville, Tennesee

Series 48.4 [mailed out December 17, 2019]

#Frederator postcards #Series 48 #postcards #postcard

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This limited edition Frederator postcard  was modeled after one of the first “boxing” style R&B posters (below) I was able to get (from eBay), printed by the prolific printer, Globe Posters from Baltimore, Maryland. I thought it was a nice homage and a perfect format to catch people up on some of our more recent cartoon productions. 

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From the postcard back:

Congratulations! ou are one of 300 people to receive this limited edition Frederator postcard!

www.frederator.com

Frederator loves you!

BEE AND PUPPYCAT COSTUME QUEST GET in the ROBOT CHANNEL FREDERATOR CASTLEVANIA BRAVEST WARRIORS GO! CARTOONS RANDOM! CARTOONS CHANNEL FREDERATOR NETWORK CATBUG

Homage to Globe Poster, Baltimore, Maryland

Series 48.2 [mailed out December 3, 2019]

#Frederator postcards #Series 48 #Bravest Warriors #postcards #postcard

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More peanut butter squares, please.

Happy National Cat Day from everyone’s favorite Catbug!!

Thanks to artist Zachary Sterling for this great piece.

#catbug #bravest warriors #national cat day #animation #cartoons #frederator #frederator studios

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A new cartoon Kickstarter!

Randy Myers directed the very first Bravest Warriors short, created by Pen Ward; he’s worked on Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory, We Bear Bears, Sym-Bionic Titan, Iron Giant, Gravity Falls...jeez, a whole lot of stuff!

Now Randy is raising funds for a Kickstarter to produce a series on all the greats that have made the last 25 years of cartoons great. You’ll see in the KS video above some wonderful FOFs and stars like Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez, Niki Yang, and Bruce Smith. With plenty more to come in the series. Randy’s worked with them all, and then some.

Check out Randy’s Kickstarter and donate. You’ll love it!

–Fred Seibert

#Kickstarter #Bravest Warriors

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The Art of Bravest Warriors, published by Dark Horse, is out now. Hardback, 200(!) pages.

Available for your Kindle and on ComiXology, too. 

#The Art of Bravest Warriors #cartoons #books #animation

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Our pals at Dark Horse Comics have sent over a big box of the brand new Art of Bravest Warriors book. Thanks! And congratulations to Kelsey Calaitges for all the hard work in the writing and art-selecting departments. 👏👏👏 The book is available tomorrow, 8/27.

Publisher: Michael Richardson Editor: Megan Walker Assistant Editor: Joshua Engledow Designer: Rick DeLucco Digital Art Technicians: Allyson Haller, Ann Gray, and Christianne Gillenardo-Goudreau Cover Art: Natasha Allegri Foreword: Breehn Burns

#Bravest Warriors #books

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"This better not be a pee thing.”

#Bravest Warriors #cartoons #storyboard panels #animation

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Thanks, Danny, tan lines are literally the worst.

#Bravest Warriors #Cartoon Hangover #cartoons #animation #storyboard panels #VRV

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“A girl and her horse slip through the night, across the precipice of the infinite.”

#Bravest Warriors #Cartoon Hangover #cartoons #storyboard panels #animation #Frederator Studios

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HE’S CATBUG!

Sam Lavagnino’s Catbug audition from 2012.

#Catbug #Cartoon Hangover #cartoons #animation #Bravest Warriors #Frederator Studios #Sam Lavagnino

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The 200-page hardcover, The Art of Bravest Warriors, arrives August 27, 2019, and can be pre-ordered on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop for $39.99.

#Bravest Warriors #Cartoon Hangover #cartoons #animation #Dark Horse Comics #Nelvana

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A little late for NYC’s Fashion Week, but this gas-powered pin set will still look pretty sharp on you. Order here.

We got our Catbug and Impossibear gas-powered pins.

Snag yours here.

#Bravest Warriors #cartoons #merchandise #animation #Cartoon Hangover #Catbug #Impossibear

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Catbug in the studio for the first time.

This goes back a bit, but thanks to Jason Johnson for sending over this clip of Sam Lavagnino recording his first Catbug lines for Bravest Warriors.

#Sam Lavagnino #Catbug #cartoons #Bravest Warriors #Cartoon Hangover #animation