Here it is, the perfect invention to hang on your wall and use to keep track of what you do every month for a whole year!!!

Yes, its the new official Animateducated Wall Calendar found here for a limited amount of time!

Here's what you'll get!

12 images from past interviews and episodes of Animateducated, full of famous birthdays, days of interest and holidays too!

If you are a collector, This is the perfect item to start your collection because there are only 4 of them available. I bought 9 this year and sent 4 as gifts to people I interviewed this year and kept one for myself. So now I'm offering the last 4 to you! You can buy only one or all 4 to send to friends or family!!!

https://ko-fi.com/ae_jimr/shop

If people buy more, I will have to purchase more from Vistaprint. And this venture is not a money making one for me in anyway to be quite honest. So, I will be offering these calendars for a limited time and pulling the plug on Dec 1st or when they are sold out.

So there you have it! Help support the Animateducated blog and Animateducated YouTube channel. Be a lucky owner of a new 2026 Animateducated calendar which can be used again for 2015, 2037, 2043, 2054, 2065 and 2071! Provided if we are still around.

Happy Holidays and Thank You!

Jim

Friday, November 14, 2025

Animateducated: Joe Murray interview

I am not a professional interviewer and I can become quite chatty when I'm nervous or in the presense of someone's work I admire. Case in point, I am currently editing out all my babblings and keeping the gold nuggets of inspiration from my interview with Joe Murray. Here is a promo for the interview to give me time to edit the interview together.

Joe Murray talks about his early days at De Anza College, where he made his student film "The Chore" which won him a FOCUS Student film award and an Academy Student Film award in animation in 1989.

His third film, "My Dog Zero" a self funded film before Kickstarter and Indiegogo caught the attention of Nickelodeon which evolved into "Rocko's Modern Life" and rest is animated history. Here's a clip from "My Dog Zero"

Here's the Joe Murray interview...

Joe Murray is offering a Masterclass coming in January 2026! Here is a link to his website to find out more: https://joemurraystudio.com/

You can also find a free download of his book.

So, you can see the final interview which I will post below and feel free to leave a comment or a like or subscribe to the Animateducated channel. I may post a full interview to the members section of the channel, although no one has become a memder yet, but maybe you will start the trend! Hope you enjoyed this post...