Marta, a low-key girl, has an unusual pet: a scorpion named Chester!
The unlikely duo hope to enter the school talent show. But a bully named Raul and his dog Ramses are set on winning the competition at any cost. And who is the mysterious Extermi...
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The Perfect Pet was a one minute animated film (1997) I made during downtime at the first animation studio I worked at: Six Foot Two Productions in the Bay Area, CA.
Though I'm not Latino, I grew up in a bilingual elementary school, and was very comfortable speaking Spanish, the culture, and having Latino friends. So I made a story of Marta snd her pet scorpion (who is harmless).
Even without dialogue, it was a big effort, and I couldn't have done it without support. It only exists on a few videotapes spread around during that time.
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At Wild Brain Inc. (San Francisco), in 2000, I was very blessed to be picked as director on two animated shorts for Cartoon Network.com. One of which was a new Perfect Pet. This one had voices recorded, a generous budget and even more support. Buttercup of the Powerpuff Girls even was featured with a comment about my characters.
In 2005(?) I pitched a storyboard for a new Perfect Pet film (and possible series) to Nickelodeon's Frederator division. After a series of seven(!) pitches (I had to take the bus to and from) over a number of months, they passed on it. I was pretty bitter.
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But in 2007, I took the drawings I thought to be useless and made them into a comic, which I posted on Webcomics Nation.com. Over time, the site died out, and I thought I'd lost it to time.
Recently I found the art on a disk though! Thanks to a suggestion by JakofSomeTrades
And I made up a cover and decided to post here. Maybe I'll publish this someday.
If you know of ways to do so, please contact me. Now, on to the art and story!
