{"id":38303,"date":"2023-10-05T11:53:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T18:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.com\/blog\/?p=38303"},"modified":"2023-10-05T11:53:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T18:53:54","slug":"mushka-the-story-of-a-girl-and-her-tiger-at-san-diego-comic-con-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wormholeriders.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/05\/mushka-the-story-of-a-girl-and-her-tiger-at-san-diego-comic-con-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Mushka – The Story of a Girl and Her Tiger at San Diego Comic-Con 2023!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHello fellow San Diego Comic-Con fans! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As you may already know, this year’s convention was quite different due to the writers’ and actors strike. Typically, I would have had interview after interview lined up, but unfortunately, both unions were on strike, making it a lot different than in previous years.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the challenges, I could still snag a fantastic interview with Disney Studios<\/a> legend Andreas Deja<\/a> (visit Andreas website<\/a>) and the team behind the fantastic short film “Mushka<\/a>.” The film tells the story of a nine-year-old girl and her pet tiger, set in the Ukraine. Although you may think it sounds familiar to the beloved cartoon “Calvin and Hobbes<\/a>,” this film is different, with many political and social undertones in the animated short film.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One of the things I love about this film, aside from the fact that it has tigers (my favorite animal of all time), is that it’s drawn with ink and pencil and colored with watercolors. There was very little actual CGI or computers used. As someone who remembers Disney pre-Pixar and pre-digital animation, where everything was hand-drawn, I appreciate and love this animation style, which takes much more skill than sitting at a computer and using digital tools. Not to take anything away from the fantastic artists at Pixar<\/a>, but there’s just something much more personal to me about using the blank page, paper, pen, and ink that makes it much more personal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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