Flash animation and sound design for the online cartoon series "Q.B. Toons", for the Pseudo Quarterback Club Channel. Each starred the voices and likenesses of a famous professional NFL athletes such as Kordell Stewart, Warren Moon, and Boomer Esiason, which they would record very reluctantly when visiting the Pseudo offices.

The writer/director provided illustrations and storyboards, which I inked and colored in vector graphic form, and animated in Flash. If I recall correctly, the logo was created by another division within the company.

We completed four full episodes, the first three of which were a struggle. For one thing, due to melodramatic internal politics, the company refused to supply the Quarterback Club Channel with computer equipment and software licenses for a few months, so we did much of the earliest work on our own personal laptops.

With practice and better equipment, we felt the fourth episode was a marked improvement. But Psuedo was in severe financial straits during the first major Dot Com bubble, and most of the team was laid off before it could air. Shortly later, the entire company went out of business.

Episode 4: Activator Man

Enjoy this archived copy of the Q.B. Toons episode "Activator Man", starring NFL quarterback Kordell Stewart. On your device, you may have to tap or click on the "Pseudo.com" opening screen, for it to play.

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Here is a selection of stills taken from various episodes: