RubberOnion Animation Podcast
This show is about everything animation: weekly news stories, reviews, interviews with professionals and indie creators, etc. We also have fan-art contests, play trivia, do character skits and a ton of other community interaction... because entertainment! I'm Stephen Brooks and I run Rubber Onion, a boutique studio that creates hand-drawn animation, and am the author of 'Tradigital Animate CC: 12 Principles of Animation in Adobe Animate.' My best friend and fellow animator, Rob Yulfo, joins me for this weekly podcast. Imagine going out for drinks with a group of animators after work and merge that with a variety show which has some educational segments... that's the RubberOnion Animation Podcast. Enjoy and say Hi!
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 92 minutes
- Episodes
- 329
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Episode 26 - Can We Edit That One Out?
And we finally break the 2hr mark! That's right, we talk about Batman and The Simpsons -- listing off our favorite episodes and moments -- and then shift over to talking about sexism in movies and th…
Episode 25 - I Do Mickey Mouse
Rob and Stephen talk about animation: where they got started, thoughts on where animation is going, and how to stay young & naive in a world that keeps knocking down your optimism. We were going to t…
Episode 24 - Illuminaughty
What an episode!! We have a couple great storytelling moments, we talk about focus groups, design issues, animation tips, and discussions on the best cartoon vehicles and how Hollywood turns shows in…
Episode 23 - Unrelated Vomit Stories
Archie's gonna die! Rob was on Comedy Central! We tell vomit stories! So many things happening. This was our second attempt at a live podcast and we had a great turnout in the chat! Everyone was sugg…
Episode 22 - TMNT (2014) Trailer Talk
This week's podcast is all about the TMNT (2014) first trailer and how much it sucks... and why. We (meaning Stephen mostly, let's be honest) break down every incarnation of the Turtles and how thing…
Episode 21 - Beefy Teenage Mutant Ninja Babies
This episode might have my favorite segment in it so far where we rip up eHarmony's industry-specific list "15 Reasons to Date an Animator." Rob & Stephen are flying solo this episode with Pat off fi…
Episode 20 - It's a Pube, Charlie Brown
A bunch of the things we talk about this week were actually stories that broke just yesterday! The new Peanuts teaser trailer hit this week and impressed everyone except, predictably, Pat. Also, in t…
Episode 19 - Crab Faces
Slow week for animation stories but we're back and funnier than evah! We have a great discussion about the internet, content creation, and the free vs paid problem of the previous two points. Oh we a…
Episode 18 - Adele Dazeem
Long live Adele Dazeem!! The Oscars were this weekend so we talk about them out of mostly obligation, but the real stories are with our own Rob Yulfo and Pat Ryan coming out with brand new creative c…
Episode 17 - Jurassic Pat
Even with Stephen still on the road the podcasts don't stop... not with tablets, mobile hotspots, and coffee shops! This week had simultaneously the greatest rumor & the biggest, immediate letdown of…
Episode 16 - Animals Are Dumb
Stephen is traveling this week... but that won't stop us! The podcast continues, with a spit & glue setup only MacGyver could understand. This week we talk about Clone Wars coming to Netflix, Annie L…
Episode 15 - Everything Is LEGO
"The LEGO Movie" blew our collective minds this weekend and we had to talk about it... a LOT! But don't worry there are absolutely NO spoilers at all in the discussion. We get into some interesting t…
Episode 14 - Joker Don't Play That
RANTS! Oh my, the rants. There's a lot to talk about this week and we really fit a lot in. This might be one of my favorite episodes yet, and definitely has my favorite Rob Yulfo photoshops (Homey/Jo…
Episode 13 - Old Kid Brooks
It's my (Stephen's) Birthday! So, of course, we're playing trivia. Actually I'm reading the trivia questions while Pat & Rob struggle to happen upon a correct answer. Happy Birthday to me. This is an…
Episode 12 - Panzerfaust Tank Fist
Behold in the intro, the strangest sounding burp in the world... courtesy of Rob (who else?)! This week we talk about John K working for Miley Cyrus, Alan Becker blowing up the internet, and just abo…
Episode 11 - Good at Fighting Dragon Ballz
In this episode we discuss The Simpsons honoring Miyazaki, Michel Gagne's new movie, a couple new trailers, another "trick" competition to scheme animators to work for free and Meryl Streep's charact…
Episode 10 - Apple Dave
For the first podcast of 2014 we talk "Frozen"s success, Rob's new animated short, and a lot of death. One passing that hit us was that of "Apple Dave" (mistakenly called "Apple Dan" on ep1). It hit …
Episode 9 - Top 10 of 2013
Happy New Year! We here at The Rubber Onion animation podcast wish you nothing but the best in 2014. If you don't accept nothing but the best, may I interest you in a small curse? Possibly a plague. …
RubberOnion's "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
Enjoy this segment from our last episode of the Rubber Onion Animation Podcast #8 "Christmas Episode"... this is our rendition of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" (and amazingly, there's no swears. …
"Carol of the Freelancers" Song
This is a single from episode 8 of The Rubber Onion Animation Podcast, the Christmas Episode. Stephen Brooks does an acapella rendition of Carol of the Bells with the theme and advice for all freelan…